The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised easy guitar chords by Gil Scott-heron

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    You 
    will 
    not 
    be 
    able 

    to 
    stay 
    home, 
    brother 

    You 
    will not 
    be 
    able 
    to 
    plug 
    in, 

    turn 
    on 
    and 
    cop 
    out 

    You 
    will 
    not 
    be 
    able to 
    lose 

    yourself 
    on 
    skag 

    And 
    skip 
    out 
    for 
    beer 
    during 
    commercials, 

    because 

    The 
    revolution 
    will not 

    be televised 

    Verse 2

    The revolu
    tion 
    will not 
    be televised 

    The 
    revolution 
    will not 

    be brought 
    to you 

    By 
    Xerox in four 
    parts 
    without 

    commercial 
    interruptions 

    The 
    revolu
    tion 
    will 
    not 
    show 
    you 
    pictures 

    of 
    Nixon 
    blowing 
    a bugle 

    And leading 
    a 
    charge 
    by 
    John 
    Mitchell, 

    General 
    Ab
    rams, 
    an
    d Spiro 
    Agnew 

    To 
    eat 
    hog 
    maws 
    con
    fiscated 

    from 
    a Harlem 
    sanctuary 

    The revolution 
    will 
    not 
    be tele
    vised 

    The 
    Verse 3
    revolution 
    will 
    not 
    be 
    brought 
    to you 

    by 
    the 
    Schaefer 
    Award 
    Theatre 

    And will 
    not 
    star 
    Natalie 
    Woods 
    and 
    Steve 

    McQueen 
    or 
    Bullwinkle 
    and 
    Julia 

    The 
    revolution 
    will not 
    give 

    your mouth 
    sex 
    appeal 

    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    not 
    get 
    rid 

    of 
    the nubs 

    The revolution 
    will not 
    make 
    you look 

    five 
    pounds 
    thinner, 
    because 

    Verse 4
    The 
    revolution 
    will not 
    be 
    televised, 
    brother 


    There 
    will 
    be no 
    pictures 
    of 

    you 
    and Willie 
    Mae 

    Pushing 
    that 
    shopping 
    cart 
    down 

    the 
    block 
    on 
    the 
    dead 
    run 

    Or 
    trying 
    to 
    slide 
    that 
    color 
    TV 

    into 
    a 
    stolen 
    ambulance 

    NBC will 
    not 
    be 
    able 
    predict 
    the 
    winner 

    At 
    8:32 on 
    report 
    from 

    twenty-n
    ine 
    districts 

    districts 

    The revolu
    tion 
    will not 
    be 
    televised 


    Verse 5
    There 
    will 
    be no 
    pictures 
    of 
    pigs 
    shooting 

    down 
    brothers 
    on the 
    instant 
    replay 

    There 
    will 
    be 
    no 
    pictures 
    of pigs 
    shooting 

    down 
    broth
    ers 
    on the 
    instant 
    replay 

    There 
    will 
    be 
    no 
    pictures 

    of Whitney 
    Young 

    Being 
    run 
    out 
    of Harlem 
    on 
    a rail 

    with 
    a brand 
    new pro
    cess 

    There 
    will 
    be 
    no 
    slow 
    motion 

    or still 
    lifes 
    of 
    Roy 
    Wilkins 

    Strolling 
    through 
    Watts 
    in a 
    red, 
    black, 

    and 
    green 
    liberation 
    jumpsuit 

    That he 
    has 
    been 
    saving 
    for just 

    Verse 6
    the 
    proper 
    occasion 


    Green 
    Acres, 

    Beverly 
    Hillbillies, and 
    Hooterville Junction 

    Will 
    no 
    longer 
    be 
    so 
    damn 
    relevant 

    And 
    women 
    will 
    not 
    care 
    if Dick 

    finally 
    got 
    down 
    with 
    Jane 

    On 
    Search 
    for 
    Tomorrow 

    Because 
    black 
    people 
    will be 
    in the 

    street 
    looking 
    for 
    a 
    brighter 
    day 

    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    not 
    be 
    televised 

    Verse 7
    There 
    will 
    be 
    no 
    highlights 
    on 

    the 
    eleven 
    o'clock 
    news 

    And 
    no 
    pictures 
    of hairy 
    armed 

    women 
    liberationists 

    And 
    Jackie 
    Onassis blowing 
    her 
    nose 

    The 
    theme 
    song 
    will 
    not 
    be written 
    by 

    Jim 
    Webb 
    or 
    Francis 
    Scott 
    Keys 

    Nor 
    sung 
    by 
    Glen 
    Campbell, 

    Tom 
    Jones, 
    Johnny 
    Cash 

    Engelbert 
    Humperdinck, 
    or 
    The 
    Rare 
    Earth 

    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    not 
    be 
    televised 

    The 
    Verse 8
    revolution 
    will not 
    be 
    right 
    back 

    After 
    a message 
    about 
    a white 
    tornado 

    White 
    lightning, 
    or 
    white 
    people 

    You 
    will 
    not have 
    to 
    worry 
    about 
    a 

    dove 
    in 
    your 
    bedroom 

    The tiger 
    in 
    your 
    tank, 

    or the 
    giant 
    in 
    your toilet 
    bowl 

    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    not 
    go 
    better 

    with 
    Coke 

    The revolution 
    will not 
    fight 
    germs 

    that 
    may 
    cause 
    bad 
    breath 

    The 
    revolu
    tion 
    will 
    put 
    you 

    in the 
    driver's 
    seat 

    Verse 9
    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    not 
    be 
    televised 

    Will 
    not 
    be 
    televised 

    Will not 
    be televised 

    Will not 
    be 
    televised 

    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    be 
    no 
    re-run, 

    brothers 

    brothers 

    Outro 1
    The 
    revolution 
    will 
    be 
    live 


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