Pieces Of A Man Chords by Gil Scott-Heron

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
Jagged [Bb] jigsaw pieces _ _ tossed [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] about the [Cm] room
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Saw my [Gm] grandma sweeping _ [C] up _ _ _ _ with her [Bb] old straw broom
[Cm] _ She [C] _ _
didn't know what she was [Gm] doing _ _
She _ [C] _ _ could hardly [D] _ understand
_ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] _ _
_ She was [Gm] really sweeping _ up _ [C] _ _ _ _
pieces [Bb] of [C] a man
_ Saw _ _ _ _ my daddy [Cm] meet the mailman
[C] _ _ And _ _ I heard the mailman say _ _
Now _ don't you take this letter too [Gm] hard now Jimmy
[C] _ _ _ _
They laid off [Gm] nine others today
_ [C] _ But _ he didn't know what he [Eb] was saying
_ He _ _
[Am] _ _ could hardly _ [D] _ _
understand
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Am] [Bb] He [B] _ [C] _ _ _ _
was [Gm] really sweeping _ [C] up _ _ _ _ pieces _ of a man
_ Saw _ _ the thunder heard [Fm] the [Bb] lightning _ _
[Em] And _ felt the burden of his shame
[G] _ _ And [D] _ _ _
_ for some [C] unknown _ reason
_ Never [G] _ _ _ _
turned my way
_ [Am] [Bb] Pieces [B] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] of that [C]
letter
_ _ [Gm] Tossed [C] _ _ _
_ about the room _ _
Now _ _ I hear the [Gm] sound of [F] sirens
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ _
_ _ Knifing through the gloom
_ They _ _ don't know what [Eb] they're doing
_ _ _ They [Am] _ _ could hardly _ [D] _
understand
_ [G] _ _ That _ _
[Am] _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ they're only arresting _ _ _
Pieces _ _ _ _ _ of a man _ _ _ _ _ _
Saw him go to pieces _ _ _ _
I _ _ [G] saw him go to [C] pieces
_ _ _ [Gm] He [C] _ _
_ was always such a good man
_ [Gm] He [C] _ _ [G] was [C] always such a good _ man
_ _ [F] _
[C] _ Yeah, saw him go to pieces _
_ _ I _ _ _ saw him go to pieces _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I saw him go to pieces _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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