Biography:
Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949 in Chicago, died May 27, 2011 in New York City) was an American poet and musician, known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word performer, associated with African American militant activists. Heron is perhaps most well known for his poems/songs "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "What's the Word - Johannesburg" a movement hit during the 1980's South Africa college and national divestment movement in the United States of America.
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[Verse]
Am7
I been down in Pennsylvania,
Dm7 Am7
Where I was working in the mine.
And I been down in Cincinnati;
Dm7 Am7
They laid me off the assembly line.
Em7 Dm7
Yeah, they got me looking everywhere,
Am7 Em7
But I ain't too proud of what I found.
Am7
And you can't name where I ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
[Verse]
Am7
I was down in Kansas City,
Dm7 Am7
Where even the blues sell by the pound
And I been down in New York City, brother,
Dm7 Am7
And that ain't no place to be down.
Em7 Dm7
Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children;
Am7 Em7
You see, we're looking for a higher ground,
Am7
And you can't name where we ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
'Cause there ain't no place we ain't been
[Chorus]
Dm7
We fell down somewhere
Am7
Between the cities and the towns.
Dm7
We went down, I know,
Am7
Between the smiles and the frowns.
Dm7
And if they call me in the morning,
Am7 Em7
I mean, I'd recognize the sound,
Am7
'Cause you can't name where we ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
There ain't no place we ain't been down.
[Verse]
Am7
Standing in the shadows
Dm7 Am7
It sho'nuff (sure enough) looks like rain.
I see the steel-gray clouds above me
Dm7 Am7
Yeah, well the anguish and the pain.
Em7 Dm7
Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace,
Am7 Em7
But I swear, there just ain't none around.
Am7
But you can't name where I ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
[Chorus]
Dm7
We been down
Am7
Between the cities and the towns.
Dm7
Yeah, been down somewhere
Am7
Between the smiles and the frowns.
Dm7
And if they call me in the morning,
Am7 Em7
I mean, I'd recognize the sound,
Am7
'Cause you can't name where I ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
There ain't no place I ain't been down.
Am7
I been down in Pennsylvania,
Dm7 Am7
Where I was working in the mine.
And I been down in Cincinnati;
Dm7 Am7
They laid me off the assembly line.
Em7 Dm7
Yeah, they got me looking everywhere,
Am7 Em7
But I ain't too proud of what I found.
Am7
And you can't name where I ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
[Verse]
Am7
I was down in Kansas City,
Dm7 Am7
Where even the blues sell by the pound
And I been down in New York City, brother,
Dm7 Am7
And that ain't no place to be down.
Em7 Dm7
Yeah, I'm a-looking at the face of the children;
Am7 Em7
You see, we're looking for a higher ground,
Am7
And you can't name where we ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
'Cause there ain't no place we ain't been
[Chorus]
Dm7
We fell down somewhere
Am7
Between the cities and the towns.
Dm7
We went down, I know,
Am7
Between the smiles and the frowns.
Dm7
And if they call me in the morning,
Am7 Em7
I mean, I'd recognize the sound,
Am7
'Cause you can't name where we ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
There ain't no place we ain't been down.
[Verse]
Am7
Standing in the shadows
Dm7 Am7
It sho'nuff (sure enough) looks like rain.
I see the steel-gray clouds above me
Dm7 Am7
Yeah, well the anguish and the pain.
Em7 Dm7
Yeah, I been looking everywhere for peace,
Am7 Em7
But I swear, there just ain't none around.
Am7
But you can't name where I ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
'Cause there ain't no place I ain't been down.
[Chorus]
Dm7
We been down
Am7
Between the cities and the towns.
Dm7
Yeah, been down somewhere
Am7
Between the smiles and the frowns.
Dm7
And if they call me in the morning,
Am7 Em7
I mean, I'd recognize the sound,
Am7
'Cause you can't name where I ain't been down.
Dm7 Am7 Em7
There ain't no place I ain't been down.
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