Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Did You Hear What They Said? (Official Audio)

Tempo:
137.5 bpm
Chords used:

D

Em

C

Am

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gil Scott-Heron - Did You Hear What They Said? (Official Audio) chords
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[Em]
[E]
[Em] [Bm]
[Am]
[E]
[Em] [C]
Did you hear what they said?
[F] [D]
[Em] Did you hear what they said?
[D] [F]
Did you hear what [G] they said?
[C]
[F] [Bm] They said another brother's dead.
[D] They [C] said he's [Am]
dead, [Em] but he can't [D] be buried.
[Am] They [C] said he's dead, [Am] but he [D] can't be buried.
[Em] [C] Come on, come on, come on, come [D] on.
[C] This can't [D] be real.
[E] [A]
[Bm] [D] [Em]
Did you hear what they said?
[G]
[Bm]
Did you hear what they said?
[D] [Em]
Did you hear what they said?
[Am] They said [D] they shot him in his head.
Shot in [C] the head to [D] save his country.
Shot in [C] the [Am] head [G] to save [D] his country.
[C] Come on, come on, come on, come on.
This can't [D] be real.
[F#] [Em]
[Am]
[G] Did you hear what they said?
[F]
Yeah, [Em] did you hear what they said?
[Bm]
[Em]
Did you hear [C] what they [Em] said?
[Dm] [G] About [D] his mother and how she [Em] cried.
They [D] said she [C]
[Am] cried, [E] cause her [D] only son was dead.
They [Em] said she [Am] cried, cause her [D] only son was dead.
Woman, could you [C] imagine if your only [D] [Am] son was [D] dead?
And somebody [Am] told you he couldn't be [D] buried.
[C] Come on, come on, come [Am] on, come [C] on.
[Am] This can't [Bm] be real.
[F#]
[D] [Em] [G]
Key:  
D
1321
Em
121
C
3211
Am
2311
Bm
13421112
D
1321
Em
121
C
3211
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Gil Scott-Heron - (Sampler) Did You Hear What They Said chords, practice playing D, Am, D, C, Em and Am in sequence. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 68 BPM and then match the original tempo of 138 BPM. With G Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Did you hear what they said? _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Em] Did you hear what they said?
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
Did you hear what [G] they said?
_ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bm] They said _ another brother's dead. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ They [C] said he's [Am]
dead, _ _ [Em] but he can't [D] be buried.
_ _ _ [Am] _ They [C] said he's dead, _ [Am] _ but he [D] can't be buried.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [C] Come on, come on, come on, come [D] on. _
_ _ [C] This can't [D] be real.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
Did you hear what they said?
[G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Did you hear what they said?
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Did you hear what they said? _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] They said [D] they shot him _ in his _ head.
_ _ _ Shot in [C] the head _ _ to [D] save his country.
_ _ Shot in [C] the [Am] head _ _ [G] to save [D] his country.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Come on, come on, come on, come on.
_ _ _ This can't [D] be _ _ real.
_ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] Did you hear what they said?
_ [F] _ _
_ _ Yeah, _ [Em] did you hear what they said?
_ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Did you hear [C] what they [Em] said? _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ About [D] his mother _ _ _ _ and how she [Em] _ _ cried.
They [D] said she [C] _
[Am] cried, _ [E] cause her [D] only son was dead.
They [Em] said she [Am] cried, _ _ cause her [D] only son was dead.
Woman, could you [C] imagine _ _ if your only [D] [Am] son was [D] dead?
_ And somebody [Am] told you _ _ he couldn't be [D] buried.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Come on, come on, come [Am] on, come [C] on. _
_ [Am] This can't [Bm] be real. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song is part of The Revolution Begins: The Flying Dutchman Masters album.

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