{"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":2090329,"song":"The Bottle","artist":"Gil Scott-Heron","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11454247-the-bottle-chords-by-gil-scott-heron/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2090329?type=chord","rating":4.88702,"votes":19,"content":"G/A(add2): 555433 Dm9: x5355x Am7 5x55555\r\nGm7: 3x33333 FM7: 1x2210 Em: 779987  Dm: 557765\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]        [ch]Dm9[/ch] (4x)\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSee that black boy over there, runnin' scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]          [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nHis ol' man's in a bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                              [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nHe done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]          [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSo now he's livin' in the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                                    [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSee that black boy over there, runnin' scared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nHis ol' man got a problem and it's a bad one[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                              [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nPawned off damn near everything, his ol'[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]\r\nWoman's weddin' ring for a bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]                    [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnd don't you think it's a crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]FM7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]    [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nWhen time after time, people in the bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]         Dm9\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]\r\nSee that sista, sho wuz fine before she[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nStarted drinkin' wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]         [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nFrom the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]\r\nSaid her ol' man committed a crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nAnd he's doin' time[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]          [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSo now she's in the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                                      [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nShe's out there on the avenue, all by herself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]             [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSho' needs help from the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A13[/ch]\r\nPreacherman tried to help her out[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm9[/ch]                                         [ch]A13[/ch]        [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nShe cussed him out and hit him in the head with a bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnd don't you think it's a crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]FM7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]     [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nWhen time after time, people in the bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]   [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                           [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSee that gent in the wrinkled suit[/tab]\r\n\r\nHe done damn near blown his cool\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]         [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nTo the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]                              [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nHe wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]         [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nIf they wuzn't too far gone to have problems[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]\r\nBut defenders of the dollar eagle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nSaid \"What you doin', Doc, it ain't legal,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]             [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nAnd now he's in the bottle[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]\r\nNow we watch him everyday tryin' to[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nChase the pigeons away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]            [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nFrom the bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]                        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nAnd don't you think it's a crime[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]FM7[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]     [ch]Dm9[/ch]\r\nWhen time after time, people in the bottle[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G/A(add2)[/ch]      [ch]Dm9[/ch]","plain_text":"G/A(add2): 555433 Dm9: x5355x Am7 5x55555\nGm7: 3x33333 FM7: 1x2210 Em: 779987  Dm: 557765\n\n[Intro]\nG/A(add2)        Dm9 (4x)\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG/A(add2)         Dm9\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG/A(add2)   Dm9\n\n[Verse]\n\n\nHe done damn near blown his cool\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG/A(add2)      Dm9","chords":["G/A","Em","Dm","Dm9","Am7","Gm7","FM7","A13"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]}}}