Chords for Clarence Burke-Five Stairsteps-Somebody's Watching You-Sly and The Family Stone
Tempo:
171.8 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Dm
D
F
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Ah!
[Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] Pretty, pretty, pretty as [Am] a picture.
[Gm] You're witty, witty, witty as you [F] can be.
[C] [Bb] Blind, because your eyes [Am] see only glitter.
[Gm] Close to the things that make you [F] free.
[Bb] You ever stop to [D] think about [C] a downfall.
[Gm] Happens at every end of [F] every line.
Just
[Bb] [D] when you think you've pulled a fast one.
It [Gm] happens to the foolish [F] all the [A] time.
[D] [Dm] Somebody's watching
[Gm] you.
[D]
[Dm] Somebody's watching [Gm] you.
[G]
[D] Somebody's watching you.
[Dm] [D] Somebody's watching [Eb] you.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] Games to be played with [G] toys, etc.
[Bb] Love is to be made when [F] you're free.
Ups and downs are caused by [Am] life in general.
[D]
[Dm] Some of yours, no matter how [F] you feel.
[Bb] Shady as a [D] lady [Am] with a mustache.
[Dm]
[Gm] Your feelings are [C] camouflaged by rosy green hands.
[A]
[Bb] [D] Secrets have a special way [C] of being.
[Gm] Moving to and fro [F]
among the free.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody's watching [D] you.
Somebody's [F] watching you.
[G] [Eb]
[D] Somebody's watching [Bb] you.
[Fm]
[Dm] Somebody's watching
[Eb] you.
[C]
[Dm] [D]
[Bb] [Dm]
[C]
[Bb] [Bm] [G]
[Dm] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] [G] [E]
[D]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] You can live it up today if you [Am] want to.
[Gm] You can live it down tomorrow [F] afternoon.
[Bb] Sunday school won't make you [Am] cool forever.
[Dm] [Bb] Neither does the silver of your [F] spoon.
[Bb] The nicer the nice,
[Am] the higher the price.
[Gm] This [Dm] is what we pay for what we [F] eat.
[Am] The
[Bb] [G]
[C] nicer the nice,
[Gm] the [Bb] jealous people like to [F] see you bleed.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody's watching [Bb] you.
[D]
[Dm] Somebody's watching
[Bb] you.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody's [D] watching [Bb] you.
[D]
Somebody's watching
[Eb] you.
[Dm] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Am] [Dm]
[Gm] [F]
[Bb]
[Am]
[G] [Gm] [C]
[F] [A]
[Dm]
[Bb]
[D] [Dm]
[Gm] [Bb] [D]
[F] [Bb]
[G]
[Dm]
[Eb] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] Live it up today.
Let's [Am] live it for the [D] last, last, last, only [Gm] keep up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] Yeah.
[Bb] Sunday school don't make us cool
[Am] forever.
[D]
Neither [F] does the silver of your spoon.
[Gm]
[Bb] The [Gm] price,
[Am] the nicer the [G] nice.
This is what we pay for what [F] we eat.
[Bb] Higher the price, [Em]
[Am] the nicer the nice.
[G] Jealous people like to [C] see you bleed. [A] Yeah.
[Dm] Somebody watching me too.
Somebody watching you [Bb] and me [E] too.
[Dm] Somebody watching us, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody watching every
[Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [C] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Eb]
[Dm] [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [C] [Eb]
[Dm] [C]
[N]
[Bb]
[Cm] [Bb] Pretty, pretty, pretty as [Am] a picture.
[Gm] You're witty, witty, witty as you [F] can be.
[C] [Bb] Blind, because your eyes [Am] see only glitter.
[Gm] Close to the things that make you [F] free.
[Bb] You ever stop to [D] think about [C] a downfall.
[Gm] Happens at every end of [F] every line.
Just
[Bb] [D] when you think you've pulled a fast one.
It [Gm] happens to the foolish [F] all the [A] time.
[D] [Dm] Somebody's watching
[Gm] you.
[D]
[Dm] Somebody's watching [Gm] you.
[G]
[D] Somebody's watching you.
[Dm] [D] Somebody's watching [Eb] you.
[Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] Games to be played with [G] toys, etc.
[Bb] Love is to be made when [F] you're free.
Ups and downs are caused by [Am] life in general.
[D]
[Dm] Some of yours, no matter how [F] you feel.
[Bb] Shady as a [D] lady [Am] with a mustache.
[Dm]
[Gm] Your feelings are [C] camouflaged by rosy green hands.
[A]
[Bb] [D] Secrets have a special way [C] of being.
[Gm] Moving to and fro [F]
among the free.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody's watching [D] you.
Somebody's [F] watching you.
[G] [Eb]
[D] Somebody's watching [Bb] you.
[Fm]
[Dm] Somebody's watching
[Eb] you.
[C]
[Dm] [D]
[Bb] [Dm]
[C]
[Bb] [Bm] [G]
[Dm] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] [G] [E]
[D]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[Bb] You can live it up today if you [Am] want to.
[Gm] You can live it down tomorrow [F] afternoon.
[Bb] Sunday school won't make you [Am] cool forever.
[Dm] [Bb] Neither does the silver of your [F] spoon.
[Bb] The nicer the nice,
[Am] the higher the price.
[Gm] This [Dm] is what we pay for what we [F] eat.
[Am] The
[Bb] [G]
[C] nicer the nice,
[Gm] the [Bb] jealous people like to [F] see you bleed.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody's watching [Bb] you.
[D]
[Dm] Somebody's watching
[Bb] you.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody's [D] watching [Bb] you.
[D]
Somebody's watching
[Eb] you.
[Dm] [Cm]
[Bb]
[Am] [Dm]
[Gm] [F]
[Bb]
[Am]
[G] [Gm] [C]
[F] [A]
[Dm]
[Bb]
[D] [Dm]
[Gm] [Bb] [D]
[F] [Bb]
[G]
[Dm]
[Eb] [Dm] [C]
[Bb] Live it up today.
Let's [Am] live it for the [D] last, last, last, only [Gm] keep up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] Yeah.
[Bb] Sunday school don't make us cool
[Am] forever.
[D]
Neither [F] does the silver of your spoon.
[Gm]
[Bb] The [Gm] price,
[Am] the nicer the [G] nice.
This is what we pay for what [F] we eat.
[Bb] Higher the price, [Em]
[Am] the nicer the nice.
[G] Jealous people like to [C] see you bleed. [A] Yeah.
[Dm] Somebody watching me too.
Somebody watching you [Bb] and me [E] too.
[Dm] Somebody watching us, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
[A]
[Dm] Somebody watching every
[Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Bb] [Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [Cm]
[Eb] [Dm] [C] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Eb]
[Dm] [Cm] [Eb]
[Bb] [C] [Eb]
[Dm] [C]
[N]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Ah!
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] Pretty, pretty, pretty as [Am] a picture. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ You're witty, witty, witty as you [F] can be. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Blind, because your eyes [Am] see only glitter. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ Close to the things that make you [F] free. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ You ever stop to [D] think about [C] a _ _ _ downfall. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Happens at every end of [F] every _ line.
Just _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] when you think you've pulled a fast _ one. _
_ It [Gm] happens to the foolish [F] all the _ [A] time. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ Somebody's watching _
[Gm] you.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ Somebody's watching [Gm] you.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ Somebody's watching _ you. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Somebody's watching [Eb] you.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Games to be played with [G] toys, etc. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Love is to be made when [F] you're free. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ups and downs are caused by [Am] life in general.
[D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Some of yours, no matter how [F] you feel. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Shady as a [D] lady [Am] with a mustache.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ Your feelings are [C] camouflaged by rosy green _ hands.
[A] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [D] _ Secrets have a special way [C] of _ being. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Moving to and fro [F] _
among the free.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching [D] you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somebody's [F] watching you.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Somebody's _ watching [Bb] you.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching _
[Eb] you.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] You can live it up today if you [Am] want to. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ You can live it down tomorrow [F] afternoon. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Sunday school won't make you [Am] cool forever. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] Neither does the silver of your [F] spoon. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ The nicer the nice, _
[Am] _ _ the higher the price. _
[Gm] _ _ This [Dm] is what we pay for what we [F] _ eat.
_ _ [Am] The _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ nicer the nice, _
[Gm] _ _ the [Bb] jealous people like to [F] see you bleed.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching [Bb] you.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching _
[Bb] you.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Somebody's [D] watching [Bb] you.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somebody's watching _
[Eb] you.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ Live it up today.
Let's [Am] live it for the [D] last, last, last, only [Gm] keep up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] _ _ _ Yeah. _ _ _
[Bb] Sunday school don't make us cool _
[Am] forever.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Neither [F] does the silver _ of your spoon.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ The [Gm] price, _
[Am] _ the nicer the [G] nice. _
_ This is what we pay for what [F] we eat. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Higher the price, [Em] _ _
[Am] _ the nicer the nice. _
[G] _ _ Jealous people like to [C] see you bleed. _ [A] Yeah. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Somebody watching me _ too. _ _ _
_ _ Somebody watching you [Bb] _ and me [E] too. _ _
[Dm] _ _ Somebody watching us, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Somebody watching every_
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ Ah!
_ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] Pretty, pretty, pretty as [Am] a picture. _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ You're witty, witty, witty as you [F] can be. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ Blind, because your eyes [Am] see only glitter. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ Close to the things that make you [F] free. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ You ever stop to [D] think about [C] a _ _ _ downfall. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Happens at every end of [F] every _ line.
Just _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] when you think you've pulled a fast _ one. _
_ It [Gm] happens to the foolish [F] all the _ [A] time. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ Somebody's watching _
[Gm] you.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ Somebody's watching [Gm] you.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ Somebody's watching _ you. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Somebody's watching [Eb] you.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Games to be played with [G] toys, etc. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Love is to be made when [F] you're free. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ups and downs are caused by [Am] life in general.
[D] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Some of yours, no matter how [F] you feel. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Shady as a [D] lady [Am] with a mustache.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
[Gm] _ _ Your feelings are [C] camouflaged by rosy green _ hands.
[A] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [D] _ Secrets have a special way [C] of _ being. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Moving to and fro [F] _
among the free.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching [D] you.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somebody's [F] watching you.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Somebody's _ watching [Bb] you.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching _
[Eb] you.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] You can live it up today if you [Am] want to. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ You can live it down tomorrow [F] afternoon. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ Sunday school won't make you [Am] cool forever. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Bb] Neither does the silver of your [F] spoon. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ The nicer the nice, _
[Am] _ _ the higher the price. _
[Gm] _ _ This [Dm] is what we pay for what we [F] _ eat.
_ _ [Am] The _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ nicer the nice, _
[Gm] _ _ the [Bb] jealous people like to [F] see you bleed.
_ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching [Bb] you.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ Somebody's watching _
[Bb] you.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] Somebody's [D] watching [Bb] you.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Somebody's watching _
[Eb] you.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ Live it up today.
Let's [Am] live it for the [D] last, last, last, only [Gm] keep up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] _ _ _ Yeah. _ _ _
[Bb] Sunday school don't make us cool _
[Am] forever.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
Neither [F] does the silver _ of your spoon.
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ The [Gm] price, _
[Am] _ the nicer the [G] nice. _
_ This is what we pay for what [F] we eat. _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ Higher the price, [Em] _ _
[Am] _ the nicer the nice. _
[G] _ _ Jealous people like to [C] see you bleed. _ [A] Yeah. _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ Somebody watching me _ too. _ _ _
_ _ Somebody watching you [Bb] _ and me [E] too. _ _
[Dm] _ _ Somebody watching us, [Bb] yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ Somebody watching every_
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _