Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle Chords

If I _ [G] _ could_
Oh, uno, dos, uno, dos, tres, cuatro.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] See that black boy over there [Dm] running scared
His [G] old man in a bottle
[Dm] He _ _ _ [G] done quit in [Dm] 95, he's sick full time
Now he's living [G] in a bottle
_ _ [Dm] See _ _ _ [G]
that black boy over [Dm] there running scared
His old man [Em] got a problem
[Dm] And it's a bad one
He [G] done squandered everything
[Dm] His old [F] woman waiting [G] to pay for a bottle
_ _ [Dm] And _ _ [Am] _
don't you think [Gm] it's a crime
_ [F] When _ [Em] time after [F] time after time
[G] People in a bottle
_ _ [Dm] There's people living [G] in a bottle
_ [Dm] Listen _ to [G] me
See that sister, her shirt was [Dm] fine
So she started drinking [Em] wine in a bottle
_ _ [Dm] _ She told [G] me her old man committed a [Dm] crime
He's doing time now, she's [G] hanging in a bottle
_ [F] I _ seen [Em] her out there on the avenue
[F] All by herself, she sure need [G] help from the bottle
_ [C] I _ seen [G] her, the man tried to help her
But she cussed him out and hit him in the bottom
_ [Dm] They turned to me, they asked me,
[Am] And I said, don't you think it's [Gm] a crime
[Am] When _ time [C] after time [F] after time
[G] People in a bottle
_ [F] There's people showing up [G] in a bottle
_ [Dm] Here's another good example
[G] You see that gent in a ring on a [Dm] blue day
He done damn near [G] blown his cool in a bottle
_ [Dm] He _ was a [G] doctor helping young girls [Dm] along
If they wasn't too [G] far gone to have problems
_ _ [Dm] _ I'm fighting [G] this offenders of the dollar [Dm] eagles
Said what you doing man, that ain't [G] legal
Now he's in the bottle
[F] And _ _ [G] now we watch him every [F] day
He's trying to [Dm] chase his friends [G] away from the bottle
_ [Dm] They turned to me, he said,
Hey [Am] now, don't you think it's [Gm] a crime
The [F] way _ time [C] after [F] time after time
Friends of mine [G] in a bottle
_ [Dm] There's people showing up [G] in a bottle
_ [Dm] Come on, hit it a lick one time, say
[Em] Take _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F] a little [G] sneak peek
If you ever come looking for [Dm] me
You know where I'm bound to [G] be
In a bottle
Turn [Dm] _ _ around, [G] look around on any [Dm] corner
If you see somebody [Em] looking like a goner
It's gonna [Dm] be me
Sing the [Em] song _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Em] na-na-na ni-na-na-na-na [Dm]-na na-na-na-na-na-na [Em]-na-na-na na-na-na-na-na-na
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] Concerned about a [G] bottle
_ [F] It can turn me into [G] Al-Vaba-duh-huh
_ [Dm] All I want's it, [G] all I want's it, all I want's it, all
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Dm] No, no, _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F#] no, [D] _ _ no, no, no.
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah.
[G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Right here. _ _ _
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