Youve Got To Be Carefully Taught

James Taylor
Key
Em
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D Bm C Am
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D Bm C Am
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D Bm
You've got to be taught
C Am7
To hate and fear,
D Bm7
You've got to be taught
C Am
From year to year,
D Bm7
It's got to be drummed
Em7 F#7
In your dear little ear
G A D Dm C Am
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You've got to be carefully taught.
D Bm7 C Am7
You've got to be taught to be afraid
D Bm7 C Am7
Of people whose eyes are oddly made,
D Bm Em7 F#7
And people whose skin is a diff'rent shade,
G A D
You've got to be carefully taught.
G F#7 Bm D
You've got to be taught before it's too late,
A G F#7 Bm E7
Before you are six or seven or eight,
A B C A#m
To hate all the people your relatives hate,
Am Bm D G#m E7
You've got to be carefully taught!
E7 G D E A D
You've got to be carefully taught
Chords Used
D××
Bm×
C×
Am×
Am7×
Bm7×
Em7
F#7
G
A×
Dm××
E7
B×
A#m×
G#m4
E