Biography:
Curtis Mayfield (June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999) was an American soul, funk and rhythm and blues, singer-songwriter and guitarist from Chicago, Illinois.
Mayfield is probably best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions and for the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Superfly.
Perhaps because he didn't cross over to the pop audience as heavily as Motown's stars, it may be that the scope of Curtis Mayfield's talents and contributions have yet to be fully recognized.
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C Dm Em Am F/D
To be invisible Will be my claim to fame
F/G C
A man with no name That way I won't have to feel the pain
C Dm Em Am F/D
Indispensable Just a plain old human being
F/G G
Today don't mean a thing In a world that's so mean
Am Dm C Dm Em Am
world that seems not for me So privately I'll be invisible
F/D
That way I won't have to explain a thing If you know what I mean
F/G C
I won't even have to be here on the scene
Dm Em Am
It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss
F/D F/G G
Will go right on through Right on through me To have missed
Am Dm
All the things that hurt your soul
C C
No one would ever know They'd never know
Am D/C F F/G
Life so preciously Just don't seem to be As free as they claim freedom to be
C D
Things are going fast To have found that all is in the past
F F/G
To have to take what you can get Sure can make a heart upset
C Dm Em Am F/D
Indispensable I must behave myself
F/G C
For somebody else Who may have a little fame, fortune or wealth
It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss
Will go right on through Right on through me To have missed
A world that seems not for me So privately I'll be invisible
That way I won't have to explain a thing
If you know what I mean I won't even have to be here on the scene
It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss
Will go right on through Right on through me To have missed
All the things that hurt your soul No one would ever know They'd never know
Life so preciously Just don't seem to be As free as they claim freedom to be
Things are going fast To have found that all is in the past
To have to take what you can get Sure can make a heart upset
So I'll be invisible Invisible Invisible
C Dm Em Am F/D
To be invisible Will be my claim to fame
F/G C
A man with no name That way I won't have to feel the pain
C Dm Em Am F/D
Indispensable Just a plain old human being
F/G G
Today don't mean a thing In a world that's so mean
Am Dm C Dm Em Am
world that seems not for me So privately I'll be invisible
F/D
That way I won't have to explain a thing If you know what I mean
F/G C
I won't even have to be here on the scene
Dm Em Am
It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss
F/D F/G G
Will go right on through Right on through me To have missed
Am Dm
All the things that hurt your soul
C C
No one would ever know They'd never know
Am D/C F F/G
Life so preciously Just don't seem to be As free as they claim freedom to be
C D
Things are going fast To have found that all is in the past
F F/G
To have to take what you can get Sure can make a heart upset
C Dm Em Am F/D
Indispensable I must behave myself
F/G C
For somebody else Who may have a little fame, fortune or wealth
It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss
Will go right on through Right on through me To have missed
A world that seems not for me So privately I'll be invisible
That way I won't have to explain a thing
If you know what I mean I won't even have to be here on the scene
It's so ridiculous But the strife and the bliss
Will go right on through Right on through me To have missed
All the things that hurt your soul No one would ever know They'd never know
Life so preciously Just don't seem to be As free as they claim freedom to be
Things are going fast To have found that all is in the past
To have to take what you can get Sure can make a heart upset
So I'll be invisible Invisible Invisible
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