The Get Out Of The Ghetto Blues Chords by Gil Scott-Heron
Tempo:
102.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Gm
Em
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [G]
[B] [Em] [Dm] [G]
[C] [F]
[Am] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
[Am] [C] [F] [Em] [Dm]
[F] [C]
[D] [C] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [C] [B] [E] [C]
[D] [Dm] [E]
[G] [Fm] [C] [Bm]
[Em] What we want [Dbm] to discuss here [C] [Gm] [C] are [Em] roots out of [Dm] the ghetto.
[G] This is called the Get Out of [C] the Ghetto [Dbm] Blues.
[E]
[C] [Am] [G] [B]
I know you [Gm] think you're [B] cool [Gm] Lord
[D] if [Ab] they bus your kids to [Dm] school
[Em] I [C] [B]
[Em] [G] [C]
[Gm] know you think you're cool Just cause they [Em] bus your [D] kids to [Em] school
[C] But
[Dm] [Gm]
[C] [D] you ain't got [Em] a [Db] thing to [C] lose [Ab] You just got to [C] get out [Gb] of the ghetto [Gm] blues
[C] [G] I
[C]
[G] know you think you're cool [Ebm] [Gm] If [D] [A] you're getting [Dm] two [G] welfare [Em] checks
[E] You [Em] [Am] [Em] [F]
[G] [Bb] done [D]
told me you think you're [Dm] cool [Gm] Because [E] you're [Dm] getting two [Gm] welfare [B] checks
[F] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] Yeah [C] but you [Bm] got ten years [Em] to lose If [Db] they catch you
[C] [E] Just trying to [C] fight that Get Out [Fm] of [D] the [E] Ghetto [G] Blues
But [Am] [G] [C] it is, but [F] it [Ab] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Gm]
[G] [B]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [Fm] [Bb]
is
[Gm] [Dm]
[Am] [Gm] My Lord
[Dm]
[G] [Gm] [C] [B] [Dm]
[C] [F] [C] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bbm] Woo!
[Am]
[C] [G]
[Em] [Ab] If he [Gm] don't get you in the wash, the Lord knows he'll [D] catch you in the rinse
I [Em]
know, I know you think you're cool
[Gm] Just cause you shooting that [C] stuff in your [G] arm
I
[B]
[Gm] seen you nodding, [N]
[Gm] [Bb] cause you shoot that stuff in [Em] your arm
[C] And
[Dm] [Bm]
[D] it [C] don't matter [Bm] which fan box [Em] you [Dbm] choose [D] [C] You got [Gm] to get out of the [Em] ghetto blues
[D] [C] [G] Yeah, [C] [G] [Ab] yeah, yeah, [Fm] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [G]
[N]
[B] [Em] [Dm] [G]
[C] [F]
[Am] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
[Am] [C] [F] [Em] [Dm]
[F] [C]
[D] [C] [Gm] [C]
[Gm] [C] [B] [E] [C]
[D] [Dm] [E]
[G] [Fm] [C] [Bm]
[Em] What we want [Dbm] to discuss here [C] [Gm] [C] are [Em] roots out of [Dm] the ghetto.
[G] This is called the Get Out of [C] the Ghetto [Dbm] Blues.
[E]
[C] [Am] [G] [B]
I know you [Gm] think you're [B] cool [Gm] Lord
[D] if [Ab] they bus your kids to [Dm] school
[Em] I [C] [B]
[Em] [G] [C]
[Gm] know you think you're cool Just cause they [Em] bus your [D] kids to [Em] school
[C] But
[Dm] [Gm]
[C] [D] you ain't got [Em] a [Db] thing to [C] lose [Ab] You just got to [C] get out [Gb] of the ghetto [Gm] blues
[C] [G] I
[C]
[G] know you think you're cool [Ebm] [Gm] If [D] [A] you're getting [Dm] two [G] welfare [Em] checks
[E] You [Em] [Am] [Em] [F]
[G] [Bb] done [D]
told me you think you're [Dm] cool [Gm] Because [E] you're [Dm] getting two [Gm] welfare [B] checks
[F] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] Yeah [C] but you [Bm] got ten years [Em] to lose If [Db] they catch you
[C] [E] Just trying to [C] fight that Get Out [Fm] of [D] the [E] Ghetto [G] Blues
But [Am] [G] [C] it is, but [F] it [Ab] [C] [G]
[C] [G] [Gm]
[G] [B]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [Fm] [Bb]
is
[Gm] [Dm]
[Am] [Gm] My Lord
[Dm]
[G] [Gm] [C] [B] [Dm]
[C] [F] [C] [Dm]
[G] [C]
[D] [Em] [Bbm] Woo!
[Am]
[C] [G]
[Em] [Ab] If he [Gm] don't get you in the wash, the Lord knows he'll [D] catch you in the rinse
I [Em]
know, I know you think you're cool
[Gm] Just cause you shooting that [C] stuff in your [G] arm
I
[B]
[Gm] seen you nodding, [N]
[Gm] [Bb] cause you shoot that stuff in [Em] your arm
[C] And
[Dm] [Bm]
[D] it [C] don't matter [Bm] which fan box [Em] you [Dbm] choose [D] [C] You got [Gm] to get out of the [Em] ghetto blues
[D] [C] [G] Yeah, [C] [G] [Ab] yeah, yeah, [Fm] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[G] [F] [G]
[C] [G]
[N]
Key:
C
G
Gm
Em
Dm
C
G
Gm
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] What we want [Dbm] to discuss here [C] _ [Gm] [C] are [Em] roots out of [Dm] the ghetto.
[G] This is called the Get Out of [C] the Ghetto [Dbm] Blues.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [B]
I know you [Gm] think you're [B] cool _ [Gm] Lord _
[D] if [Ab] they bus your kids to [Dm] school _
[Em] I _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ know you think you're cool _ Just cause they [Em] bus your [D] kids to [Em] school
_ _ [C] But _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ [D] you ain't got [Em] a [Db] thing to [C] lose [Ab] You just got to [C] get out [Gb] of the ghetto [Gm] blues
_ [C] [G] I _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ know you think you're cool [Ebm] _ [Gm] If _ [D] _ [A] you're getting _ [Dm] two [G] welfare [Em] checks
[E] You _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ done [D]
told me you think you're [Dm] cool _ [Gm] Because [E] you're [Dm] getting two [Gm] welfare [B] checks _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] Yeah [C] but you [Bm] got ten years [Em] to lose If [Db] they catch you
[C] _ [E] Just trying to [C] fight that Get Out [Fm] of [D] the [E] Ghetto [G] Blues _
But [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] it is, but [F] it _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ is
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] My Lord
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] Woo!
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] [Ab] If he [Gm] don't get you in the wash, the Lord knows he'll [D] catch you in the rinse
I _ [Em] _
know, I know you think you're cool _ _
[Gm] Just cause you shooting that [C] stuff in your [G] arm
I _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[Gm] seen you _ _ nodding, [N] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] cause you shoot that stuff in [Em] your arm
_ [C] And _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] it [C] don't matter [Bm] which fan box [Em] you [Dbm] choose _ [D] [C] You got [Gm] to get out of the [Em] ghetto blues
_ [D] _ [C] _ [G] Yeah, [C] _ _ [G] [Ab] yeah, yeah, [Fm] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Am] _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Em] _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ [C] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ [C] _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Em] What we want [Dbm] to discuss here [C] _ [Gm] [C] are [Em] roots out of [Dm] the ghetto.
[G] This is called the Get Out of [C] the Ghetto [Dbm] Blues.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [B]
I know you [Gm] think you're [B] cool _ [Gm] Lord _
[D] if [Ab] they bus your kids to [Dm] school _
[Em] I _ _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _
[Gm] _ _ know you think you're cool _ Just cause they [Em] bus your [D] kids to [Em] school
_ _ [C] But _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ [C] _ [D] you ain't got [Em] a [Db] thing to [C] lose [Ab] You just got to [C] get out [Gb] of the ghetto [Gm] blues
_ [C] [G] I _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ know you think you're cool [Ebm] _ [Gm] If _ [D] _ [A] you're getting _ [Dm] two [G] welfare [Em] checks
[E] You _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ done [D]
told me you think you're [Dm] cool _ [Gm] Because [E] you're [Dm] getting two [Gm] welfare [B] checks _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] Yeah [C] but you [Bm] got ten years [Em] to lose If [Db] they catch you
[C] _ [E] Just trying to [C] fight that Get Out [Fm] of [D] the [E] Ghetto [G] Blues _
But [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] it is, but [F] it _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ is
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] My Lord
[Dm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ [B] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] Woo!
[Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] [Ab] If he [Gm] don't get you in the wash, the Lord knows he'll [D] catch you in the rinse
I _ [Em] _
know, I know you think you're cool _ _
[Gm] Just cause you shooting that [C] stuff in your [G] arm
I _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
[Gm] seen you _ _ nodding, [N] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] cause you shoot that stuff in [Em] your arm
_ [C] And _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] it [C] don't matter [Bm] which fan box [Em] you [Dbm] choose _ [D] [C] You got [Gm] to get out of the [Em] ghetto blues
_ [D] _ [C] _ [G] Yeah, [C] _ _ [G] [Ab] yeah, yeah, [Fm] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _