Gil Scott-Heron - Racetrack In France Chords

_ [Ebm] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ On [C] a racetrack in France, [Db] everybody got a clap in their hands.
Seemed like a long way from [Am] Union Station.
_ On a [C] racetrack in France, [Db] everybody started to dance.
I was a long way from home, [F] those big [Em] vibrations.
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_ _ Oh Vanessa, _ _ heard I needed to travel.
_ _ _ Girl I was ready when I was you.
_ _ [F] _ [E] [Eb] Yeah, so I'm picking up dust to travel.
_ _ _ On a [Dm] racetrack near [Eb] Marseille.
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That all sounds like a mystery.
_ _ _ Things that you just [F] don't understand.
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ [Eb] Well, let me give you a little bit of history.
_ _ _ About me and the [F] Midnight Band.
[Am] On a racetrack in [F] France, [Db]
everybody got a clap in their hands.
Seemed like a [Fm] long way [F] from Union Station.
On a racetrack in [C] [Db] France, everybody started [Ab] to dance.
I [Db] was a long way from home, [C] those big vibrations.
_ [Eb] Said, hey, _ _ _ _ _ where we going?
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Oh, [Eb] I said, we are going _ _
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_ _ [Eb] to Manila, _ _ Palihulu.
The roads were [G] way down on my list.
[A] _ [D] _ [Eb] The Africans sitting in their seat belts. _ _
_ _ The [G] rhythms were famous. _
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ People got the message.
_ _ [Dm] _ The music was on. _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] Really, it shouldn't have been no surprise.
_ That we all [F] got down that day.
[C] On a racetrack in France, [Db] everybody got a clap in their hands.
It seemed [Fm] like a long way from [C] Union Station.
_ On a racetrack in France, [Db] everybody started to dance.
I was a long way from home, those [C] big vibrations.
_ Said, hey.
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_ _ _ _ I heard I needed a travel.
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] Go out and spread the word, now people are singing.
_ _ _ Got me kicking up dust and gravel.
_ _ On a racetrack near my state.
_ If it all sounds like a mystery.
_ [F] _ [Eb] The things that you just don't understand.
_ _ Let me give you a little bit of history.
_ _ Talking [Dm] about the Midnight Band.
On a racetrack in France, [Db] everybody [Fm] got a clap in their [Db] hands.
It seemed like a long way [F] from Union Station.
[C] Where I come from.
On a racetrack in France, [Db] everybody started to dance.
I was a long way [Ab] from home, those [C] vibrations. _
On a racetrack in France, [Fm] everybody started to clap in their [Db] hands.
It seemed like a [Ab] long [Am] way.
A long way.
A long way.
On a [C] racetrack in France, [Db] everybody started to dance.
I was a long way from home, [C] those vibrations.
Let me see.
Hey.
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