D | Bm | C | Am
D | Bm | C | Am

       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
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