Chocolate City Chords by Parliament
Tempo:
108.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
F
C
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [C] [D] [F]
[D] [C] [D] [Ab] [G] [F]
[D] [C] Oh, what's happening, CC?
[F] They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary [C] condition, too.
Can you dig it, CC?
[D] [G] [F]
To each his reach, and if I don't cop it, ain't [G] mine to [Dm] have.
But I'll be reaching for [C] you, because I love you, CC.
[G] [Ab] [G] Right on.
[F]
[Dm] [C] [Dm] [Em] [F]
[C] There's a lot of chocolate cities around.
[Ab] We've got [Dm] Newark, we've got Gary.
Somebody told me we got L.A.
And we're working on Atlanta.
[C] [E] [D] [Ab] [F] But you're the capital, CC.
[D]
Can't you feel my breath?
All up around your neck.
Hey, CC.
[C] They say you jive and game [F] and can't be changed.
[C] But on the positive side, you're my [F] piece of the rock, and I [Ab] love you, [F] CC.
Can you dig it?
[C] [D] [Ab] [G] Hey, [F] we didn't get our 40 acres and our mule, but we did get you, CC.
Yeah.
[C] [Gm] [Ab] [G] [F]
[D] Gaining [C] on ya.
[G] [D] [F] Moving in [D] around ya.
[C] [Bm] [D] [Ab] [G] God [F] bless [Gm] CC and its young [D] suburbs.
[Em] [Bb] [D]
Gaining on ya.
[G] [D] Gaining on ya.
Gaining on ya.
[G] [Dm] [F] [G] [F] What's happening, blood?
[D] Gaining on ya.
[G]
[F] [D] Gaining on ya.
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [D] Gaining on ya.
[G]
[D] Gaining on ya.
[G] [Am] [G] [F]
[D] Yeah.
What's happening, black?
[G] [Dm]
Brother black.
Blood to even.
[G] [F]
[Dm] Yeah.
Just funny.
[C] Now.
[Dm]
[G]
[Dm] Blood to [G] blood, players [Dm] to ladies.
The last percentage count was 80.
You don't need the [G] bullet when you got [Dm] the ballot.
[G] Are [Dm] you up for the down stroke, CC?
Chaka City.
[Ab] Are you with me out there?
[F]
[Gm] [C] [Dm] And when they come to march on you, tell them to make sure they got their James Brown [Ab] [G] pass.
[F]
[C] And don't be surprised if Ali is in the [F] White House.
[G] [F] Reverend [G] Ike, Secretary of the Treasurer.
[Dm] Richard Pryor, [Ab] Minister [F] of Education.
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of [G] Fine [F] Arts.
[G] And Miss Aretha [C] Franklin, the First Lady.
Are you [Eb] out there, [Dm] CC?
[Dm] A chocolate [Em] city is [Dm] no [C] dream.
[Dm] It's my [Am] piece of the [G] rock, and I dig [Cm] you, CC.
[Ab] God [Fm] bless [D] Chaka City and its vanilla suburbs.
[G] Can y'all [C] get to that?
[D]
She's an inch.
Here's your stuff.
[G] Can't get [C] enough.
[D]
Be more funky.
[G] [F] [D]
And we funky too.
Right on, Chaka City.
[Ab] [Dm]
[D] [F] [Dm]
[Fm] [D] [Dbm] Yeah.
[Bm]
[A] Get deep.
[Db] [G] [Db] [F] [E]
[Eb] [D] Real deep.
[Db] [G] [Gb] [F]
[D] [Dm]
Be more funky.
[E] [G] [Gm] [Dm]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ebm] [G] [D] [Bb]
[Bm] [D] [Ab] [C]
[D] [F] [D]
[C] [F] [Eb] [F]
[D] We just [C] got New [Am] York, I'm [D] told.
[G] [D] [F] [G]
[D] [F]
[Dm] [Ab] [Dm]
[C] [D] [F]
[D] [Ab] [G] [F]
[D] [C] [D] [Ab] [G] [F]
[D] [C] Oh, what's happening, CC?
[F] They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary [C] condition, too.
Can you dig it, CC?
[D] [G] [F]
To each his reach, and if I don't cop it, ain't [G] mine to [Dm] have.
But I'll be reaching for [C] you, because I love you, CC.
[G] [Ab] [G] Right on.
[F]
[Dm] [C] [Dm] [Em] [F]
[C] There's a lot of chocolate cities around.
[Ab] We've got [Dm] Newark, we've got Gary.
Somebody told me we got L.A.
And we're working on Atlanta.
[C] [E] [D] [Ab] [F] But you're the capital, CC.
[D]
Can't you feel my breath?
All up around your neck.
Hey, CC.
[C] They say you jive and game [F] and can't be changed.
[C] But on the positive side, you're my [F] piece of the rock, and I [Ab] love you, [F] CC.
Can you dig it?
[C] [D] [Ab] [G] Hey, [F] we didn't get our 40 acres and our mule, but we did get you, CC.
Yeah.
[C] [Gm] [Ab] [G] [F]
[D] Gaining [C] on ya.
[G] [D] [F] Moving in [D] around ya.
[C] [Bm] [D] [Ab] [G] God [F] bless [Gm] CC and its young [D] suburbs.
[Em] [Bb] [D]
Gaining on ya.
[G] [D] Gaining on ya.
Gaining on ya.
[G] [Dm] [F] [G] [F] What's happening, blood?
[D] Gaining on ya.
[G]
[F] [D] Gaining on ya.
[C] [F] [G]
[C] [D] Gaining on ya.
[G]
[D] Gaining on ya.
[G] [Am] [G] [F]
[D] Yeah.
What's happening, black?
[G] [Dm]
Brother black.
Blood to even.
[G] [F]
[Dm] Yeah.
Just funny.
[C] Now.
[Dm]
[G]
[Dm] Blood to [G] blood, players [Dm] to ladies.
The last percentage count was 80.
You don't need the [G] bullet when you got [Dm] the ballot.
[G] Are [Dm] you up for the down stroke, CC?
Chaka City.
[Ab] Are you with me out there?
[F]
[Gm] [C] [Dm] And when they come to march on you, tell them to make sure they got their James Brown [Ab] [G] pass.
[F]
[C] And don't be surprised if Ali is in the [F] White House.
[G] [F] Reverend [G] Ike, Secretary of the Treasurer.
[Dm] Richard Pryor, [Ab] Minister [F] of Education.
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of [G] Fine [F] Arts.
[G] And Miss Aretha [C] Franklin, the First Lady.
Are you [Eb] out there, [Dm] CC?
[Dm] A chocolate [Em] city is [Dm] no [C] dream.
[Dm] It's my [Am] piece of the [G] rock, and I dig [Cm] you, CC.
[Ab] God [Fm] bless [D] Chaka City and its vanilla suburbs.
[G] Can y'all [C] get to that?
[D]
She's an inch.
Here's your stuff.
[G] Can't get [C] enough.
[D]
Be more funky.
[G] [F] [D]
And we funky too.
Right on, Chaka City.
[Ab] [Dm]
[D] [F] [Dm]
[Fm] [D] [Dbm] Yeah.
[Bm]
[A] Get deep.
[Db] [G] [Db] [F] [E]
[Eb] [D] Real deep.
[Db] [G] [Gb] [F]
[D] [Dm]
Be more funky.
[E] [G] [Gm] [Dm]
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ebm] [G] [D] [Bb]
[Bm] [D] [Ab] [C]
[D] [F] [D]
[C] [F] [Eb] [F]
[D] We just [C] got New [Am] York, I'm [D] told.
[G] [D] [F] [G]
[D] [F]
[Dm] [Ab] [Dm]
[C] [D] [F]
[D] [Ab] [G] [F]
Key:
D
G
F
C
Dm
D
G
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[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] [C] Oh, what's happening, CC?
[F] They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary [C] condition, too.
Can you dig it, CC?
[D] _ _ [G] _ [F] _
To each his reach, and if I don't cop it, ain't [G] mine to [Dm] have.
But I'll be reaching for [C] you, because I love you, CC.
[G] _ [Ab] [G] Right on.
[F] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] There's a lot of chocolate cities around.
[Ab] We've got [Dm] Newark, we've got Gary.
Somebody told me we got L.A.
And we're working on Atlanta.
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] [F] But you're the capital, CC.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Can't you feel my breath? _ _
_ _ All up around your neck.
Hey, CC.
_ [C] They say you jive and game [F] and can't be changed.
[C] But on the positive side, you're my [F] piece of the rock, and I [Ab] love you, [F] CC.
Can you dig it? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [Ab] [G] Hey, [F] we didn't get our 40 acres and our mule, but we did get you, CC.
Yeah.
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F]
[D] Gaining [C] on ya.
[G] _ _ [D] _ [F] Moving in [D] around ya.
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [Ab] [G] God [F] bless [Gm] CC and its young [D] suburbs.
_ _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [D] _
Gaining on ya.
_ _ [G] _ [D] Gaining on ya. _ _ _ _ _
Gaining on ya.
[G] _ [Dm] _ [F] _ [G] [F] What's happening, blood?
[D] Gaining on ya.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] [D] Gaining on ya.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[C] [D] Gaining on ya.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Gaining on ya.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
What's happening, black?
_ [G] _ [Dm] _
Brother black.
Blood to even. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[Dm] Yeah.
Just funny. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Now.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] Blood to [G] blood, players [Dm] to ladies.
The last percentage count was 80.
You don't need the [G] bullet when you got [Dm] the ballot.
[G] Are [Dm] you up for the down stroke, CC? _ _ _ _
Chaka City.
_ _ [Ab] Are you with me out there?
[F] _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ And when they come to march on you, tell them to make sure they got their James Brown [Ab] [G] pass.
[F]
[C] And don't be surprised if Ali is in the [F] White House.
[G] [F] Reverend [G] Ike, Secretary of the Treasurer.
_ [Dm] Richard Pryor, [Ab] Minister [F] of Education.
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of [G] Fine [F] Arts.
[G] And Miss Aretha [C] Franklin, the First Lady.
Are you [Eb] out there, [Dm] CC?
_ _ _ [Dm] A chocolate [Em] city is [Dm] no [C] dream.
[Dm] It's my [Am] piece of the [G] rock, and I dig [Cm] you, CC.
[Ab] God [Fm] bless [D] Chaka City and its vanilla suburbs.
[G] Can y'all [C] get to that?
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
She's an inch.
_ _ _ _ _ Here's your stuff.
_ _ _ [G] Can't get [C] enough. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Be more funky.
_ [G] _ [F] _ [D]
And _ we funky too. _ _
Right on, Chaka City.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [D] _ [Dbm] Yeah.
[Bm] _
[A] Get deep.
[Db] _ _ [G] _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ [E] _
_ [Eb] [D] Real deep.
[Db] _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Be more funky.
[E] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
[Ebm] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [F] _
[D] We just [C] got New [Am] York, I'm [D] told. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] [C] Oh, what's happening, CC?
[F] They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary [C] condition, too.
Can you dig it, CC?
[D] _ _ [G] _ [F] _
To each his reach, and if I don't cop it, ain't [G] mine to [Dm] have.
But I'll be reaching for [C] you, because I love you, CC.
[G] _ [Ab] [G] Right on.
[F] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] There's a lot of chocolate cities around.
[Ab] We've got [Dm] Newark, we've got Gary.
Somebody told me we got L.A.
And we're working on Atlanta.
_ [C] _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] [F] But you're the capital, CC.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Can't you feel my breath? _ _
_ _ All up around your neck.
Hey, CC.
_ [C] They say you jive and game [F] and can't be changed.
[C] But on the positive side, you're my [F] piece of the rock, and I [Ab] love you, [F] CC.
Can you dig it? _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [Ab] [G] Hey, [F] we didn't get our 40 acres and our mule, but we did get you, CC.
Yeah.
_ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F]
[D] Gaining [C] on ya.
[G] _ _ [D] _ [F] Moving in [D] around ya.
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [Ab] [G] God [F] bless [Gm] CC and its young [D] suburbs.
_ _ [Em] _ [Bb] _ [D] _
Gaining on ya.
_ _ [G] _ [D] Gaining on ya. _ _ _ _ _
Gaining on ya.
[G] _ [Dm] _ [F] _ [G] [F] What's happening, blood?
[D] Gaining on ya.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] [D] Gaining on ya.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[C] [D] Gaining on ya.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Gaining on ya.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
What's happening, black?
_ [G] _ [Dm] _
Brother black.
Blood to even. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[Dm] Yeah.
Just funny. _ _ _
_ _ [C] Now.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] Blood to [G] blood, players [Dm] to ladies.
The last percentage count was 80.
You don't need the [G] bullet when you got [Dm] the ballot.
[G] Are [Dm] you up for the down stroke, CC? _ _ _ _
Chaka City.
_ _ [Ab] Are you with me out there?
[F] _
[Gm] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ And when they come to march on you, tell them to make sure they got their James Brown [Ab] [G] pass.
[F]
[C] And don't be surprised if Ali is in the [F] White House.
[G] [F] Reverend [G] Ike, Secretary of the Treasurer.
_ [Dm] Richard Pryor, [Ab] Minister [F] of Education.
Stevie Wonder, Secretary of [G] Fine [F] Arts.
[G] And Miss Aretha [C] Franklin, the First Lady.
Are you [Eb] out there, [Dm] CC?
_ _ _ [Dm] A chocolate [Em] city is [Dm] no [C] dream.
[Dm] It's my [Am] piece of the [G] rock, and I dig [Cm] you, CC.
[Ab] God [Fm] bless [D] Chaka City and its vanilla suburbs.
[G] Can y'all [C] get to that?
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
She's an inch.
_ _ _ _ _ Here's your stuff.
_ _ _ [G] Can't get [C] enough. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Be more funky.
_ [G] _ [F] _ [D]
And _ we funky too. _ _
Right on, Chaka City.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [D] _ [Dbm] Yeah.
[Bm] _
[A] Get deep.
[Db] _ _ [G] _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ [E] _
_ [Eb] [D] Real deep.
[Db] _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ Be more funky.
[E] _ [G] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
[Ebm] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [F] _
[D] We just [C] got New [Am] York, I'm [D] told. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _