Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a Man (Official Audio)

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