{"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":1758621,"song":"Pieces Of A Man","artist":"Gil Scott-Heron","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11381141-pieces-of-a-man-chords-by-gil-scott-heron/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1758621?type=chord","rating":4.59026,"votes":30,"content":"PIECES OF A MAN by Gil Scott-Heron\r\nChorded by Levchek\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]         [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nJagged jigsaw pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nTossed about the room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]            [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nI saw my grandma sweeping[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWith her old straw broom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                       [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]\r\nShe didn't know what she was doing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]               [ch]G/A[/ch]       [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nShe could hardly understand [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThat she was really sweeping up..[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]     [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nPieces of a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                    [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nI saw my daddy greet the mailman[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnd I heard the mailman say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                              [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\n\"Now don't you take this letter to hard now Jimmy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nCause they've laid off nine others today\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                      [ch]Ebmaj7[/ch]\r\nHe didn't know what he was saying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]             [ch]G/A[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nHe could hardly understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                  [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThat he was only talking to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nPieces of a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                          [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI saw the thunder and heard the lightning![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd felt the burden of his shame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dmaj7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd for some unknown reason[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]    \r\nHe never turned my way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nPieces of that letter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                  [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWere tossed about that room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                      [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnd now I hear the sound of sirens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                   [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nCome knifing through the gloom[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                     [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] \r\nThey don't know what they are doing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]G/A[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] \r\nThey could hardly understand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                  [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nThat they're only arresting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nPieces of a man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]   \r\nI saw him go to pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] \r\nI saw him go to pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] \r\nHe was always such a good man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] \r\nHe was always such a strong man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] \r\nYeah, I saw him go to pieces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch] \r\nI saw him go to pieces[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:    [ch]Cmaj7[/ch] [ch]Bbmaj7[/ch]","plain_text":"PIECES OF A MAN by Gil Scott-Heron\nChorded by Levchek\n\nINTRO: Cmaj7 Gm7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:    Cmaj7 Bbmaj7","chords":["A","Cmaj7","Gm7","Fmaj7","Bbmaj7","G/A","Am7","G7","Ebmaj7","A7","Ab","Em","Dmaj7","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"Dmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,2,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}