Chords for Archie Bell Live - Tighten Up

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Archie Bell Live - Tighten Up chords
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We're here all the time.
We're [Dm] here every night, we get up on the dance floor.
Get out of your seats and get on the dance [F] floor!
I do this last week, you heard me [Bb] say it, don't you, mama?
[Am]
[Dm] [F] I'm a rock star.
[Am] I'm not sure [Dm] if I can teach a child to [F] pray in this hell.
[Dm] You got to go out and pray.
[F] [Dm]
This is me, [Am] you can't even act out, baby.
[Dm] Man, you're tied up on this [Am] law.
[A] [G]
Oh yeah, [F] you're tied up on [F] that dance floor now, baby.
[D]
Oh [F] yeah, I don't know if you [D] all feel tied up like that.
Let that kick off, [F] all of you, children.
[Am] [Dm]
[F] [Dm] Get out of your seats and tighten up.
You know you've been waiting.
Oh yeah, let's tighten [Am] up on that law.
Come [Dm] on, baby.
You're all tied up.
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Bb]
You're all tied up.
[Bb] You can do this.
[Am] You can do this.
[Bb] Oh yeah.
You're all [Am] tied up.
Oh [Dm] yeah.
I want to see if y'all [Am] know how to make it slow on that.
[Bb] Come on.
[C] Make it slow.
[F] [Ab]
[F] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] Where y'all at right now?
[Dm] Where you at?
[Am] I'd like to show [C] y'all what the tight end looks like.
I don't know how y'all did [Eb] the tight end up here in the [D] cat.
When you do the tight end, [F] you [A] put your right [Dm] hand on your right hip.
You [F] got it?
Take [Bb] your left hand and you put it out just [Dm] like this.
[Bb] Then you start [Gm] to tighten up your hand like a [F] screwdriver right there.
[C]
[F] You got it?
Then when you do the tight end, it's like this, not like that.
You just [Dm] want to show them what [D] you do.
Yeah, then you [F] move two to the left and [Gm] two to the right.
[F] Come on, drummer.
Let me [A] show you how to do it.
[Bb] Check it out.
[F] [A]
[B]
[Gm] [A] Y [G]'all got it.
Okay, y'all got it. Let's go.
[F] [Dm] [Bb]
[Am] [Dm] [Bb]
[F] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] That's it.
That's [Bb] it.
[Am] [Bb]
[Am] [Bb] We're going to [Am] make it another one more time.
Y'all can make it [Bb] another one again.
Make [Am] it another.
[Eb]
[F]
This is an RG band.
[D] [C]
[Am] One more time.
One more time.
Let's tighten [Am] them up.
[F] [Dm]
[F] Hey, yo.
[Am] Hey, [Dm] yo.
[C] Tighten up.
Hey, [Dm] yo.
[Am] Tighten up.
[Dm] Y'all good.
[Dm]
[F] [Am] Put your hands together for [Dm] Mr.
RG Mel.
[F] The [C] tight end.
[Dm]
[D] [Bb]
[A]
[C] [Dm] Thank you guys for having us out [D] here.
Mr.
RG [Dm] Mel.
The Rock [Am] and Roll Gangsta, [D] Mr.
Able.
[Dm]
[Am] The Ancient Boy from the [Dm] Graves.
The one and only [A] Mr.
[Dm] Angel Baby.
[Am] [Dm] Now make it double.
[Abm]
[C] [Am]
[G] [F] RG Mel, ladies and gentlemen.
One more time.
Put your hands together for RG Mel, Mr.
Tighten Up.
Sweet. One more.
[N] Thank you very much
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We're here all the time.
We're [Dm] here every night, we get up on the dance floor.
_ _ _ _ Get out of your seats and get on the dance [F] floor!
I do this last week, you heard me [Bb] say it, don't you, mama?
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ [F] I'm a rock star.
[Am] I'm not sure [Dm] if I can teach a child to [F] pray in this hell.
[Dm] You got to go out and pray.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
This is me, [Am] you can't even act out, baby.
[Dm] Man, you're tied up on this [Am] law.
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ Oh yeah, [F] _ you're tied up on [F] that dance floor now, baby.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
Oh [F] yeah, I don't know if you [D] all feel tied up like that.
Let that kick off, [F] all of you, children.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [F] _ [Dm] Get out of your seats and tighten up.
You know you've been waiting. _
Oh yeah, let's tighten [Am] up on that law.
Come [Dm] on, baby.
You're all tied up.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
You're all tied up.
_ [Bb] You can do this.
[Am] You can do this.
_ [Bb] Oh yeah.
You're all [Am] tied up.
Oh [Dm] yeah.
I want to see if y'all [Am] know how to make it slow on that.
[Bb] Come on. _
[C] Make it slow.
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ Where y'all at right now?
[Dm] Where you at?
[Am] I'd like to show [C] y'all what the tight end looks like.
I don't know how y'all did [Eb] the tight end up here in the [D] cat.
When you do the tight end, [F] you _ [A] put your right [Dm] hand on your right hip.
You [F] got it?
Take [Bb] your left hand and you put it out just [Dm] like this.
_ [Bb] _ Then you start [Gm] to tighten up your hand like a [F] screwdriver right there.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ You got it?
Then when you do the tight end, it's like this, not like that.
You just [Dm] want to show them what [D] you do.
_ Yeah, then you [F] move two to the left and [Gm] two to the right. _
[F] Come on, drummer.
Let me [A] show you how to do it.
[Bb] Check it out. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [A] _ _ Y [G]'all got it.
Okay, y'all got it. Let's go. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ That's it.
That's [Bb] it. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ We're going to [Am] make it another one more time.
Y'all can make it [Bb] another one again.
Make [Am] it another.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ This is an RG band. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Am] One more time.
One more time.
Let's tighten [Am] them up.
_ _ [F] _ _ [Dm] _
[F] Hey, yo.
[Am] _ Hey, [Dm] yo. _ _
[C] Tighten up.
Hey, [Dm] yo. _ _
[Am] Tighten up.
[Dm] Y'all good. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ [Am] Put your hands together for [Dm] Mr.
RG Mel. _
_ [F] The [C] tight end.
_ [Dm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Thank you guys for having us out [D] here.
Mr.
RG [Dm] Mel.
The Rock [Am] and Roll Gangsta, [D] Mr.
Able.
_ [Dm] _ _
[Am] The Ancient Boy from the [Dm] Graves.
The one and only [A] Mr.
_ _ _ [Dm] Angel Baby.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Now make it double.
_ _ [Abm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ RG Mel, ladies and gentlemen.
One more time.
Put your hands together for _ RG Mel, Mr.
Tighten Up. _
_ _ _ _ _ Sweet. One more. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ Thank you very much

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