G                    Am
You've got to be taught, to hate and fear.
       G                       Am
You've got to be taught, from year to year.
     G                             Em         D7
It's got to be drummed... in your dear little ear.
       C         Am    D7  G
You've got to be carefully taught.


       G                    Am
You've got to be taught, to be afraid
   G                    Am
Of people whose eyes... are oddly made,
    G                         Em         D7
And people whose skin... is a different shade.
       C         Am    D7  G
You've got to be carefully taught.


       C         Em                      C
You've got to be taught, before it's too late;
  Em                            C
Before you are six, or seven or eight,
   G                         Am       D7
To hate all the people your relatives hate...
       G         G7        C
You've got to be carefully taught...
       Em        C     D7  G
You've got to be carefully taught.