Gil Scott-Heron - "Lady Day and John Coltrane"
[Vocals/Written By: Gil Scott-Heron]
[Сhords]
C7sus4: x-3-5-3-6-3
Fm7: x-8-10-8-9-8
Bb11: 6-x-x-5-4-6
Gm7: x-10-12-10-11-10
B11: 7-x-x-6-5-7
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] [C7sus4]
Lost your way?
And if you don't get-a help quick, you won't make it
[C7sus4]
Through the day?
Chorus
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11]
A-could you call on Lady Day?
[C7sus4]
Could you call on John Coltrane? Now, âcause they'll
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11]
A-they'll wash your troubles, your trou-
[C7sus4]
-bles, your troubles, your troubles away!
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] [Fm7]
On and on and on and on and on. It's
All because they're so afraid to say that
[C7sus4]
They're alone
[C7sus4]
Until our hero rides in, rides in on his
[C7sus4]
Saxophone
Chorus
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11]
A-could you call on Lady Day?
[C7sus4]
And could you call on John Coltrane? Now, 'cause they'll
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11]
A-they'll wash your troubles, your trou-
[C7sus4]
-bles, your troubles, your troubles away!
Interlude
[C7sus4] [C7sus4] [C7sus4]
All right
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
[Fm7]
Sun shine through
Ever feel that somehow, somewhere, you
[C7sus4]
Lost your way?
[C7sus4]
And if you don't get-a help quick, you won't make it
[C7sus4]
Through the day?
Chorus
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11]
A-could you call on Lady Day?
[C7sus4]
And could you call on John Coltrane? Now, 'cause they'll
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11]
A-they'll wash your troubles, your trou-
[Bb11]
-bles, your troubles, your troubles
[Bb11]
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles
[Bb11] [B11] [C7sus4]
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away
[C7sus4]
They'll wash your troubles away
[C7sus4]
They'll wash your troubles away
[Gm7] [Fm7] [Bb11] [C7sus4]
Your troubles, your troubles, your troubles, your troubles away
[C7sus4]
Yeah, they'll wash your troubles away
[C7sus4]
They'll wash your troubles away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
