Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Explanations

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_ _ _ _ _ _ What I was trying to say was what happened, when I was_
Can [G] I get a [F] word in here, Dwight?
_ [D] I knew what I [Dm] do, I must not give it to you, I'm a nation.
_ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ [D] I am soon to fight a loss, I have to deal with cross-examination.
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Thought I was surely well [Bm] [C] beyond, and it [Dm] might come from investigation. _ _ _ _ _
But there is no certainty, so I'm bumping up against your imagination.
_ [F] So _ _
_ [G] _ we sat down and we [Am] talked it under, _ _ [G] till it wasn't nothing [Eb] less. _
_ _ [G] _ And it always makes [F] me wonder, _
_ _ [G] sitting here and talking to [D] myself. _
When I say what I say, why do you get [C] in my way with [Dm] intimidation?
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I [D] am only wasting time, when you don't want to find no information.
_ [Em] _ [Dm] _
It's _ [G] _ like struggling [Am] underwater, _ _ [G] _ _ and getting nowhere [Eb] fast.
_ _ [G] I wonder if it's really worth [F] the bother, _ _ [Em] and sometimes I feel like I'm not [Bm] last.
_ _ [C] Feeling like a treasure [D] hunter looking for an explanation.
_ _ [C] Not what really happened, but something [F] that you might believe.
_ [G] _ [C] Looking for an argument [D] and not an explanation.
_ [G] But you [Am] [E] can't get a word [A] in with me.
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_ Feeling _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] like _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [C] a treasure hunter [D] looking for an explanation.
_ [C] Not what really happened, but [F] something that you [D] might believe. _
_ [C] Looking for an [D] argument and not an explanation.
[Em] But you can't get a [E] word in with me.
_ [C] [D] So what I do, I must act, giving you an explanation.
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[Dm] _ Girl, it surely ain't no change, when it's always the same [D] investigation.
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_ _ [G] _ Like struggling [F] underwater, _ _ [Em] _ and getting [Eb] nowhere fast.
I [G] wonder if it's really [F] worth the bother, _ [G] and sometimes I feel like I'm not [D] last.
Can you dig [C] it?
[D] When I say what I say, why do you get in my way with intimidation?
[F] _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ _
[D] Girl, it surely ain't no [C] change, when [D] it's always the same investigation.
[B] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
Yeah, I'm just a couple minutes late, and you look like a very great girl, and make some. _ _ _ _
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