Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Official Audio)
Tempo:
91.7 bpm
Chords used:
C#
E
C#m
Em
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[E]
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to [E] plug in, turn on, and cop out.
[B] You will not [E] be able to lose yourself on Skag and skip out [Em] for beer during commercials because the revolution will not be televised.
[C#] The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by [C#m] Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell,
General Abrams, and Spyro Agnew to eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
[B] The revolution will not be [Bm] brought to you by the Schaefer Award Theater and will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not [B] get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you [G#] look five pounds thinner because the [Bm] revolution will not be televised, brother.
[D#] [A#] There will be no pictures of you [D] and Willie May pushing that [E] shopping cart down the block on the dead run or trying to [A#] slide that color [A#m] TV into a stolen ambulance.
[A#] NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 832 on the court from 29th District.
The revolution will not be televised.
[A] [C#] There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs [C#m] shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem on the [G] rail with [C#] a brand new process.
There will be no slow [D#] motion on still life of Roy [C#] Wilkins strolling through Watts in a red, black and green liberation jumpsuit that he has been saving for just the proper occasion.
Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies and Hooderville Church will no longer be so damn relevant and women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow because black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not [E] be televised.
[Em] There will be no highlights on the 11 o'clock news and no pictures of Harry R.
Women Liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
[E] The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or Francis Scott Keith nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Inglebert [Em] Humperdinck or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be [D#] televised.
[C#m] The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank or [C#] the giant in your [G] toilet bowl.
The [C#] revolution will not go better with coke.
The revolution will not fight germs that may [F#] cause bad breath.
[C#m] The revolution will put you in [F] the driver's seat.
The [C#] revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will be no rerun [F#] brothers, [G#] the revolution will be live.
[C#] [C#m]
[E]
You will not be able to stay home, brother.
You will not be able to [E] plug in, turn on, and cop out.
[B] You will not [E] be able to lose yourself on Skag and skip out [Em] for beer during commercials because the revolution will not be televised.
[C#] The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by [C#m] Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell,
General Abrams, and Spyro Agnew to eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
[B] The revolution will not be [Bm] brought to you by the Schaefer Award Theater and will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not [B] get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you [G#] look five pounds thinner because the [Bm] revolution will not be televised, brother.
[D#] [A#] There will be no pictures of you [D] and Willie May pushing that [E] shopping cart down the block on the dead run or trying to [A#] slide that color [A#m] TV into a stolen ambulance.
[A#] NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 832 on the court from 29th District.
The revolution will not be televised.
[A] [C#] There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs [C#m] shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem on the [G] rail with [C#] a brand new process.
There will be no slow [D#] motion on still life of Roy [C#] Wilkins strolling through Watts in a red, black and green liberation jumpsuit that he has been saving for just the proper occasion.
Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies and Hooderville Church will no longer be so damn relevant and women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow because black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not [E] be televised.
[Em] There will be no highlights on the 11 o'clock news and no pictures of Harry R.
Women Liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
[E] The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or Francis Scott Keith nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Inglebert [Em] Humperdinck or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be [D#] televised.
[C#m] The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank or [C#] the giant in your [G] toilet bowl.
The [C#] revolution will not go better with coke.
The revolution will not fight germs that may [F#] cause bad breath.
[C#m] The revolution will put you in [F] the driver's seat.
The [C#] revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will be no rerun [F#] brothers, [G#] the revolution will be live.
[C#] [C#m]
Key:
C#
E
C#m
Em
B
C#
E
C#m
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ You will not be able to stay home, brother. _ _
_ You will not be able to [E] plug in, turn on, and cop out.
[B] You will not [E] be able to lose yourself on Skag and skip out [Em] for beer during commercials because the revolution will not be televised.
_ _ [C#] _ The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by [C#m] Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell,
General Abrams, and Spyro Agnew to eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
_ _ [B] The revolution will not be [Bm] brought to you by the Schaefer Award Theater and will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
_ _ _ _ The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not [B] get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you [G#] look five pounds thinner because the [Bm] revolution will not be televised, brother. _
[D#] [A#] There will be no pictures of you [D] and Willie May pushing that [E] shopping cart down the block on the dead run or trying to [A#] slide that color [A#m] TV into a stolen ambulance.
[A#] NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 832 on the court from 29th District.
The revolution will not be televised. _
_ [A] _ [C#] There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs [C#m] shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem on the [G] rail with [C#] a brand new process.
There will be no slow [D#] motion on still life of Roy [C#] Wilkins strolling through Watts in a red, black and green liberation jumpsuit that he has been saving for just the proper occasion.
_ _ Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies and Hooderville Church will no longer be so damn relevant and women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow because black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not [E] be televised.
_ _ [Em] _ There will be no highlights on the 11 o'clock news and no pictures of Harry R.
Women Liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
[E] The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or Francis Scott Keith nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Inglebert [Em] Humperdinck or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be [D#] televised.
[C#m] The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank or [C#] the giant in your [G] toilet bowl.
The [C#] revolution will not go better with coke.
The revolution will not fight germs that may [F#] cause bad breath.
[C#m] The revolution will put you in [F] the driver's seat.
The [C#] revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
_ The revolution will be no rerun [F#] brothers, [G#] the revolution will be live. _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ You will not be able to stay home, brother. _ _
_ You will not be able to [E] plug in, turn on, and cop out.
[B] You will not [E] be able to lose yourself on Skag and skip out [Em] for beer during commercials because the revolution will not be televised.
_ _ [C#] _ The revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be brought to you by [C#m] Xerox in four parts without commercial interruptions.
The revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon blowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell,
General Abrams, and Spyro Agnew to eat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary.
The revolution will not be televised.
_ _ [B] The revolution will not be [Bm] brought to you by the Schaefer Award Theater and will not star Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.
_ _ _ _ The revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.
The revolution will not [B] get rid of the nubs.
The revolution will not make you [G#] look five pounds thinner because the [Bm] revolution will not be televised, brother. _
[D#] [A#] There will be no pictures of you [D] and Willie May pushing that [E] shopping cart down the block on the dead run or trying to [A#] slide that color [A#m] TV into a stolen ambulance.
[A#] NBC will not be able to predict the winner at 832 on the court from 29th District.
The revolution will not be televised. _
_ [A] _ [C#] There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of pigs [C#m] shooting down brothers on the instant replay.
There will be no pictures of Whitney Young being run out of Harlem on the [G] rail with [C#] a brand new process.
There will be no slow [D#] motion on still life of Roy [C#] Wilkins strolling through Watts in a red, black and green liberation jumpsuit that he has been saving for just the proper occasion.
_ _ Green Acres, Beverly Hillbillies and Hooderville Church will no longer be so damn relevant and women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow because black people will be in the street looking for a brighter day.
The revolution will not [E] be televised.
_ _ [Em] _ There will be no highlights on the 11 o'clock news and no pictures of Harry R.
Women Liberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
[E] The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb or Francis Scott Keith nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom Jones, Johnny Cash, Inglebert [Em] Humperdinck or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be [D#] televised.
[C#m] The revolution will not be right back after a message about a white tornado, white lightning or white people.
You will not have to worry about a dove in your bedroom, the tiger in your tank or [C#] the giant in your [G] toilet bowl.
The [C#] revolution will not go better with coke.
The revolution will not fight germs that may [F#] cause bad breath.
[C#m] The revolution will put you in [F] the driver's seat.
The [C#] revolution will not be televised.
The revolution will not be televised.
_ The revolution will be no rerun [F#] brothers, [G#] the revolution will be live. _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _