Gil Scott-Heron - Push Comes To Shove Chords

Tempo:
104.45 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

Am

Em

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gil Scott-Heron - Push Comes To Shove chords
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[F] Promise of to find [Em] exactly [C] what you're made of
Ain't nobody seen you
[Am] Ain't nobody [F] scold you
Ain't nobody blame you
[Ab] Make you feel [A] bad
[Am] Nobody should try you
Tell you [F] I told you
Nobody should [C] write you
About the moves you had
Cause they [F] done learned you
[Am] And they done burned you
Showed you [Dm] idealistic
[Am] Is [Em] all you were
Everybody [Am] gotta realize
If we [F] all had to compromise
Had to put on suit and ties
[Am] When push came to shove
It seemed like
Push comes to shove
Once [F] in your lifetime Yes [Am] and
Push comes to shove
To [F] find out just what's on your mind
Push comes to shove
To [Em] find exactly what [C] you're made of
Nobody can own you
Nobody [F] should tease you
Not trying to reason [C] with you
[Am] Make you feel strange
Ain't nobody got to [C] explain
Ain't [F] really nothing to explain
Everything that happens
Ain't no [Am] better to change
But they done taught you
Cause they done caught you
Showed you [F] unrealistic
Is [Em] all you were
[C] Everybody wants to believe
[F] Was only showing how naive
You gotta give up to be free
When [Am] push came to shove
It seemed like
Push comes to shove
Once [F] in your lifetime Yes [Em] and
[Am] Push comes to shove
To [F] find out just what's on your mind
Push comes to shove
To [Em] find exactly what [C] you're made of
[Em] Well everybody knew
You were somehow [F] running late
Push comes to shove
[C] And with the crowd that's overboard
Who's handling the [F] sugar paid
Push comes to shove
[C] And all we knew was what we really [F] did not know
Push comes to shove
[C] And that's when push was shown [F] up
Coming to shove
Push comes to shove
To [Em] find exactly what you're made of
[C]
[Am] [F]
[Am]
[F]
[Em] [Am] They done taught [D] you
And they done [Am] burned you [Dm] Idealistic
[Em] Is all you were
[C] Everybody gotta realize
[F] That we all had to compromise
Had to put on suit and ties
[C] When push came to shove
Said [G] hey now
[Am] Push comes to shove
Once in your lifetime
[F] [C] Yes and
Push comes to shove
[F] To find out just what's on your mind
Push comes to shove
[Em] To find [C] exactly what you're made of
Push comes [F] to shove
To find [Em] exactly what you're [C] made of
Push comes to shove
To find [D] exactly [C] what you're made of
[Am] I'm the [F]
professor of the [E] findings of [C] the world from NATO
[Em]
Pick [C]
[F]
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Learn the basic chords of Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson - Push Comes To Shove chords, with this master sequence: Em, C, F, Em, Am, F, Am and F. Ease into the song by practicing at 52 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 104 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: Db Major.

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[F] Promise of to find [Em] exactly [C] what you're made _ of
Ain't nobody seen you
[Am] Ain't nobody [F] scold you
Ain't nobody blame you
[Ab] Make you feel [A] bad
[Am] Nobody should try you
Tell you [F] I told you
Nobody should [C] write you
About the moves you had
Cause they [F] done learned you
[Am] And they done burned you
Showed you [Dm] idealistic
[Am] Is [Em] all you were
_ Everybody [Am] gotta realize
If we [F] all had to compromise
Had to put on suit and ties
[Am] When push came to shove
It seemed like
Push comes to shove
Once [F] in your lifetime Yes [Am] and
Push comes to shove
To [F] find out just what's on your mind
Push comes to shove
To [Em] find exactly what [C] you're made of
_ _ Nobody can own you
Nobody [F] should tease you
Not trying to reason [C] with you
[Am] Make you feel strange
Ain't nobody got to [C] explain
Ain't [F] really nothing to explain
Everything that happens
Ain't no [Am] better to change
But they done taught you
Cause they done caught you
Showed you [F] unrealistic
Is [Em] all you were
_ [C] Everybody wants to believe
[F] Was only showing how naive
You gotta give up to be free
When [Am] push came to shove
It seemed like
Push comes to shove
Once [F] in your lifetime Yes [Em] and
[Am] Push comes to shove
To [F] find out just what's on your mind
Push comes to shove
To [Em] find exactly what [C] you're made of
_ [Em] Well everybody knew
You were somehow [F] running late
Push comes to shove
[C] And with the crowd that's overboard
Who's handling the [F] sugar paid
Push comes to shove
[C] And all we knew was what we really [F] did not know
Push comes to shove
[C] And that's when push was shown [F] up
Coming to shove
Push comes _ to shove
To [Em] find exactly what you're made of
_ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am] They done taught [D] you
And they done [Am] burned you _ [Dm] Idealistic
[Em] Is all you were
_ [C] Everybody gotta realize
[F] That we all had to compromise
Had to put on suit and ties
[C] When push came to shove
Said [G] hey now
[Am] Push comes to shove
Once in your lifetime
[F] _ _ [C] Yes and
Push comes to shove
[F] To find out just what's on your mind
Push comes to shove
[Em] To find [C] exactly what you're made of
_ _ Push comes [F] to shove
To find [Em] exactly what you're [C] made of
_ Push comes to shove
To find [D] exactly [C] what you're made of
_ [Am] I'm the [F]
professor of the [E] findings of [C] the world from NATO
[Em] _ _
_ _ Pick _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _

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