Pieces Of A Man – Gil Scott-Heron · Song Chords

Pieces Of A Man

Gil Scott-Heron · C

Real Key

C

C

0.2x

120

BPM

1

2

3

4

Rhythm

2/4

3/4

4/4

5/4

6/8

7/8

No Accent

Downbeat

Backbeat

All Equal

1 & 3

Intro

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Verse 1

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Jagged jigsaw pieces

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Tossed about the room

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

I saw my grandma sweeping

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C] [Bbmaj7/E]

With her old straw broom

[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [Emaj9] [Ebmaj9]

She didn't know what she was doing

[Fmaj9] [Bm7/A] [A] [Bb] [B]

She could hardly understand

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

That she was really sweeping up..

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Pieces of a man

Verse 2

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

I saw my daddy greet the mailman

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

And I heard the mailman say

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

"Now don't you take this letter to hard now Jimmy

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Cause they've laid off nine others today"

[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [Emaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Emaj9]

He didn't know what he was saying

[Fmaj9] [Bm7/A] [A] [Bb] [B]

He could hardly understand

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

That he was only talking to

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Pieces of a man

Verse 3

[Fmaj9] [Abmaj7/Bb]

I saw the thunder and heard the lightning!

[Bm7/E] [Bm7/A] [Ebmaj9]

And felt the burden of his shame

[Dmaj9] [Dmaj9] [Dbmaj9] [Cmaj9]

And for some unknown reason

[Bm7/A] [Bm7/A] [A] [Bb] [B]

He never turned my way

Verse 4

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Pieces of that letter

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Were tossed about that room

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

And now I hear the sound of sirens

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Come knifing through the gloom

[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [Emaj9] [Ebmaj9] [Emaj9]

They don't know what they are doing

[Fmaj9] [Bm7/A] [A] [Bb] [B]

They could hardly understand

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

That they're only arresting

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Pieces of a man

Verse 5

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

I saw him go to pieces

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

I saw him go to pieces

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

He was always such a good man

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

He was always such a strong man

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Yeah, I saw him go to pieces

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

I saw him go to pieces

Outro

[Cmaj9] [Bbmaj7/C]

Chords Used (14)

Guitar

Ukulele

Cmaj9

1 / 4

Bbmaj7/C

N/A

Bbmaj7/E

N/A

Fmaj9

1 / 4

Emaj9

1 / 4

Ebmaj9

N/A

Bm7/A

7fr

1 / 5

A

1 / 4

Bb

1 / 4

B

1 / 4

Abmaj7/Bb

N/A

Bm7/E

7fr

1 / 5

Dmaj9

2fr

1 / 4

Dbmaj9

N/A

Song Info

Real Key

C

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