Chords for Miles Davis - Addicted to Heroin (from The Miles Davis Story)
Tempo:
139.55 bpm
Chords used:
Gm
F#
E
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [F#]
After the freedom of [E] Paris, [F] Miles returned to the harsh reality and racism [E] of New York.
The jazz scene was in [D] decline and white musicians got most of the work.
Miles was bored, he had a family to support and was missing Juliet Greco.
In this professional and emotional crisis, he got hooked on heroin.
[A#] I started sweating, you know, I said, damn.
I said, I'm catching cold, right?
And the next day was the same thing.
[F] So I talked to a friend of mine on the street, he said, man, you've got to have [B] it.
He asked, what you been doing?
I said, just snorting this.
He said, you've got to have it now.
[F#] [N]
Drugs were destroying Miles' career as well as his relationship with Irene.
But nevertheless, in 1950, Irene gave birth to their third child, Miles IV.
When did things start to go wrong?
When Miles started using drugs?
That is what separated Miles from me, not women, drugs.
His brother, Vernon, says it was drugs that turned him into a different person.
Over the next three years, Miles' behaviour became increasingly erratic.
He disappeared for days on end, often missed gigs.
To get money for drugs, he was reduced to pimping off prostitutes and petty crime.
I noticed a hulk lying in the gutter.
I kicked it over so I could see the face, and there was Miles.
So I took him up to my hotel room, and you just relax.
I said, yeah, yeah, man, OK.
So I left.
Sure enough, I came back about three hours later,
and as I got off the elevator on the floor where my room was,
I looked straight down the hall, which is where my room was located,
and the door was open.
So I said, what is this?
So I rushed up to the door and walked in,
and the first thing I noticed, the bed was empty.
No Miles, no trumpet, no radio, no record player, no nothing.
No clothes, no nothing.
So I looked around and said, well, he got me.
And I thought about that old saying,
no good deed ever goes [Gm] unpunished.
After the freedom of [E] Paris, [F] Miles returned to the harsh reality and racism [E] of New York.
The jazz scene was in [D] decline and white musicians got most of the work.
Miles was bored, he had a family to support and was missing Juliet Greco.
In this professional and emotional crisis, he got hooked on heroin.
[A#] I started sweating, you know, I said, damn.
I said, I'm catching cold, right?
And the next day was the same thing.
[F] So I talked to a friend of mine on the street, he said, man, you've got to have [B] it.
He asked, what you been doing?
I said, just snorting this.
He said, you've got to have it now.
[F#] [N]
Drugs were destroying Miles' career as well as his relationship with Irene.
But nevertheless, in 1950, Irene gave birth to their third child, Miles IV.
When did things start to go wrong?
When Miles started using drugs?
That is what separated Miles from me, not women, drugs.
His brother, Vernon, says it was drugs that turned him into a different person.
Over the next three years, Miles' behaviour became increasingly erratic.
He disappeared for days on end, often missed gigs.
To get money for drugs, he was reduced to pimping off prostitutes and petty crime.
I noticed a hulk lying in the gutter.
I kicked it over so I could see the face, and there was Miles.
So I took him up to my hotel room, and you just relax.
I said, yeah, yeah, man, OK.
So I left.
Sure enough, I came back about three hours later,
and as I got off the elevator on the floor where my room was,
I looked straight down the hall, which is where my room was located,
and the door was open.
So I said, what is this?
So I rushed up to the door and walked in,
and the first thing I noticed, the bed was empty.
No Miles, no trumpet, no radio, no record player, no nothing.
No clothes, no nothing.
So I looked around and said, well, he got me.
And I thought about that old saying,
no good deed ever goes [Gm] unpunished.
Key:
Gm
F#
E
F
D
Gm
F#
E
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
After the freedom of [E] Paris, [F] Miles returned to the harsh reality and racism [E] of New York.
The jazz scene was in [D] decline and white musicians got most of the work. _
_ _ _ _ Miles was bored, he had a family to support and was missing Juliet Greco. _
In this professional and emotional crisis, he got hooked on heroin.
[A#] I started sweating, you know, I said, damn.
_ _ I said, I'm catching cold, right? _
_ _ And the next day was the same thing.
_ _ [F] _ So I talked to a friend of mine on the street, he said, man, you've got to have [B] it. _ _ _
He asked, what you been doing?
_ _ I said, just snorting this.
He said, you've got to have it now. _
[F#] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
Drugs were destroying Miles' career as well as his relationship with Irene.
_ But nevertheless, in 1950, Irene gave birth to their third child, Miles IV.
_ When did things start to go wrong?
When Miles started using drugs? _ _ _
_ That is what separated Miles from me, not women, drugs.
_ _ _ His brother, Vernon, says it was drugs that turned him into a different person. _
_ _ Over the next three years, Miles' behaviour became increasingly erratic.
He disappeared for days on end, often missed gigs.
To get money for drugs, he was reduced to pimping off prostitutes and petty crime.
_ _ _ I noticed a hulk lying in the gutter. _ _
I kicked it over _ so I could see the face, and there was Miles.
_ _ So I took him up to my hotel room, _ and you just relax.
I said, yeah, yeah, man, OK.
So I left.
Sure enough, I came back about _ three hours later,
and as I got off the elevator on the floor where my room was,
I looked straight down the hall, which is where my room was located,
and the door was open.
So I said, what is this?
So I rushed up to the door and walked in,
and _ the first thing I noticed, the bed was empty.
No Miles, no trumpet, no radio, no record player, no nothing.
No clothes, no nothing. _ _ _
So I looked around and said, well, he got me.
_ _ _ And I thought about that old saying,
no good deed ever goes [Gm] unpunished. _ _
After the freedom of [E] Paris, [F] Miles returned to the harsh reality and racism [E] of New York.
The jazz scene was in [D] decline and white musicians got most of the work. _
_ _ _ _ Miles was bored, he had a family to support and was missing Juliet Greco. _
In this professional and emotional crisis, he got hooked on heroin.
[A#] I started sweating, you know, I said, damn.
_ _ I said, I'm catching cold, right? _
_ _ And the next day was the same thing.
_ _ [F] _ So I talked to a friend of mine on the street, he said, man, you've got to have [B] it. _ _ _
He asked, what you been doing?
_ _ I said, just snorting this.
He said, you've got to have it now. _
[F#] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
Drugs were destroying Miles' career as well as his relationship with Irene.
_ But nevertheless, in 1950, Irene gave birth to their third child, Miles IV.
_ When did things start to go wrong?
When Miles started using drugs? _ _ _
_ That is what separated Miles from me, not women, drugs.
_ _ _ His brother, Vernon, says it was drugs that turned him into a different person. _
_ _ Over the next three years, Miles' behaviour became increasingly erratic.
He disappeared for days on end, often missed gigs.
To get money for drugs, he was reduced to pimping off prostitutes and petty crime.
_ _ _ I noticed a hulk lying in the gutter. _ _
I kicked it over _ so I could see the face, and there was Miles.
_ _ So I took him up to my hotel room, _ and you just relax.
I said, yeah, yeah, man, OK.
So I left.
Sure enough, I came back about _ three hours later,
and as I got off the elevator on the floor where my room was,
I looked straight down the hall, which is where my room was located,
and the door was open.
So I said, what is this?
So I rushed up to the door and walked in,
and _ the first thing I noticed, the bed was empty.
No Miles, no trumpet, no radio, no record player, no nothing.
No clothes, no nothing. _ _ _
So I looked around and said, well, he got me.
_ _ _ And I thought about that old saying,
no good deed ever goes [Gm] unpunished. _ _