Is That Jazz Chords by Gil Scott-Heron
Tempo:
134.8 bpm
Chords used:
G#m
F#
C#m
E
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#m]
[G#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [E] [G#m]
He was always rich [F#] as a hand.
[C#m] And Ellington was [B] more than a [G#m] number one for the music and the things [F#] that he said.
And I'm gonna sing it again.
[C#m] Burden was a [G#m] word like when tennis was heard.
Kansas right [F#] up to the press.
That's the [C#m] young.
Then there was Billy, [G#m] the queen of a scene that keeps echoing [F#] on in my head.
[E] What it has will [F#] surely [G#] last but this [C#m] black jazz.
[G#m]
[F#]
[C#m] [G#m]
I had [F#]
[C#m] a [E] time amazing raises [G#m] spirits from [F#] deep in your soul.
[C#m] Train.
[G#m]
Pain.
My.
[F#]
[C#m] Even [E] by.
[G#m] Freedom job.
Their own [F#] individual way.
[E] Playing and singing.
[G#m]
No.
Oh.
[F#]
That is.
[E] [F#] Sure.
[G#] But is [C#m] that.
[G#m]
Over [F#]
[C#m] analyze.
[G#m] We let others [F#m] define.
[E] A thousand [F#] precious feelings from our.
I [C#m] had [A] a way.
[G#m] [C#m] Love and.
[F#m] [G#m] Jazz jazz [F#]
[G#m] jazz jazz jazz.
[D#] [E]
[D#m] [E]
[G#m]
[F#]
Oh.
[C#m] [G#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [B]
[G#m] [F#]
[E] Oh.
[D#m]
Oh.
[G#] [C#m] [G#m] Oh.
[F#]
[C#m] [G#m] Oh.
Oh.
No.
[F#]
[E] No I don't [G#m] [F#]
[E] [G#m] have.
Is that really a crime when you know I ain't [F#] got nothing else?
[B] [E] Only [C#m] millions [G#m] will sound me up when I'm down.
Let me salvage [F#] a piece of myself.
[E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [C#m] is that death?
[E] What it has will [G#] surely last, but is [C#m] that death?
[G#m]
[E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [E] is that death?
[G#m]
What it [E] has will [F#] surely [G#] last, but is that [E] death?
[C#m] [E]
[G#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [E] [G#m]
He was always rich [F#] as a hand.
[C#m] And Ellington was [B] more than a [G#m] number one for the music and the things [F#] that he said.
And I'm gonna sing it again.
[C#m] Burden was a [G#m] word like when tennis was heard.
Kansas right [F#] up to the press.
That's the [C#m] young.
Then there was Billy, [G#m] the queen of a scene that keeps echoing [F#] on in my head.
[E] What it has will [F#] surely [G#] last but this [C#m] black jazz.
[G#m]
[F#]
[C#m] [G#m]
I had [F#]
[C#m] a [E] time amazing raises [G#m] spirits from [F#] deep in your soul.
[C#m] Train.
[G#m]
Pain.
My.
[F#]
[C#m] Even [E] by.
[G#m] Freedom job.
Their own [F#] individual way.
[E] Playing and singing.
[G#m]
No.
Oh.
[F#]
That is.
[E] [F#] Sure.
[G#] But is [C#m] that.
[G#m]
Over [F#]
[C#m] analyze.
[G#m] We let others [F#m] define.
[E] A thousand [F#] precious feelings from our.
I [C#m] had [A] a way.
[G#m] [C#m] Love and.
[F#m] [G#m] Jazz jazz [F#]
[G#m] jazz jazz jazz.
[D#] [E]
[D#m] [E]
[G#m]
[F#]
Oh.
[C#m] [G#m]
[F#]
[G#m] [B]
[G#m] [F#]
[E] Oh.
[D#m]
Oh.
[G#] [C#m] [G#m] Oh.
[F#]
[C#m] [G#m] Oh.
Oh.
No.
[F#]
[E] No I don't [G#m] [F#]
[E] [G#m] have.
Is that really a crime when you know I ain't [F#] got nothing else?
[B] [E] Only [C#m] millions [G#m] will sound me up when I'm down.
Let me salvage [F#] a piece of myself.
[E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [C#m] is that death?
[E] What it has will [G#] surely last, but is [C#m] that death?
[G#m]
[E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [E] is that death?
[G#m]
What it [E] has will [F#] surely [G#] last, but is that [E] death?
[C#m] [E]
Key:
G#m
F#
C#m
E
G#
G#m
F#
C#m
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ He was always rich [F#] as a hand.
_ [C#m] And Ellington was [B] more than a [G#m] number one for the music and the things [F#] that he said.
And I'm gonna sing it again.
_ [C#m] _ Burden was a [G#m] word like when tennis was heard.
Kansas right [F#] up to the press.
That's the [C#m] young.
Then there was Billy, [G#m] the queen of a scene that keeps _ echoing [F#] on in my head.
[E] What it has will [F#] surely [G#] last but this [C#m] black jazz.
_ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
I _ had _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ a [E] time amazing raises [G#m] _ spirits from [F#] deep in your soul.
[C#m] _ Train.
_ [G#m] _ _
_ Pain.
_ _ My.
[F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] Even [E] by. _
[G#m] Freedom job.
Their own _ [F#] individual way.
_ _ [E] Playing and singing.
[G#m]
No.
_ Oh.
_ _ _ [F#]
That is.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] Sure.
[G#] But is [C#m] that.
_ _ [G#m] _ _
_ Over _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ analyze.
[G#m] We let others [F#m] define.
[E] A thousand [F#] precious feelings from our.
I [C#m] had [A] a way.
[G#m] _ [C#m] Love and.
_ [F#m] _ [G#m] Jazz jazz _ [F#]
[G#m] jazz jazz jazz.
_ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Oh.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Oh.
[D#m]
Oh.
[G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Oh.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Oh.
_ Oh.
No.
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] No I don't [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] have.
Is that really a crime when you know I ain't [F#] got nothing else?
[B] [E] Only [C#m] millions [G#m] will sound me up when I'm down.
Let me salvage [F#] a piece of myself.
[E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [C#m] is that death? _ _ _
_ [E] _ What it has will [G#] surely last, but is [C#m] that death?
_ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [E] is that death?
_ [G#m] _
_ What it [E] has will [F#] surely [G#] last, but is that [E] death? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ He was always rich [F#] as a hand.
_ [C#m] And Ellington was [B] more than a [G#m] number one for the music and the things [F#] that he said.
And I'm gonna sing it again.
_ [C#m] _ Burden was a [G#m] word like when tennis was heard.
Kansas right [F#] up to the press.
That's the [C#m] young.
Then there was Billy, [G#m] the queen of a scene that keeps _ echoing [F#] on in my head.
[E] What it has will [F#] surely [G#] last but this [C#m] black jazz.
_ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
I _ had _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ a [E] time amazing raises [G#m] _ spirits from [F#] deep in your soul.
[C#m] _ Train.
_ [G#m] _ _
_ Pain.
_ _ My.
[F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] Even [E] by. _
[G#m] Freedom job.
Their own _ [F#] individual way.
_ _ [E] Playing and singing.
[G#m]
No.
_ Oh.
_ _ _ [F#]
That is.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] Sure.
[G#] But is [C#m] that.
_ _ [G#m] _ _
_ Over _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ analyze.
[G#m] We let others [F#m] define.
[E] A thousand [F#] precious feelings from our.
I [C#m] had [A] a way.
[G#m] _ [C#m] Love and.
_ [F#m] _ [G#m] Jazz jazz _ [F#]
[G#m] jazz jazz jazz.
_ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Oh.
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ Oh.
[D#m]
Oh.
[G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Oh.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G#m] Oh.
_ Oh.
No.
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [E] No I don't [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G#m] have.
Is that really a crime when you know I ain't [F#] got nothing else?
[B] [E] Only [C#m] millions [G#m] will sound me up when I'm down.
Let me salvage [F#] a piece of myself.
[E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [C#m] is that death? _ _ _
_ [E] _ What it has will [G#] surely last, but is [C#m] that death?
_ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [E] What it has will [D#m] surely [G#] last, but [E] is that death?
_ [G#m] _
_ What it [E] has will [F#] surely [G#] last, but is that [E] death? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _