Ebony and ivory (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

     A – G –

 

D                   EmA             D                       Em     A

    Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony,

             D                         Em             A                  D

side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

 

    A - G

 

   D

1.    We all know

            Bm                 A             G             D

    that people are the same wherever you go.

                                                    A

    There is good and bad in everyone,

            C                               B7                             Em

     we learn to live when we learn to give each other,

                                                 A

    what we need to survive together alive.

 

D                   EmA             D                       Em     A

    Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony,

             D                         Em            A                  D                   - B7

side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

 

    E – F#m - B7      E – F#m - B7     

 

     E                  F#m                   B7

    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony.

     E                    - G

    Ebony, ivory.

 

   D

2.    We all know

            Bm                 A             G             D

    that people are the same wherever you go.

                                                    A

    There is good and bad in everyone,

            C                               B7                            Em

     we learn to live when we learn to give each other,

                                                 A

    what we need to survive together alive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D                  Em A            D                        Em     A

    Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony,

             D                                        A           D                    - B7

side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

            Em                         A               A7           D

Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

 

    – Em - A      D – Em - A      D – Em - A      D – Em - A         

 

     D                 Em                       A

    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony.

     D                 Em                       A

    Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony…(rep. and fade)

 

(capo 2nd)

 

    (Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder)