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Escape-Ism Chords

Music by: James Brown
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[Verse 1]
[G]I was talking,
I was talking to a cat the other night
He said, "What everybody is looking for?
What everybody's looking
for today?"
They're looking for escapism

[Verse 2]
Ain't [G]it good to you? Yeah
You know what? I love to get down,
Jack, yeah
And when I get down,
why'understand
I don't have to go into
no funny bag
Say, alcohol, you guess,
I mean, said I wanna man
I can't, why'understand, that's
the way I feel

[Verse 3]
You know, I believe I'll get down right [G]about here,
right on
Byrd, if I get down, hey why'know Byrdy, Byrdy, man,
Byrdy's gotta
Byrdy's gotta, Byrdy's gotta,
I mean, Byrdy's gotta
Out of sight tune coming up,
we gotta record Byrdy right here
Why'know, yeah,
so we're trying to get our thing out of the way
Before Byrdy can get into it

[Verse 4]
Byrd, can we [G]get on before we, yeah,
is it all right? Yeah
Byrd, do you think gonna be a
hit, Byrd? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Is it, you think it's gonna be a hit?
Well, I know it's a smash,
I know it's a smash
Cause you're in the thing, man,
you're saying where it's at
Why'know, it's gotta be a hit, yeah,
you ready, Byrd? Yeah, let's go

[Verse 5]
Get [G]down, [D]ain[C]'t[D]
it [C]good [D]to you? Yeah
[C]Ain't it goo[D]d to you? Yea[G]h[D]
Ain't it [C#]good [D]to you?, Yeah,
[G]yea[C#]h, yea[D]h
[G]Look here, what you

[Verse 6]
[D]say, Fred?
Man, you know, we better
take it on [G]the lam[D]
You [G]better watch the [D]man,
I don't think they heard
What you say, [C]Fred?,
[D]I said, we better take it on t[G]he lam
You [D]better watch [G]the man
[D]Byrd, [G]yeah, come over here, brother,
I'm tellin' [D]you
You think we're talk[C]ing too
[G]loud? Who starts [D]fuss
[G]I ain't got no

[Verse 7]
[G]dust,
[D]I d[G]on'[D]t h[G]ave to take it on the [D]lam
Better watch [G]that man,
[D]uh?[G] Better watch that man[C#]
Watch him, [D]yeah, all right,
you're [G]right, yeah, [G]yeah
Coming from some funny [G]places,
[D]wha[G]t y[C#]ou say, bruh?[G]
What's happening [D]Brown?

[Verse 8]
Trying to get [D]down, [D]yeah, yeah,
well, you know
[D]Look here, [G]we can't help it, that's [D]right,
[In[G]comprehensible], yeah
It ain't no alcohol, [G]man I don't dig [D]it,
[D]what you say, Jason?
I say, don't be so [D]mean, you know I'm clean,
yeah
[Incomprehensible]
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