Key: E
Introduction: C#m/B B G#m/B A/B F#m/B
E F#m7
Ebony and ivory
E F#m
Live together in perfect harmony
E F#m7 B/F#
Side by side on my piano key---board
A/B B B/E E C#m/B B G#m/B A/B F#m/B
Oh lord, why don't we
E C#m B A E
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
B
There is good and bad in everyone
D6 Dº C#7 F#m
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
A E
What we need to survive, together alive
Ebony and ivory
F# G#7(4) C#
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
F# A/B
Ebony, ivory ooh
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
A/B B B/E E C#4 C#
Oh lord, why don't we
F#m7 B
Side by side on my piano keyboard
A/B B B/E E F#m7 E F#m7
Oh lord, why don't we
E F#m7 B
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony