Chords for Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle (R.I.P Gil Scott Heron)

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If I could just remember.
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_ _ [Bb] If I could. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Uno, _ dos, uno, [E] dos, tres, [A] cuatro.
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[A] see that black boy over there [Dm] running scared.
[A] His old man on the bottom.
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[Am] He done quit hitting nine to [Dm] five.
He drank full time and now [A] he's living in a bottom.
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[Am] See that black boy over [Dm] there running scared.
His [A] old man got a problem.
[Dm] And it's a bad one.
He [A] ain't running, warned off, damn near everything.
[Dm] His old woman waiting [A] to pay for a bottom.
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[Am] And don't you think it's [Gm] a crime.
[F] When _ time [Em] after time after time, [Am] people in the bottom.
_ _ [Dm] There's people living [A] in the bottom.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Listen to me.
[A] She asked if the shirt was fine.
[C] Oh, she's finally drinking wine [A] in a bottle.
_ _ _ [Dm] She told me, old [A] man committed a [Dm] crime.
He's doing time now, she's hanging [A] in a bottle.
_ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] I seen her [A] out there on the avenue.
[Dm] All by herself, she sure need help [Am] from the bottle.
_ _ [Dm] _ I seen her, [Am] she's a man tied to help her.
Oh, [Dm] she's just been running and hitting him in the head [Am] in the bottle.
_ [Dm] They turned to me, they asked me, [Am] girl.
Now, don't [A] you think it's [Gm] a crime.
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_ When time after time [Dm] after time, people [Am] in the bottom.
_ _ [Dm] There's people showing up in [A] the bottom.
_ _ _ [Dm] Give another good example.
[A] You see that jet in a regal suit [Dm] there.
He's not damn near blown his little [Am] bottle.
_ _ _ He was a [A] doctor helping young girls along.
[Dm] If they wasn't too [A] far gone to have problems.
_ _ [Dm] _ But the [Am] offenders of the dollar [Dm] eagles said,
What you doing, man, that ain't [A] legal.
Now he's in the bottle.
[Dm] And _ _ [Am] now we watch him every day.
[Dm] He's trying to take the pigeons away [A] from the bottle.
[Em] _ [Dm] He turned to me, he said,
Now, [Am] _ don't you think it's a [Gm] crime.
When [F] _ _ time [Em] after time after [Dm] time, people in [Am] the bottom.
_ _ _ [Dm] There's people [A] showing up in the bottom.
[Am] _ [Dm] Come on, hit her in the leg one time, Steve. _
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_ _ [G] _ [Dm] I'll tell you a little secret.
If [A] you ever come and look at me,
[Dm] You know I'm bound to be [Am] in the bottom.
_ _ [Dm] _ Turn around, [Am] look around,
On any corner, [Dm] if you see somebody
Looking like a goner, [G] it's gonna [Dm] be me.
Check this [A] out.
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_ Get a bottle of wine.
Get a bottle of [A] wine.
In the bottle.
_ _ [Dm] All that I'm concerned about is the bottle.
_ _ It can take me inside [Am] of a bottle.
_ [D] _ All I want, all I [A] want, all I want, all I [Dm] want.
Since I'm living on the [Am] bottom.
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[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] Woo! _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Yeah! _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Right here. _
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