Chords for Gil Scott Heron "Who'll Pay Reparations?"

[Cm] _ Who'll pay reparations on my soul? _
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_ Many [Ab] suggestions _ _ [Cm] and _ _ [Ab] documents written _ [Cm] many _ _ [Ab] _ directions
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For the [Ab] aid that was given they [Gm] gave us
_ [F] pieces of silver
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And [F] pieces of gold
Tell [Cm] me who'll pay _ [Ab] reparations _ [Cm] on my soul?
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Many [Ab] fine speeches, [Cm] oh yeah, from the [Ab] White House desk
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Written [Ab] on the cue cards
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That were never [Ab] really there.
Yes, [Gm] but the
Heat [F] in the summer was there and [Eb] the freezing [F] winters cold
Tell [Cm] me who'll pay _ [Ab] reparations on [Cm] my soul?
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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ Called my brother a junkie, said he ain't got [Cm] no job, no job, no job
[Fm] Told my old man to leave me when times [Cm] got hard, so _ hard
_ _ [Fm] Told my mother she's got to [Cm] carry me all by herself
_ Now [Ab] _ _
that [Gm] I wanna be a man, be a man, [F] can't depend on no one [Eb] else
Oh yeah, [Cm] _ and what [Ab] about the red man [Cm] who _ met you [Ab] at the coast?
[Cm] _ You never [Ab] did share him, [Cm] always had [Ab] to have the most
_ [Gm] _ And what [F] about Mississippi, _ [Eb] _ the boundary [F] of old?
Tell [Cm] me who'll pay _ [Ab] _ reparations on [Cm] my soul?
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Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _
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Woo!
Called my brother a junkie, said he ain't [Cm] got no job, no job, no _ [Fm] job
Told my old man to leave me when [Cm] times got hard, so _ hard
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Told my mother she's got to carry [Cm] me all by herself
_ Won't [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Gm] be a man [Fm] again, depend on no one [Eb] else
Oh, _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] the red man _ [Cm] who met you [Ab] at the coast
[Cm] You never [Ab] did share him, [Cm] _
always [Ab] had to have the most
_ [Gm] _
And what about [F] _ Mississippi, _ [Eb] _ _
the [F] boundary of old?
Tell me [Cm] _
who'll pay _ [Ab] _ reparations on [Cm] my soul?
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Many [Ab] fine speeches, _ [Cm] _ from the White [Ab] House desk
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Written on [Ab] the cue cards, _ [Cm] _ that was never [Ab] really there
Yeah, [Gm] but the heat in [F] the summer there, and [Eb] the breeze in the winter [F] cold
Tell [Cm] me who'll pay _ [Ab] _ reparations on [Cm] my soul?
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] Who'll pay _ [Ab] reparations?
Cause [Cm] I don't dig _ [Ab] segregation, but [Cm] I can't get [Ab] integration
I got [Cm] to take it to the United [Ab] Nations
Someone [Cm] help me away from [Ab] this nation
Tell [Cm] me who'll pay _ [Ab] reparations on [C] my soul?