Gil Scott-Heron - Pieces of a man

^Cmaj7Jagged jigsaw ^Gm7pieces ^Cmaj7Tossed about the^Gm7 room ^Cmaj7I saw my grandma ^Gm7sweeping ^Cmaj7With her old straw^Gm7 broom ^Fmaj7She didn't know what she was^Bbmaj7 doing ^Fmaj7She could hardly und^G/Aerstand ^{Am7 Fmaj7 G7 Cmaj7}That she was really s^Gm7weeping up.. ^Cmaj7Pieces of ^Gm7a man

^Cmaj7I saw my daddy greet the ^Gm7mailman ^Cmaj7And I heard the mailman ^Gm7say ^Cmaj7"Now don't you take this letter to ^Gm7hard now Jimmy ^Cmaj7Cause they've laid off nine^Gm7 others today" ^Fmaj7He didn't know what he was ^Ebmaj7saying ^Fmaj7He could hardly un^G/Aderstand^{A7 Am7 Fmaj7 G7 Cmaj7}That he was only talkin^Gm7g to ^Cmaj7Pieces of a^Gm7 man

^Fmaj7I saw the thunder and heard the^Ab lightning! ^EmAnd felt the burden of his sh^A7ame ^Dmaj7And for some unknown^G reason ^EmHe never turned my^A7 way ^{Am Fmaj7 G7}

^Cmaj7Pieces of that l^Gm7etter ^Cmaj7Were tossed about that ^Gm7room ^Cmaj7And now I hear the sound of^Gm7 sirens ^Cmaj7Come knifing through the^Gm7 gloom ^Fmaj7They don't know what they ^Bbmaj7are doing ^Fmaj7They could hardly unde^G/Arstand^{A7 Am7 Fmaj7 G7 Cmaj7}That they're only arres^Gm7ting ^Cmaj7Pieces of a m^Gm7an

^Cmaj7I saw him go to pi^Bbmaj7eces ^Cmaj7I saw him go to pi^Bbmaj7eces ^Cmaj7He was always such a g^Bbmaj7ood man ^Cmaj7He was always such a s^Bbmaj7trong man ^Cmaj7Yeah, I saw him go to ^Bbmaj7pieces ^Cmaj7I saw him go to pi^Bbmaj7eces