Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson ~ Delta Man Chords

_ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [D] _ [A] _
This is a [D] song about [D] change, you see.
We say many things about the changing aspects [Am] of our lives.
[D] We say that since [Dm] change is inevitable, we should [D] direct the [E] change rather than simply
[D] continue to go through the change.
We sing a song of revolution as change to the brothers in the Caribbean and Africa where
[Dm] I'm coming from.
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[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _
Early in the morning, _ I _ _ heard the call of a crow. _ _ _
He said, come on now, brother, won't you fly with me?
Can't you see it's time to go? _ _ _
Well, [Am] I've [D] been working on this delta, _ _ _ underneath the burning sun.
I seem [G] like I'm [Dm] missing the revolution.
[D] _ _ _
I feel like I'm where I'm coming from.
[C] I feel like I'm where I'm [Gm] coming from.
I [Am] feel like I'm [D] where I'm [Dm] coming from.
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_ [Am] Another man [Dm] run to Nebraska [D] _ _
after the Civil War was through.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ He worked with his hands, he worked on the land, all [C] of it [D] alive.
Ain't nothing else he knew how to do. _ _ _
_ _ Rooting to the Wild West, shooting all the weather. _
Old [C] history don't [Dm] teach us nothing.
[D] _ _
_ [Dm] [G] I seem [Am] like a Wild [Dm] West revolution.
_ [G] _
_ I ought to [C] be where [D] I'm coming from.
I ought to [C] be where I'm coming [Gm] from.
I ought to [Am] be where I'm coming [Dm] from.
_ [D] _
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_ _ [C] Brother, [Dm] therapy is on welfare. _
[D] He lived his life in the heart of the city. _ _
_ _ _ Among the junkies and the desperate people,
the brother man learned about life without pity.
_ [G] _
_ [Dm] But he'd just been thinking and waiting and [C] thinking and waiting.
[D] He knew his chance was bound to come. _
[C] [D] I seem [Am] like a [Dm] city revolution.
[D] _ _ _
I ought [C] to be where [D] I'm coming from.
[C] I'm where [Gm] I'm coming from.
[Am] I ought to be where [Dm] I'm coming from.
[Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [D] _ [F] Yeah.
[D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [C] [Dm] I'm trying to make _ [E] a [D] move from place to place and time to time. _
_ _ [E] [Dm] Yes, and the vibration that bring me new [C] vibrations.
It's [Dm] on those minds. _ _
[C] Let's [D] have a guess.
[C] [Dm] Don't be afraid of revolution.
[D] _
Ain't nothing [C] but change, [Dm] and change is sure to come.
_ [D] _
Yeah, now, put a little revolution into the mind.
[C]
You'll [D] understand where I'm coming from.
I can [C] understand where [Gm] I'm coming from.
I understand [Dm] where I'm coming from.
[D] _ _ [G] _
[Am] Yeah.
I'm trying to [Dm] make a move.
Just understand.
_ [G] I'm trying my best [C] to explain, [Dm] but tell me, do you understand?
_ [D] [G] Living in [C] a world of change, now [Dm] tell me, do you understand?
_ [G] I'm trying my best to [Am] explain, [Dm] but tell me, do you understand?
[G] Because if we ever get together, [Am] it's going to be so much [Dm] better, brother.
Understand?
_ If we ever [G] get together, it's going to be so much [Dm] better, brother.
Understand?
_ And I [Gm] really believe, [C] and I really [Dm] _ _
love the one love I [G] have.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [G] Living in [Am] a world _ [Dm] _ of change, my love.
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [N] _