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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised chords by
Gil Scott-heron
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Key: B minor•
Intro 1
Am
Am

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Dm
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Verse 1
Dm
Dm

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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
Bm
Bm
2

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Verse 2

B
B
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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The revolution will not be televised
B
B
2

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The revolution will not

be brought to you
Bm
Bm
2

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By Xerox in four parts without

commercial interruptions
B
B
2

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B5
B5
2

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Bm
Bm
2

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The revolution will not show you pictures

of Nixon blowing a bugle
B5
B5
2

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B
B
2

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B5
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And leading a charge by John Mitchell,
B
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2

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B5
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2

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Bm
Bm
2

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General Abrams, an d Spiro Agnew
B
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2

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B
B
2

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To eat hog maws confiscated

from a Harlem sanctuary
Bm
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2

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B
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2

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The revolution will not be televised
Am
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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
Am
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C#
C#
4

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G#
4

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There will be no pictures of

you and Willie Mae
Db
Db
4

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Dm
Dm

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Pushing that shopping cart down
Bb
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Ab
Ab
4

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the block on the dead run
Db
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4

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Ab
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4

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Or trying to slide that color TV
Db
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4

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into a stolen ambulance

NBC will not be able predict the winner

At 8:32 on report from
G#
G#
4

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twenty-nine districts
Am
Am

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districts
Ab
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The revolution will not be televised
Ab
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4

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Db
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4

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Ab
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Cb
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2

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Verse 5

There will be no pictures of pigs shooting

down brothers on the instant replay
F
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There will be no pictures of pigs shooting
Cb
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2

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Cbm
Cbm
2

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down brothers on the instant replay
Cb
Cb
2

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There will be no pictures

of Whitney Young

Being run out of Harlem on a rail
E
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Cb
Cb
2

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with a brand new process

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
Cb
Cb
2

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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
Cbm
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Because black people will be in the

street looking for a brighter day

The revolution will not be televised
Dm
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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
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The revolution will not be televised
Cb
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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
Cb
Cb
2

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with Coke

The revolution will not fight germs
Cb
Cb
2

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that may cause bad breath
F
F

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The revolution 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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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • Dm

  • Bm

    2

  • B

    2

  • B5

    2

  • C#

    4

  • G#

    4

  • Db

    4

  • Bb

  • Ab

    4

  • Cb

    2

  • F

  • Cbm

    2

  • E

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Revolution Will Not Be Televised by Gil Scott-Heron is B minor.

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