17th Street Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson Chords

The song says brothers from 17th Street love to get down, and if you do, come on and join us.
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_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Am] Dr.
Dunn brought rhythm [D] to the Huffman hand drum [Gm] rhythm. _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] Tim Ballyman got [D] stick rhythm, 180 beat, 360 [Gm] degree.
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_ _ _ [Am] Gonna add a few more [D] ingredients, gonna give it a little bass, [Dm] little flutes, [C] drums, and if [Am] we can get you, we got everybody.
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_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _
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_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Chance to warm [Am] up my cha-cha here.
I [Gm] _ _ _ _
done a lot [C] of traveling, I [Gm] seen [Am] a lot [E] of [C] pretty [D] faces.
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[Gm] I sung my way [C] out blues songs [Gm] in [Am] the extraordinary [C] _ _ [Am] places.
I [G] come from [C] _ 17th Street and that's [A] on the [C] other side [D] of town.
But if [Dm] you see me with my [C] brothers, don't you [G] dare go no further.
But [Am] you know we're gonna [Dm] get down, [Ab] [Dm] down, down, yeah.
[C] _ [E] Down, [C] down, down, yeah.
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People think [Em] I'm crazy, [Gm] they say [Am] man, [Ab] it must be in [E] your mind, [Am] they tell me that.
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Just ain't no [Cm] sane [C] reason [Gm] the way [Am] I get [C] down every [E] time [A] I try [B] to tell [F] them that.
I come from [C] _ 17th Street and [A] that's where the [C] brothers don't mess [D] around.
And [B] if they're thinking about the [C] music and we find out you can use it, [Am] you know we're gonna get [Bb] _ [Ab] down, [Gm] down, down, yeah.
[C] _ _ Down, down, down, yeah.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] If you're looking for [Gb] excitement, [Bm] you may [Em] need only the [Ab] _ McDormand [Bb] column.
Brothers from [C] _ [Bm] 17th Street, they [D] don't [Em] all live [Gb] there anymore.
And it seems [Dm] like some done [C] moved to [G] Harlem _ [Em] and some moved [Am] away [Ab] uptown.
But if you're [Dm] looking for the [Gb] feeling and you [Gm] want to get near it, [C] come on, come on and [Dm] get down, [Ab] down, down, down, [Gm] down, down. _
_ [C] Down, [Eb] down, [C] down, yeah. _
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[D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] We used to have a thing [E] around my way in the evenings [Eb] about [Am] sundown where the brothers would [D] bring out the bells and the drums and [Gm] the [Dm] instruments
because [C] we had [Gm] to do something to get right [Am] for the evening that was getting ready [Bb] to come on.
See that right here?
[Gm] Some people [C] think I'm crazy, [G] they say [A] yeah, it [E] must be [D] in your mind, they tell me [Gb] that.
[Gm] Just ain't no [C] sane reason [A] the way y'all get [E] down [Am] every [D] time I try to tell [F] them that I come from [G] _
17th Street and [Am] that's where the brothers don't [Bm] mess around that damn [A] bit.
[Gm] I'm thinking about the [C] music and we find out you can [Am] use it, you know we're gonna [E] get _ [Bb] [Ab] down, [Gm] down, down, yeah.
If you're living with [D] my brothers, don't [C] you dare go [E] no [C] farther.
Come [Em] on, come on and [D] get [Ab] down.
If [Gm] you're [D] thinking about the spirit and you [Cm] want to [Gm] get near it, [Am] come on, come on and get _ [Bb] [Ab] down.
If [Gm] you're thinking about the [D] music and we find out you can [Am] use it, you know we're gonna [D] get _ [Dm] down, down, down. _
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_ _ _ _ [N] 17th Street is where we be coming from, the western of the river, the thing that kind of makes it. _
_ This is something called Smallest Things.
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