{"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":1906038,"song":"Blue Collar","artist":"Gil Scott-Heron","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11427812-blue-collar-chords-by-gil-scott-heron/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1906038?type=chord","rating":4.60361,"votes":3,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI been down in Pennsylvania,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                        [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWhere I was working in the mine.[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I been down in Cincinnati;\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]  \r\nThey laid me off the assembly line.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                            [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nYeah, they got me looking everywhere,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut I ain't too proud of what I found.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't name where I ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                                      [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nI was down in Kansas City,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                               [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nWhere even the blues sell by the pound[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd I been down in New York City, brother,\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]  \r\nAnd that ain't no place to be down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm7[/ch] \r\nYeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nYou see, we're looking for a higher ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't name where we ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                                       [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n'Cause there ain't no place we ain't been [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWe fell down somewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBetween the cities and the towns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWe went down, I know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBetween the smiles and the frowns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAnd if they call me in the morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI mean, I'd recognize the sound,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n'Cause you can't name where we ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                                [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no place we ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nStanding in the shadows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                                  [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nIt sho'nuff (sure enough) looks like rain.[/tab]\r\n\r\nI see the steel-gray clouds above me\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                            [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nYeah, well the anguish and the pain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nYeah, I been looking everywhere for peace,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Am7[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBut I swear, there just ain't none around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBut you can't name where I ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                                      [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\n'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWe been down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBetween the cities and the towns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nYeah, been down somewhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nBetween the smiles and the frowns.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAnd if they call me in the morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nI mean, I'd recognize the sound,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n'Cause you can't name where I ain't been down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                               [ch]Am7[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThere ain't no place I ain't been down.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\nAnd I been down in Cincinnati;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nAnd I been down in New York City, brother,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\nI see the steel-gray clouds above me\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am7","Dm7","Em7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]}}}