Pieces Of A Man Chords & Lyrics - Gil Scott-heron

INTRO: [Cmaj7] [Gm7]

[Cmaj7]Jagged jigsaw [Gm7]pieces
[Cmaj7]Tossed about the[Gm7] room
[Cmaj7]I saw my grandma [Gm7]sweeping
[Cmaj7]With her old straw[Gm7] broom
[Fmaj7]She didn't know what she was[Bbmaj7] doing
[Fmaj7]She could hardly und[G/A]erstand [Am7] [Fmaj7] [G7]
[Cmaj7]That she was really s[Gm7]weeping up..
[Cmaj7]Pieces of [Gm7]a man

[Cmaj7]I saw my daddy greet the [Gm7]mailman
[Cmaj7]And I heard the mailman [Gm7]say
[Cmaj7]"Now don't you take this letter to [Gm7]hard now Jimmy
[Cmaj7]Cause they've laid off nine[Gm7] others today"
[Fmaj7]He didn't know what he was [Ebmaj7]saying
[Fmaj7]He could hardly un[G/A]derstand[A7] [Am7] [Fmaj7] [G7]
[Cmaj7]That he was only talkin[Gm7]g to
[Cmaj7]Pieces of a[Gm7] man

[Fmaj7]I saw the thunder and heard the[Ab] lightning!
[Em]And felt the burden of his sh[A7]ame
[Dmaj7]And for some unknown[G] reason
[Em]He never turned my[A7] way [Am] [Fmaj7] [G7]

[Cmaj7]Pieces of that l[Gm7]etter
[Cmaj7]Were tossed about that [Gm7]room
[Cmaj7]And now I hear the sound of[Gm7] sirens
[Cmaj7]Come knifing through the[Gm7] gloom
[Fmaj7]They don't know what they [Bbmaj7]are doing
[Fmaj7]They could hardly unde[G/A]rstand[A7] [Am7] [Fmaj7] [G7]
[Cmaj7]That they're only arres[Gm7]ting
[Cmaj7]Pieces of a m[Gm7]an

[Cmaj7]I saw him go to pi[Bbmaj7]eces
[Cmaj7]I saw him go to pi[Bbmaj7]eces
[Cmaj7]He was always such a g[Bbmaj7]ood man
[Cmaj7]He was always such a s[Bbmaj7]trong man
[Cmaj7]Yeah, I saw him go to [Bbmaj7]pieces
[Cmaj7]I saw him go to pi[Bbmaj7]eces

OUTRO: [Cmaj7] [Bbmaj7]