Ready Steady Kids Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Bb][Eb][C][G][D]
[G][C][G][Bb][C]
[D]
[G]Reeba

[Verse 1]
[Dm]reeba!
Oh anytime you like, you [D]want a

[Verse 2]
[G]
hot summer's night
[C]The sweet smell of weed in [G]the air - yes sir
[C]All[Dm] the cats are hangin' on
[D]and [G]flying like kites
You can [C]tell by the glass
in [A]their stare yes [G]sir[D]
[C]Any[C#] bar [Dm]or pool room
and the [G]action gets rough
[C]A sesne of discont[F]ent in t[C]he air, yes s[Dm]ir
[C]Cat[Dm]ch some sideways jo [D]jo that
was [G]tryin' to look tough
You can [C]tell them Harlem cookies ain't square,
no [G]sir

[Verse 3]
The Ready steady [G]kids are flippin their
[A]lids and [G]rippin' [D]their [Dm]skids[D][G][D]
The Ready [A]steady [G]kids are pickin' their
[A]sticks and smokin' their cigs
[D][G]

[Verse 4]
[D]
[G]They're row[Dm]dy at ballgame the
[D]on a [G]cold afternoon
Aim[C]in' at the re[F]f with a[G] can,[Dm]
yo [G]man
[C]All[Dm] them cats been workin all week,
they're [G]out for a loon
They [C]gettin all stuck [F]up in [C]a jam [G]yo man

[Verse 5]
The Ready steady [G]kids are flippin [A]their lids
and rippin' their [D]skids [G]- look out[D]!
The [Dm]Ready [G]steady kids are pickin' their [A]sticks

[Interlude 1]
and smokin' their cigs
[Dm][G][Dm][G][Bb][C]
[G][D][Dm][G]

[Verse 6]
Ready [Bb]steady, we're ready [C]steady, we're ready steady,
[G]go [D]go [G]go go

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][C][G][F][Dm][G][F]
[Dm][C][G][F][G][F][G][F]
[A]

[Verse 7]
[A]Oh, [Dm]any old plantation o[D]n a hot [G]summer's nite
[C]- the sweet smell of grass in [G]the air, yes sir
[C]All[Dm] the cats are[D] hangin' on and flyi[G]ng like kites
- You can [C]tell by [G]the glass in their glare [Dm]yes sir
[D](Choruses and

[Verse 8]
[G]ad- lib[A]s to end)

[Outro 1]
[D][Dm][G][Dm][G][A][G]
[Dm][G][A]
[Dm][G][A][Dm]
[G][Dm]
[G][Dm][G][Bb][D][C][G]
[Bb][C][F]
[Dm][G][F][C][Dm][D]
[G][F][C][Dm][G][F][G][F]
[G][Ab][Bb][C][D]