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Funky Drummer Chords

Music by: James Brown
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[Intro 1]
[F][G][D][C][F][Cm][C][F][Cm]
[C]
[Cm]Pull back the [F]cover

[Verse 1]
[Cm][C]
[F]Shades, [C]good God
It's [F]a raid
[C][F][Cm]

[Verse 2]
Cut [F]off the [Cm]lights
And call [F]the [Cm]law[F][Cm]
Cut [F]off the [Cm]lights
And call the [F]law
[Cm][F][Cm]

[Verse 3]
[C]Standing [F]over [Cm]there
The devil's [F]son- in- law

[Interlude 1]
[F][Cm][F][Cm][F][C][F][Cm][C][F]
[Cm][C][F][Cm][F][Cm]
[F][Cm][F][Cm][F][Cm][F]
[Cm][F][Cm][F][Cm][C][F][Cm][F]
[C][F][Cm][F][Cm]
[C]
[Cm]Call [F]the law

[Verse 4]
[Cm]
[F]Call [C]the [Cm]law[F][Cm]
The devil's [F]son- [C]in-
[Cm]law[F]
[Cm][F][Cm]

[Verse 5]
Bring [F]on [Cm]the juice
Bring [F]on [Cm]the juice
Bring [F]on [Cm]the juice
Bring [F]on [Cm]the juice
Make me [F]sweat, [Cm]huh

[Interlude 2]
[F][Cm][F][Cm][F][C][Cm][C][Cm][F][Cm]
[F][Cm][F][Cm]
[F][Cm][F][Cm][F][Cm][F]
[Cm][F][Cm][F][Cm][C][Cm][F]
[Cm][F][Cm][F][Cm]
[F]Still good

[Verse 6]
[Cm]It's still [F]good
[Cm]Still good[F]
[C]It's still goo[Cm]d[F]
[Cm]

[Verse 7]
[F]Turn [Cm]over[C]
[F]Turn [Cm]over[F][Cm]
(Soulful Rover)
[F]Turn over[Cm]
[F]Turn [Cm]over
[F]Turn [Cm]over[F][Cm]
Take me in the [F]chain[Cm][F][Cm]
Take me in [F]the chain[Cm]
Take me in [F]the chain

[Interlude 3]
[F][Cm][F][Cm][Eb][Cm][G]
[D][G][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][F][D][G][G]
[G][D][G][F][G][F][D][G][Dm]

[Verse 8]
[G]Honky- tonk women
Is [G]all I [F]need[D][F][D]
Honky- tonk wo[F]men
[D]Is what I [D]want

[Interlude 4]
[D][Dm][G][F][F][G]
[G]
[D][D][D][G][D]
[D]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Fellas
One more time
I wanna give the drummer
Some of this funky soul we got here
[Am]

[Verse 10]
You don't have to do
No song, brother
Just keep what you got
Don't turn [Am]it loose

[Verse 11]
Cause it's a mother
When I count to four
I want everybody to lay off
Let the drummer go
When I count to four

[Verse 12]
I want you to come back in
You send me cover
I got to [Am]holler
I said it's in my feet
Feels so sweet
It's in my shake, good God

[Verse 13]
About to work me to death
It's in my [D]shake
About to work me to death
It's in my shake
I'm about to [Am]blow

[Verse 14]
I'm about to blow
One, two, three, four

[Interlude 5]
Get it

[Verse 15]
Ain't it funky
Ain't it funky
Ain't it funky
Ain't it funky

[Interlude 6]
One, two, three, four
[D][G][Am][Am]
[D][D][Am]
[Am]
[D][D][D]

[Verse 16]
The name of this tune is 'The
Funky Drummer'
The funky [Am]drummer
The funky drummer
The funky [D]drummer
The funky [Am]drummer[G]
The funky drummer
The funky [D]drummer

[Verse 17]
The funky [D]drummer
The funky drummer
There's a another funky
drama take it out
One, two, three, [F]four
The funky drummer
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