E         F#m
Ebony and ivory
       E                 F#m
Live together in perfect harmony
        E                F#m
Side by side on my piano keyboard
B       E
Oh Lord why don't we?

( B  A  B )

E
We all know
     C#m            B        A       E
That people are the same wherever you go
                         B
There is good and bad in everyone
   D            D°    C#                  F#m
We learn to live when we learn to give each other

What we need to survive
  B
Together alive

E         F#m
Ebony and ivory
       E                 F#m
Live together in perfect harmony
        E                F#m
Side by side on my piano keyboard
B       E         C#4   C#
Oh Lord why don't we?

( F#  G#m  F#  G#m ) 

  F#                          G#m
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
  F#       A B
Ebony, ivory

E                 C#m            B        A       E
We all know that people are the same wherever we go
                         B
There is good and bad in everyone

   D            D°
We learn to live
  C#                  F#m
We learn to give each other what we need to survive
A           B
Together alive


E         F#m
Ebony and ivory
       E                 F#m
Live together in perfect harmony
        E                F#m
Side by side on my piano keyboard
B       E
Oh Lord why don't we?

          F#m             B
Side by side on my piano keyboard
      A    E          A   E
Oh, Lord, why don't we?

( E  F#m  E  F#m )
( E  F#m  E  F#m )

   E            F#m
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
   E            F#m
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
   E            F#m
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
   E            F#m                     A  B  E
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony