Chords for Gil Scott Heron
Tempo:
91 bpm
Chords used:
Am
C
Dm
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F] [D]
[C] [E] [Am]
[Dm] [A]
[Am] I've been down in Pennsylvania, [Dm] where [Am] I was working in the mine.
I've [Dm] been down in Cincinnati, [Am] laid me off the assembly line.
Yeah, [Em] well they've got me looking [F] everywhere, but I ain't too proud of [D] what I found.
[Am] [G] You can't name where [Am] I've been down, [Dm] cause there ain't no place [Am] I ain't been down.
[Em] [Am] I was down in Kansas [Am] City, where even the blues is.
I've been down [Dm] in New York City, brother, and there ain't no [Am] place to be down.
Yeah, [Em] I'm looking at the faces of the children, [F] you see we're looking [Am] for a higher ground.
[Em] And you can't name where [Am] we've been down, cause there ain't no place we ain't been down.
[Em] We [D] fell down, somewhere between the cities [Am] and the town.
We [D] went down, between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not [Am] recognize the sound.
Cause you can't name where we've been down, [Dm] there ain't no place we [Am] ain't been down.
[E] Crazy Eddie.
[D]
[Am] [Dm]
[Dm] [Am]
[Em]
[F] [D]
[C] [E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [G] [Am]
Standing in the shadows, [Dm] sure [Am] enough look like rain.
I [Dm] see the steel gray closet above me, where all the [Am] anguish is.
[Em] Yeah, I've been looking everywhere for [F] peace, but I swear there just ain't [D]
none around.
[Em] But you can't [Am] name where I've been down, cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
[Em] [D] We've been down, between the [Am] cities and the town.
Yeah, [D] I've been down, somewhere between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not [D]
recognize the sound.
[Em] [Am] Cause you can't name where I've been down, there ain't no place I ain't been [C] down.
You [Dm] can't [Am] name, you can't name where I've [G] been down.
[C] You can't name where I've [Dm] been down.
Ain't [Am] no place I need to go, ain't no things I need to [Am] know.
And you can't name where I've been down.
[C] Everybody seems to [Am] see, see that man he's less than peace.
See that man he's less than [C] peace.
He's [B] a fool to say the [B] least.
[C] He's a fool to say the [Am] least.
There ain't no peace to be [B] found.
Yeah, there [C] ain't no peace to be [Am] found.
Everybody seems to [B] hold.
[C] Can't name where I've been [F] down.
Seems I've [Am] always come and gone.
[C] Ain't no place I need to know.
[Am] Ain't no where I need to go.
[B]
[C] [Dm] Ain't no place I ain't been
[Am] down.
Ain't been down.
[C] [Am] [C]
[Am]
[N]
[C] [E] [Am]
[Dm] [A]
[Am] I've been down in Pennsylvania, [Dm] where [Am] I was working in the mine.
I've [Dm] been down in Cincinnati, [Am] laid me off the assembly line.
Yeah, [Em] well they've got me looking [F] everywhere, but I ain't too proud of [D] what I found.
[Am] [G] You can't name where [Am] I've been down, [Dm] cause there ain't no place [Am] I ain't been down.
[Em] [Am] I was down in Kansas [Am] City, where even the blues is.
I've been down [Dm] in New York City, brother, and there ain't no [Am] place to be down.
Yeah, [Em] I'm looking at the faces of the children, [F] you see we're looking [Am] for a higher ground.
[Em] And you can't name where [Am] we've been down, cause there ain't no place we ain't been down.
[Em] We [D] fell down, somewhere between the cities [Am] and the town.
We [D] went down, between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not [Am] recognize the sound.
Cause you can't name where we've been down, [Dm] there ain't no place we [Am] ain't been down.
[E] Crazy Eddie.
[D]
[Am] [Dm]
[Dm] [Am]
[Em]
[F] [D]
[C] [E] [Am]
[D] [Am]
[Em] [G] [Am]
Standing in the shadows, [Dm] sure [Am] enough look like rain.
I [Dm] see the steel gray closet above me, where all the [Am] anguish is.
[Em] Yeah, I've been looking everywhere for [F] peace, but I swear there just ain't [D]
none around.
[Em] But you can't [Am] name where I've been down, cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
[Em] [D] We've been down, between the [Am] cities and the town.
Yeah, [D] I've been down, somewhere between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not [D]
recognize the sound.
[Em] [Am] Cause you can't name where I've been down, there ain't no place I ain't been [C] down.
You [Dm] can't [Am] name, you can't name where I've [G] been down.
[C] You can't name where I've [Dm] been down.
Ain't [Am] no place I need to go, ain't no things I need to [Am] know.
And you can't name where I've been down.
[C] Everybody seems to [Am] see, see that man he's less than peace.
See that man he's less than [C] peace.
He's [B] a fool to say the [B] least.
[C] He's a fool to say the [Am] least.
There ain't no peace to be [B] found.
Yeah, there [C] ain't no peace to be [Am] found.
Everybody seems to [B] hold.
[C] Can't name where I've been [F] down.
Seems I've [Am] always come and gone.
[C] Ain't no place I need to know.
[Am] Ain't no where I need to go.
[B]
[C] [Dm] Ain't no place I ain't been
[Am] down.
Ain't been down.
[C] [Am] [C]
[Am]
[N]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ I've been down in Pennsylvania, _ [Dm] where [Am] I was working in the mine.
_ _ _ _ I've [Dm] been down in Cincinnati, [Am] _ laid me off the assembly line.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [Em] well they've got me looking [F] everywhere, but I ain't too proud of [D] what I found.
[Am] _ _ [G] You can't name where [Am] I've been down, _ _ [Dm] cause there ain't no place [Am] I ain't been down.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ I was down in Kansas [Am] City, _ where even the blues is.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've been down [Dm] in New York City, brother, and there ain't no [Am] place to be down.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [Em] I'm looking at the faces of the children, [F] you see we're looking [Am] for a higher ground.
_ _ [Em] And you can't name where [Am] we've been down, _ _ cause there ain't no place we ain't been down.
_ _ [Em] _ _ We [D] fell down, _ somewhere between the cities [Am] and the town.
_ _ _ _ We [D] went down, _ _ between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
_ _ _ _ And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not [Am] recognize the sound.
_ Cause you can't name where we've been down, _ [Dm] there ain't no place we [Am] ain't been down.
_ [E] _ Crazy Eddie.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am]
Standing in the shadows, [Dm] _ sure [Am] enough look like rain.
_ _ _ _ _ I [Dm] see the steel gray closet above me, where all the [Am] anguish is.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Yeah, I've been looking everywhere for [F] peace, but I swear there just ain't [D]
none around.
_ [Em] But you can't [Am] name where I've been down, _ _ cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] We've been down, _ _ _ between the [Am] cities and the town.
_ _ _ Yeah, [D] I've been down, _ somewhere between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
_ _ _ _ And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not _ [D]
recognize the sound.
_ [Em] [Am] Cause you can't name where I've been down, _ _ there ain't no place I ain't been [C] down.
You [Dm] can't [Am] name, you can't name where I've [G] been down.
[C] You can't name where I've [Dm] been down.
Ain't [Am] no place I need to go, ain't no things I need to [Am] know.
And you can't name where I've been down.
[C] Everybody seems to [Am] see, see that man he's less than peace.
See that man he's less than [C] peace.
He's [B] a fool to say the [B] least.
[C] He's a fool to say the [Am] least.
There ain't no peace to be [B] found.
Yeah, there [C] ain't no peace to be [Am] found.
Everybody seems to [B] hold.
[C] Can't name where I've been [F] down.
Seems I've [Am] always come and gone.
[C] Ain't no place I need to know.
[Am] Ain't no where I need to go.
[B] _
[C] _ [Dm] Ain't no place I ain't been _ _ _
_ _ [Am] down.
Ain't been down.
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ I've been down in Pennsylvania, _ [Dm] where [Am] I was working in the mine.
_ _ _ _ I've [Dm] been down in Cincinnati, [Am] _ laid me off the assembly line.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [Em] well they've got me looking [F] everywhere, but I ain't too proud of [D] what I found.
[Am] _ _ [G] You can't name where [Am] I've been down, _ _ [Dm] cause there ain't no place [Am] I ain't been down.
_ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ I was down in Kansas [Am] City, _ where even the blues is.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I've been down [Dm] in New York City, brother, and there ain't no [Am] place to be down.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, [Em] I'm looking at the faces of the children, [F] you see we're looking [Am] for a higher ground.
_ _ [Em] And you can't name where [Am] we've been down, _ _ cause there ain't no place we ain't been down.
_ _ [Em] _ _ We [D] fell down, _ somewhere between the cities [Am] and the town.
_ _ _ _ We [D] went down, _ _ between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
_ _ _ _ And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not [Am] recognize the sound.
_ Cause you can't name where we've been down, _ [Dm] there ain't no place we [Am] ain't been down.
_ [E] _ Crazy Eddie.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am]
Standing in the shadows, [Dm] _ sure [Am] enough look like rain.
_ _ _ _ _ I [Dm] see the steel gray closet above me, where all the [Am] anguish is.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] Yeah, I've been looking everywhere for [F] peace, but I swear there just ain't [D]
none around.
_ [Em] But you can't [Am] name where I've been down, _ _ cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] We've been down, _ _ _ between the [Am] cities and the town.
_ _ _ Yeah, [D] I've been down, _ somewhere between the smiles [Am] and the frown.
_ _ _ _ And [F] if they call me in the morning, [Em] I may not _ [D]
recognize the sound.
_ [Em] [Am] Cause you can't name where I've been down, _ _ there ain't no place I ain't been [C] down.
You [Dm] can't [Am] name, you can't name where I've [G] been down.
[C] You can't name where I've [Dm] been down.
Ain't [Am] no place I need to go, ain't no things I need to [Am] know.
And you can't name where I've been down.
[C] Everybody seems to [Am] see, see that man he's less than peace.
See that man he's less than [C] peace.
He's [B] a fool to say the [B] least.
[C] He's a fool to say the [Am] least.
There ain't no peace to be [B] found.
Yeah, there [C] ain't no peace to be [Am] found.
Everybody seems to [B] hold.
[C] Can't name where I've been [F] down.
Seems I've [Am] always come and gone.
[C] Ain't no place I need to know.
[Am] Ain't no where I need to go.
[B] _
[C] _ [Dm] Ain't no place I ain't been _ _ _
_ _ [Am] down.
Ain't been down.
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _