Chords for Bobby Rush - Gotta Be Funky

Tempo:
81.25 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

Em

A

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bobby Rush - Gotta Be Funky chords
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[E] [Em]
[E]
I want you to know that [A] [Em] I'm a child.
I'm a star beef.
[F#] Tall [B] like tree.
Black like.
[B] I talk more [G] talk [E]
than the radio.
Mama told daddy before I was born.
[A] Got [E] a boy, a child coming, gonna be a son of a gun.
I'm gonna be funky.
[Em]
[B] What they don't understand, every [A] man got to do his own thing.
Anything I do, [Bm] got to be funky.
[D] [Em] Daddy don't like the song I sing.
He [E] said son, [E] your song, look too funky.
[A] [E]
Mama don't like the way I wear my hat.
[B] She tell me every day, son, she looks too funky.
[G] [B]
What she don't understand, [A] every man got to do his own thing.
Anything I do, [B] got to be funky.
[E]
[Bm] [Em]
[E] [F#] [Em]
Some [B]
people don't like what I smoke.
They say [Em] what I smoke smells too funky.
[A] [G]
[E] I'm [B] just a man doing my thing.
Doing whatever I feel.
Knowing where I'm going, liking what I'm doing.
I got my own life to live.
[Em]
What they don't understand, every [A] man got to do his own thing.
[G] Anything [A] I do, [B] anything I [B] do, anything that I [A] do, I [D] love. I'm funky.
[E] [D] Love.
[E] [G] [Bm]
I'm [B] funky.
[Em] Love.
[B] [Em]
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
A
1231
G
2131
E
2311
B
12341112
Em
121
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_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
I want you to know that [A] [Em] I'm a child.
I'm a star beef.
[F#] Tall [B] like tree. _
Black like.
_ [B] I talk more [G] talk [E]
than the radio.
Mama told daddy before I was born. _
_ [A] Got [E] a boy, a child coming, gonna be a son of a gun. _
I'm gonna be funky.
_ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [B] What they don't understand, every [A] man got to do his own thing.
Anything I do, [Bm] got to be funky. _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] Daddy don't like the song I sing.
He [E] said son, [E] your song, _ look too funky.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E]
Mama don't like the way I wear my hat.
[B] She tell me every day, son, _ she looks too funky.
_ [G] _ [B]
What she don't understand, [A] every man got to do his own thing.
Anything I do, [B] got to be funky.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Some _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
people don't like what I smoke.
They say [Em] what I smoke _ smells too funky.
[A] _ [G] _
[E] _ _ I'm [B] just a man doing my thing.
Doing whatever I feel.
Knowing where I'm going, liking what I'm doing.
I got my own life to live.
[Em] _ _ _ _
What they don't understand, every [A] man got to do his own thing.
[G] Anything [A] I do, [B] anything I [B] do, anything that I [A] do, I [D] love. I'm funky.
_ _ _ [E] [D] Love.
_ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _
I'm [B] funky.
_ [Em] Love.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _