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Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul ? chords by
Gil Scott-heron
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Key: C minor•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Many suggestions
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F

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And documents written.
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Many directions
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For the end that was given.
Em
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They gave us
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C
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Pieces of silver and pieces of gold.

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Who'll pay reparations on
Interlude 1

my soul?
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Verse 2
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Many fine speeches (oh yeah)
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From the White House desk
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(uh huh)
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F

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Written on the cue cards
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That were never really there, yes,
Em
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But the heat and the sum
D
D

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mer were there
C
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And the freezing winter's cold. Now

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Who'll pay reparations
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on my soul?
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Verse 3
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Call my brother a junkie 'cause he ain't
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got no job (no job, no job).

Told my old man to leave me when
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times got hard (so hard).

Told my mother she got to carry
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me all by herself.

And now that I want to be
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a man (be a man)
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Who can depend on no one else
C
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(oh yeah).
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What about the red man
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Who met you at the coast?
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You never dig sharing;
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Em
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Always had to have the most.
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And what about Mississippi,
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The boundary of old?

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Who'll pay reparations on my soul?
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
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Call my brother a junkie 'cause
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he ain't got no job

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times got hard (so hard).

Told my mother she got to carry
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me all by herself.
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Dm
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Wanna be a man that can depend on no
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one else (oh yeah).
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What about the red man,
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Who met you at the coast?
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You never dig sharing,
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Em
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Al ways had to have the most.
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C
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And what about Mississippi,
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The boundaries of old?

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Who'll pay reparations on my
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soul?
Interlude 3
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Verse 5
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Many fine speeches (oh yeah)
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From the White House desk
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(uh huh)
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Written on the cue cards
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That were never really there. Yes,
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But the heat and the
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summer were there
C
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And the freezing winter's cold.

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Who'll pay reparations
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on my soul?
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Who'll pay reparations,
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'Cause I don't dig segregation, but I
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Can 't get integration
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I got to take it to the United Nations,

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Someone to help me away
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from this nation.

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • F

  • E

  • Em

  • D

  • C

  • Dm

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Who'll Pay Reparations On My Soul ? by Gil Scott-Heron is C minor.

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