Piece Of Clay chords by Marvin Gaye

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Intermediate

PIECE OF CLAY (1973) - MARVIN GAYE
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INTRO:
Ab  Eb/G  Fm7  Eb
Ab  Eb/G  Fm7  Eb
Ab  Eb/G  Fm7  Eb
Ab  Eb/G  Fm7  Eb


VERSE I:
Ab       Eb/G Fm7  Ab/Bb       Ebsus Eb Eb7
 Father, stop criticizing your son
Ab        Eb/G  Fm7         Ab/Bb      Ebsus Eb Eb7
 Mother, please, leave your daughters alone
Ab                    Eb/G
 Don't you see that's what wrong
Gm7                     G7      Cm  Eb7
With the world with the world today? Oh

CHORUS:
Ab               Eb/G
 Everybody wants somebody
            Fm7 AbM7/Bb  Eb  Eb7
To be their own piece of clay
Ab                 Eb/G
 We all talk about kindness
         Fm7   Ab/Bb  Eb   Eb7
But it's only, only a word, truly
Ab               Eb/G           Fm7    Ab/Bb  Eb  Eb7
 Brother turn on sister in this cruel, cruel world
Ab      Eb/G        G7    G7/B           Cm    Eb7/Bb
 That's what's wrong with, oh, with this world today
Ab               Eb
 Everybody wants somebody
            Ab6 AbM7/Bb  Eb Eb7
To be their own piece of clay


VERSE II:


CHORUS:
Ab               Eb
 Everybody wants somebody
            Ab6 AbM7/Bb  Eb  Eb7
To be their own piece of clay
Ab               Eb
 Everybody wants somebody
            Ab6 AbM7/Bb  Eb Eb7
To be their own piece of clay


VERSE III:
Ab Eb/G           Fm7  Ab/Bb    Eb          Eb7
    Everybody wants somebody to play with 'em
      Ab              Eb/G
Wanna mold you, wanna mold you
                  Fm7   Bb7               Eb  Eb7
Shape it like you wanna, want to do their thing
Ab            Eb/G    G7       G7/B     Cm  Eb7/Bb
 Children are told to give and not just to take
Ab              Eb
 If we were all children
             Ab6        Ab6/Bb      Eb7
You know the world will be a better place, oh


CHORUS:
Ab               Eb
 Everybody wants somebody
            Ab6 AbM7/Bb  Eb7
To be their own piece of clay


BRIDGE:
              Cmadd9
We should all love each other
          AbM7
Love, not hate one another
              Cmadd9
We should all love each other
          Fm7 N.C.
Love, not hate, oh


CHORUS:
Ab               Eb/G
 Everybody wants somebody
            Fm7 Ab/Bb    Eb   Eb7
To be their own piece of clay, yeah
Ab               Eb/G
 Everybody wants somebody
            Fm7 Ab/Bb    Eb  Eb7
To be their own piece of clay
      Ab               Eb/G
Truly, everybody wants somebody
            Fm7       Ab/Bb      Eb7
To mold 'em, shape 'em their own way
Ab               Eb/G
 Everybody wants somebody
          Fm7          Ab/Bb     Eb9
To try to make it, oh, do their, do their thing
Ab                  Eb/G
 Everybody wants to take somebody
          Fm7       AbM7/Bb             Eb9
To try to make 'em, make 'em like their self, oh
Ab               Eb/G
 Everybody wants somebody
            Fm7 Ab/Bb    Eb9
To be their own piece of clay, yeah


OUTRO:
Ab               Eb/G
 Everybody wants somebody
   Fm7      Ab6/Bb       Eb9
To be their own piece of clay, yeah
Ab        Eb/G
 Somebody, somebody
Fm7 Ab7/Bb    Eb9
    Somebody, somebody, somebody
Ab        Eb/G
 Somebody, somebody
Fm7 Ab7/Bb    Eb9
    Somebody, somebody, somebody
Ab        Eb/G
 Somebody, somebody
Fm7 Ab7/Bb    Eb9
    Somebody, somebody, somebody