{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1096451,"song":"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised","artist":"Gil Scott-Heron","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11243429-the-revolution-will-not-be-televised-chords-by-gil-scott-heron/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1096451?type=chord","rating":4.51494,"votes":13,"content":"Great to do a bit of 70s type wakajawaka wah over this song.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou will not be able to stay home, brother.[/tab]\r\nYou will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.\r\nYou will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip\r\nSkip out for beer during commercials\r\nBecause the revolution will not be televised.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThe revolution will not be televised.[/tab]\r\nThe revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox\r\nIn 4 parts without commercial interruptions.\r\nThe revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon\r\nblowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to \r\neat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary\r\nThe revolution will not be televised.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nThe revolution will not be brought to you by the Schaefer Award theatre and will not [/tab]\r\nstar Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.\r\nThe revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.\r\nThe revolution will not get rid of the nubs.\r\nThe revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner\r\nBecause the revolution will not be televised brother.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm7[/ch]\r\nThere will be no pictures of you and Willie May[/tab]\r\nPushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,\r\nor trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.\r\nNBC will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32\r\nor report from 29 districts.\r\nThe revolution will not be televised.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThere will be no pictures of pigs shooting down[/tab]\r\nbrothers in the instant replay.\r\nThere will be no pictures of pigs shooting down\r\nbrothers in the instant replay.\r\nThere will be no pictures of Whitney Young being\r\nrun out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.\r\nThere will be no slow motion or still life of Roy\r\nWilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and\r\nGreen liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving\r\nFor just the proper occasion.\r\nGreen Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville\r\nJunction will no longer be so damned relevant, and\r\nwomen will not care if Dick finally gets down with\r\nJane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people\r\nwill be in the street looking for a brighter day.\r\nThe revolution will not be televised.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock[/tab]\r\nnews and no pictures of hairy armed women\r\nliberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.\r\nThe theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,\r\nFrancis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom\r\nJones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.\r\nThe revolution will not be televised.\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\nThe revolution will not be right back after a message[/tab]\r\nbbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.\r\nYou will not have to worry about a dove in your\r\nbedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.\r\nThe revolution will not go better with Coke.\r\nThe revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.\r\nThe revolution will put you in the driver's seat.\r\nThe revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,\r\nwill not be televised, will not be televised.\r\nThe revolution will be no re-run brothers;\r\nThe revolution will be live.","plain_text":"Great to do a bit of 70s type wakajawaka wah over this song.\n\n\nYou will not be able to plug in, turn on and cop out.\nYou will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip\nSkip out for beer during commercials\nBecause the revolution will not be televised.\n\n\nThe revolution will not be brought to you by Xerox\nIn 4 parts without commercial interruptions.\nThe revolution will not show you pictures of Nixon\nblowing a bugle and leading a charge by John Mitchell, General Abrams and Spiro Agnew to \neat hog maws confiscated from a Harlem sanctuary\nThe revolution will not be televised.\n\n\nstar Natalie Woods and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia.\nThe revolution will not give your mouth sex appeal.\nThe revolution will not get rid of the nubs.\nThe revolution will not make you look five pounds thinner\nBecause the revolution will not be televised brother.\n\n\nPushing that shopping cart down the block on the dead run,\nor trying to slide that color television into a stolen ambulance.\nNBC will not be able to predict the winner at 8:32\nor report from 29 districts.\nThe revolution will not be televised.\n\n\nbrothers in the instant replay.\nThere will be no pictures of pigs shooting down\nbrothers in the instant replay.\nThere will be no pictures of Whitney Young being\nrun out of Harlem on a rail with a brand new process.\nThere will be no slow motion or still life of Roy\nWilkens strolling through Watts in a Red, Black and\nGreen liberation jumpsuit that he had been saving\nFor just the proper occasion.\nGreen Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies, and Hooterville\nJunction will no longer be so damned relevant, and\nwomen will not care if Dick finally gets down with\nJane on Search for Tomorrow because Black people\nwill be in the street looking for a brighter day.\nThe revolution will not be televised.\n\n\nnews and no pictures of hairy armed women\nliberationists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.\nThe theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,\nFrancis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom\nJones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink, or the Rare Earth.\nThe revolution will not be televised.\n\n\nbbout a white tornado, white lightning, or white people.\nYou will not have to worry about a dove in your\nbedroom, a tiger in your tank, or the giant in your toilet bowl.\nThe revolution will not go better with Coke.\nThe revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.\nThe revolution will put you in the driver's seat.\nThe revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,\nwill not be televised, will not be televised.\nThe revolution will be no re-run brothers;\nThe revolution will be live.","chords":["Em7","C#m7","Bm7","Bbm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}