Gil Scott-Heron - The bottle
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Tuning: E A D G B E
G/A[add2]: 555433 Dm9: x5355x Am7 5x55555
Gm7: 3x33333 FM7: 1x2210 Em: 779987 Dm: 557765
[Intro]
G/A[add2] Dm9 [4x]
[Verse]
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See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
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His ol' man's in a bottle
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He done quit his 9 to 5 he drink full time
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So now he's livin' in the bottle
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See that black boy over there, runnin' scared
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His ol' man got a problem and it's a bad one
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Pawned off damn near everything, his ol'
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Woman's weddin' ring for a bottle
[Chorus]
And Am7don't you think it's a Gm7crime
FM7 Em Dm G/A[add2] Dm9
When time after time, people in the bottle
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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See that sista, sho wuz fine before she
Started Dm9drinkin' wine
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From the bottle
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Said her ol' man committed a crime
And Dm9he's doin' time
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So now she's in the bottle
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She's out there on the avenue, all by herself
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Sho' needs help from the bottle
A13Preacherman tried to help her out
She Dm9cussed him out and hit him in the head with A13a bottle Dm9
[Chorus]
Am7And don't you think it's a Gm7crime
FM7 Em Dm G/A[add2] Dm9
When time after time, people in the bottle
[Interlude]
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[Verse]
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See that gent in the wrinkled suit
He done damn near blown his cool
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To the bottle
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He wuz a doctor helpin' young girls along
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If they wuzn't too far gone to have problems
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But defenders of the dollar eagle
Dm9Said "What you doin', Doc, it ain't legal,"
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And now he's in the bottle
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Now we watch him everyday tryin' to
Chase the Dm9pigeons away
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From the bottle
[Chorus]
Am7And don't you think it's a Gm7crime
FM7 Em Dm G/A[add2] Dm9
When time after time, people in the bottle
[Outro]
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