'White Man' tab guide

Words and music by Brian May

  Drop D tuning(6th string=D)

      (Volume  5)
      INTRO RIFF:
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                            (let ring)        
                                          





    (Volume 2-3)

    VERSE (THEME)
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      I'm a    Simple   man......      with a   simple   name




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  from this soil my people came...in this soil   re-main....        oh...    yeah..........




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    and we...made us our shoes    and we trod   soft on   the land


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    but the  immigrants built roads... on our  blood & sand....      oh.....yeah,



    CHORUS:
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  White Man  white man don't you see the light  behind your   blackened skies...?
  White Man  white man  came with a gun,    and soon our children died


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  White Man white man   where you gonna hide.............................     from the hell you made?

                        (2nd-don't you give a light........................skip to solo section

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                            (let ring)       



  SOLO SECTION:


  for the blood you  shed.....?

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                                  ..............oooh                     ......hey..........
    


    delay on
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                    Chorus:
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                          WhiteMan ,White Man     
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  White Man, White Man               you fought your battles with lies          hey

  
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  White Man,White Man              on and on               but we're civilised   yeah    

  
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  White Man white man.............ahhhh                         every skin and bone.....
                                  take all  ooh ah oh all 



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    yeah yeah.....


  DELAY ON.........    (repeat)      (repeat)      (repeat)   X 6     
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    SOLO ENDING:                             ------------     repeat......          repeat.....
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      (THEME)
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      What is   left of  your dream?    just the words on your stone

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  a man who learned how to teach  then for  got   how   to    learn   Oh.... yeah
Author: Tab by Matt Hutchison 2005
Last update: 04/10/2007