Chords for gil scott heron - waiting for the axe to fall (1980).wmv

[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ It's a good thing that _ _ _ _ I'm alive.
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[Bb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ Ha!
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Brother living in a [Eb] cell, [Bb] _ _
[Ab] doing time at the county jail.
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
You might think that life is [Eb] hell, [Bb] but you know,
[Ab] the first fool he ever had to himself, _ _ _
was reaching [Bb] for [Cm] the ax. _ _ _
[Fm] Yeah, sometimes all our things have to fall apart. _
When your head [Bb] is on the [Ab] block and there's no way for you to [Db] stop,
[Cm] you're waiting for [Fm] the ax to fall. _ _
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[Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
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Brother served in Vietnam, _ _
[Ab] _ found out no one [Bb] gives a [Ab] damn. _ _
The agent always fell on his camp.
[Bb] He's charged [D] with that.
[Ab] Got the brother looking for Uncle Sam. _ _
_ Reaching for the [Fm] ax to fall. _
Yeah, sometimes all our things have to fall [Ab] apart.
When your head is [Eb] in the [Fm] noose and won't nobody [Db] turn you loose,
[Cm] you're waiting [Ab] for the ax to fall. _ _
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[Abm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Abm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She holds the [Eb] welfare line,
[Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] examines the threads of her life. _ _
She never thought she'd be cheating and [Cm] lying.
[Bb] _ _
[Ab] She makes sure her new kids survive.
I've heard so much about it.
Reaching for the ax to fall.
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] _
Yeah, sometimes all our things have to fall apart.
When your [Ab] head is on the block and there's no way for you to [Db] stop,
[Cm] you're waiting [Ab] for the ax to fall. _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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Last night at my show got you.
_ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] Someone grabbed a pocketbook. _ _ _
She ain't safe in the [Cm] neighborhood.
_ [Bb] _ [Ab] _
Too many young unsub to know good.
They're sick and tired.
Reaching for [Fm] the ax to fall. _ _
And sometimes all our things have to fall apart. _ _
When your head is in the noose and won't nobody [Db] turn you [Cm] loose,
you're waiting for [Fm] the ax to fall. _
Seems [Ab] like they're waiting.
Feels just like [Bb] waiting.
[Fm] Seems like they're waiting.
_ Everybody's waiting.
Seems like they're waiting.
Feels like they're waiting.
Seems [Cm] like [Bb] they're [Ab] waiting and waiting and waiting.
Reaching for the ax to fall.
[Eb] _
And [Ab] sometimes all our things have to fall apart.
When your head is on the block and there's no [Db] way for you to stop,
[Cm] you're waiting [Fm] for the ax to fall.
Seems like they're waiting.
_ _ Everybody's [Bb] waiting.
Never [Fm] standing waiting.
Standing around and [Cm] waiting.
[Bb] Feels [Ab] like they're waiting.
Seems [Cm] like they're waiting.
[Ab] Seems like they're waiting.
Seems like they're waiting.
Seems _ [Eb] like they're [Ab] waiting.
Reaching for the ax to fall. _
And sometimes all our [Fm] things have to fall apart.
[Ab] When your head is in the noose and won't nobody turn you [Db] loose,
[Cm] you're waiting [Fm] for the ax to fall. _ _ _