Lady Day and John Coltrane — Gil Scott-Heron
Chords and lyrics for Lady Day and John Coltrane by Gil Scott-Heron (key of F).
Verse 1
Gil Scott-Heron - "Lady Day and John Coltrane"
Intro
C7sus4 C7sus4 C7sus4 C7sus4 x 2
Verse 1
[C7sus4]Ever feel kind of down and out, you don't know just
[C7sus4]What to do?
[C7sus4]Living all of your days in darkness, let the
[C7sus4]Sun shine through
[Fm7]Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you
[Fm7]Lost your way?[C7sus4]
And if you don't get-a help quick, you won't make it
[C7sus4]Through the day?
Chorus
[Gm7]A-could you call on [Fm7]Lady Day?[Bb11]
Could you call on [C7sus4]John Coltrane? Now, âcause they'll
[Gm7]A-they'll wash your [Fm7]troubles, your [Bb11]trou-
[C7sus4]
Interlude
C7sus4 Bass riff C7sus4 Bass riff C7sus4 Bass riff
Verse 2
[C7sus4]Plastic people with plastic minds are on their way to
[C7sus4]Plastic homes
[C7sus4]No beginning, there ain't no ending. Just
[C7sus4]On and on and on and on and on.[Fm7] It's
All because they're so afraid to say that
They're alone[C7sus4]
[C7sus4]Until our hero rides in, rides in on his
[C7sus4]Saxophone
Chorus
[Gm7]A-could you call on [Fm7]Lady Day?[Bb11]
And could you call on [C7sus4]John Coltrane? Now, 'cause they'll
[Gm7]A-they'll wash your [Fm7]troubles, your [Bb11]trou-
[C7sus4]
Interlude
[C7sus4]All [C7sus4]right[C7sus4]
Verse 3
[C7sus4]Ever feel kind of down and out and don't know just
[C7sus4]What to do?
[C7sus4]A-living all of your days in darkness, let the
Sun shine through[Fm7]
Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you
Lost your way?[C7sus4]
[C7sus4]And if you don't get-a help quick, you won't make it
[C7sus4]Through the day?
Chorus
[Gm7]A-could you call on [Fm7]Lady Day?[Bb11]
And could you call on [C7sus4]John Coltrane? Now, 'cause they'll
[Gm7]A-they'll wash your [Fm7]troubles, your [Bb11]trou-
[Bb11]
Your [Bb11]troubles, your troubles, your troubles
Your [Bb11]troubles, your [B11]troubles, your troubles [C7sus4]away
They'll wash your troubles [C7sus4]away
They'll wash your troubles [C7sus4]away
Your [Gm7]troubles, your [Fm7]troubles, your [Bb11]troubles, your troubles [C7sus4]away
Yeah, they'll wash your troubles [C7sus4]away
They'll wash your troubles [C7sus4]away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
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