Gratitude (for Curt Flood)
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Am B
Now everyone’s walking like they’re rolling in dough.
E Am
Throwing all their money around just for show.
Dm Am B E
Acting like everything is coming to them and knowing that more is just around the bend.
Am B E Am
But I’m the one who paved the way and laid my body in the road so you can walk on it today.
Dm Am
I stood right up when they tried to put me down.
B E
You’re so high up, you forget to look down!
Am B
You call that gratitude?
E Am
Yeah, You call that gratitude
Dm Am B E
Am B E Am
I’m the well-paid slave and the roads that I paved took my career, that’s just what I gave.
Dm Am B E
Five years later they were rolling in clover but nothing for me, my career was over.
Am B E Am
If I’d been born just a generation later I could have settled up with an arbitrator.
Dm Am B E
I’d be wearing fur coats if I were rich with a “bum-bum-bitty-bitty-bum”
Am B
Yeah, You call that gratitude?
E Am
Yeah, You call that gratitude
Dm Am B E
Solo
Am B E
On the day that I died and they laid me in the ground where was everybody?
Am
They couldn’t be found.
Dm Am
I’m gone and they don’t know my name.
B E
No plaque, no speech, no hall of fame..
Am B E Am
A-Rod, Zito, Posada, Tejada, Johan, Manny, Maddux, Mussina.
Dm Am
Who’s the one who paved the way with blood?
B E
Go say my name—it’s (Flood!) Curt Flood!
Am B
You call that gratitude?
E Am
Yeah, You call that gratitude
Dm Am B E
Am B E Am
A-Rod, Zito, Posada, Tejada, Johan, Manny, Maddux, Mussina.
Dm Am B E
You call that gratitude?
How to play Gratitude (for Curt Flood)
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Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.