Pieces of a Man — Gil Scott-Heron
Chords and lyrics for Pieces of a Man by Gil Scott-Heron (key of A#).
Verse 1
PIECES OF A MAN by Gil Scott-Heron
Chorded by Levchek
INTRO: Cmaj7 Gm7
[Cmaj7]Jagged jigsaw [Gm7]pieces
[Cmaj7]Tossed about the[Gm7] room
[Cmaj7]I saw my grandma [Gm7]sweeping
[Cmaj7]With her old straw[Gm7] broom
[Fmaj7]She didn't know what she was[Bbmaj7] doing
[Fmaj7]She could hardly [G/A]understand [Am7][G7][Fmaj7]
[Cmaj7]That she was really [Gm7]sweeping up..
[Cmaj7]Pieces of [Gm7]a man
[Cmaj7]I saw my daddy greet the [Gm7]mailman
[Cmaj7]And I heard the mailman [Gm7]say
[Cmaj7]"Now don't you take this letter to [Gm7]hard now Jimmy
[Cmaj7]Cause they've laid off nine[Gm7] others today"
[Fmaj7]He didn't know what he was [Ebmaj7]saying
[Fmaj7]He could hardly [G/A][A7][Am7]understand[G7][Fmaj7]
[Cmaj7]That he was only [Gm7]talking to
[Cmaj7]Pieces of a[Gm7] man
[Fmaj7]I saw the thunder and heard the[Ab] lightning!
[Em]And felt the burden of his [A7]shame
[Dmaj7]And for some unknown[G] reason
[Em]He never turned my[A7] [Am]way[G7][Fmaj7]
[Cmaj7]Pieces of that [Gm7]letter
[Cmaj7]Were tossed about that [Gm7]room
[Cmaj7]And now I hear the sound of[Gm7] sirens
[Cmaj7]Come knifing through the[Gm7] gloom
[Fmaj7]They don't know what they [Bbmaj7]are doing
[Fmaj7]They could hardly [G/A][A7][Am7]understand[G7][Fmaj7]
[Cmaj7]That they're only [Gm7]arresting
[Cmaj7]Pieces of a [Gm7]man
[Cmaj7]I saw him go to [Bbmaj7]pieces
[Cmaj7]I saw him go to [Bbmaj7]pieces
[Cmaj7]He was always such a [Bbmaj7]good man
[Cmaj7]He was always such a [Bbmaj7]strong man
[Cmaj7]Yeah, I saw him go to [Bbmaj7]pieces
[Cmaj7]I saw him go to [Bbmaj7]pieces
OUTRO: Cmaj7 Bbmaj7
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