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