Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - The Bottle Original 12 inch Version

I can just remember. _ _ _ _
_ _ If I could. _ _ _ _
Oh, uno, _ dos, uno, dos, tres, cuatro.
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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[E] You see that black boy over there [Dm] running scared,
his [Em] old man in a bottle.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Em] He done quit in [Dm] 95, he drink full time,
now [G] he's living in a bottle.
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[E] See that black boy over [Dm] there running scared,
his [E] old man got a problem.
And it's [Dm] a bad one, he [E] ain't done,
squandered all damn near [Dm] everything.
His old woman waiting [E] to pay for a bottle.
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[Am] _ And don't you think [Dm] it's a crime _
[F] _ when [Em] time after time after time
[E] people in a bottle,
_ _ [Dm] there's people living [E] in a bottle.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ Listen to [G] me.
See that sister, her shirt was [Dm] fine,
she thought of taking [E] mine to the bottle.
_ _ [Dm] _ She told [G] me her old man committed a [Dm] crime,
he's doing time now, she's [Em] taking it to the bottle.
_ _ [Dm] _ I seen [Em] her out there on the avenue
[Dm] all by herself, she sure need [A] help from the bottle.
_ [Em] _ [Dm] _ I seen her, [Em] the man tried to help her,
[Dm] she just didn't mind and he ended up in the [E] bottle.
_ _ [Dm] They turned to me, they [Am] asked me,
girl, now don't you think it's [Gm] a crime
when time _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] after time after time
[E] people in a bottle,
_ _ [Dm] there's people showing up [Em] in the bottle.
_ _ [Dm] Give another good example.
[G] You see that damn Henry, girl,
[Dm] someday he's done damn near blown his
[Em] to the bottle.
_ [A] _ _ He was [A] a doctor helping young girls along,
[Dm] if they wasn't too far gone to have problems.
_ _ My buddy [E] Dick, offenders of the dollar,
he [Dm] goes, said, which boy and man illegal.
[Em] Now he's in the bottle,
[Dm] _ _ _ [E]
and now we watch him every [Dm] day,
he's trying to chase the pigeons [Em] away from the bottle.
_ [Dm] He turned to me, he said,
now [Am] _ don't you think it's [Gm] a crime _ _
[F] _ when time [Em] after time after time
friends of mine [A] in the bottle,
_ _ [Dm] there's people showing up [E] in the bottle.
_ [Dm] Come on, hit it a lick one time, stick. _
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[F] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _
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[Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Take a little [E] sneak peek.
If you ever come looking for [Dm] me,
you know where I'm bound to [E] be,
in the bottle.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] Turn around, look around on any [Dm] corner,
if you see somebody [Em] looking like a goner,
it's gonna be me.
_ Sing the [Em] song.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Dm] _ Na _ [E] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ na _
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[E] na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
_ _ _ _ [Dm] whoo _
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[A] _ _ yeah
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_ _ [A] _ _ right [Dm] here
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