When The Revolution Comes Chords by The Last Poets

Tempo:
86.95 bpm
Chords used:

E

C#

G#m

A

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Last Poets - When The Revolution Comes chords
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When the revolution [E] comes, some of us will probably catch it on TV with chicken hanging
from our mouths.
You'll know it's revolution because there won't be no commercial.
When the revolution [G#m] comes, preacher pips are going to split the scene with the communion
wine stuck in their back pockets.
Faggots won't be so funny then and all the junkies will quit their nod and wake up.
When the revolution [C#] comes, when the revolution comes, transit cops will be crushed by the
trains after losing their guns and blood will run through the streets of Harlem drowning
anything without substance.
When the revolution [E] comes, when the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, I hope early
white teeth fall out of the mouths that speak of revolution without reference.
The cause of revolution is 360 degrees.
Understand the cycle that never [C#] ends.
Understand the beginning to be the end and nothing is in between but space and time that
I make or you make to relate or not to relate to the world outside my mind, your mind.
Speak not of revolution until you are [E] willing to eat rats to survive.
When the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, guns and
rifles will be taking the place of poems and essays.
Black cultural centers will be fought supplying the revolutionaries with food and arms when
the revolution comes.
When the revolution comes, white death will fall to the walls of museums and churches
breaking the line that enslaved our mothers.
When the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, Jesus Christ is going to be standing
on the corner of Lenox Avenue and 125th Street trying to catch the first gypsy cab out of
Harlem when the revolution comes.
When the revolution comes, Drew Merchant will give away moxiballs and gefilte fish to anyone
they see with an afro.
Frank Schiffen will give away the Apollo to the first person he sees wearing a blue dashiki
when the revolution comes.
When the revolution comes, [A] afros are going to be trying to straighten their heads and
straightening heads [F#] are going to be trying to wear afros when the revolution comes.
[D#] When the revolution comes, [C#] when the revolution comes, [D] when the revolution comes, when the
But until then, [C] you know and I know niggas will party and bullshit and party and bullshit
and party and bullshit and party and bullshit and party.
Some might even die before the revolution comes.
Key:  
E
2311
C#
12341114
G#m
123111114
A
1231
F#
134211112
E
2311
C#
12341114
G#m
123111114
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To learn The Last Poets - When The Revolution Comes chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - C#m, E, B, E, B, C#m, E and C. A strategic approach would be to train at 38 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 77. Given the song's key of E Minor, adjust the capo to align with your vocal range and chord preference.

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_ When the revolution _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] comes, some of us will probably catch it on TV with chicken hanging
from our mouths.
You'll know it's revolution because there won't be no commercial.
When the revolution [G#m] comes, _ _ _ preacher pips are going to split the scene with the communion
wine stuck in their back pockets.
Faggots won't be so funny then and all the junkies will quit their nod and wake up.
When the revolution [C#] comes, when the revolution comes, transit cops will be crushed by the
trains after losing their guns and blood will run through the streets of Harlem drowning
anything without substance.
When the revolution [E] comes, when the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, I hope early
white teeth fall out of the mouths that speak of revolution without reference.
The cause of revolution is 360 degrees.
Understand the cycle that never [C#] ends.
Understand the beginning to be the end and nothing is in between but space and time that
I make or you make to relate or not to relate to the world outside my mind, your mind.
Speak not of revolution until you are [E] willing to eat rats to survive.
When the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, guns and
rifles will be taking the place of poems and essays.
Black cultural centers will be fought supplying the revolutionaries with food and arms when
the revolution comes.
When the revolution comes, white death will fall to the walls of museums and churches
breaking the line that enslaved our mothers.
When the revolution comes, when the revolution comes, Jesus Christ is going to be standing
on the corner of Lenox Avenue and 125th Street trying to catch the first gypsy cab out of
Harlem when the revolution comes.
When the revolution comes, Drew Merchant will give away moxiballs and gefilte fish to anyone
they see with an afro.
Frank Schiffen will give away the Apollo to the first person he sees wearing a blue dashiki
when the revolution comes.
When the revolution comes, [A] afros are going to be trying to straighten their heads and
straightening heads [F#] are going to be trying to wear afros when the revolution comes.
[D#] When the revolution comes, [C#] when the revolution comes, [D] when the revolution comes, when the
But until then, [C] you know and I know niggas will party and bullshit and party and bullshit
and party and bullshit and party and bullshit and party.
Some might even die before the revolution comes. _ _ _ _

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