Standard (EADGBE)

When you walk the color line better beware

 They're gonna stop and stare

When you cross that color line better take care

 You're gonna get your share

People some try to rule the world

 Rejoicing while the weak ones fade

 You can't make the black and tan

 Be a prisoner in his own land

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And turn him into a slave

 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh

 Cross that color line oh oh

 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh

 Cross that color line oh oh

 Say hey Willie Mays

 Say hey Cool Papa Bell say

 Say hey to my Daddy Ray

 Say hey say say say

 Say hey Sugar Ray

 Say hey Jackie Robinson say

 Say hey to Satchel Paige

 Say hey say say hey

Calling on America and every sister and sir

 To take freedom instead

 Reverse the hearse and down the dread

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Here's a message daddy gave me to remember

When you walk the color line better beware

 They're gonna stop and stare

When you cross that color line better take care

 You're gonna get your share

 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh

 Cross that color line oh oh

 Cross that color line oh oh oh oh oh

 Cross that color line oh oh

 Say hey Willie Mays

 Say hey Cool Papa Bell say

 Say hey to my Daddy Ray

 Say hey to the Homestead Greys

 Say hey to Sweetwater Clifton

To Jack Johnson

To Josh Gibson

 To Shorty Bolden say hey

When you cross

When you cross

When you cross the

Color line, yeah

Greetings from Duesseldorf, Germany!