Right On For The Darkness Chords by Curtis Mayfield

Tempo:
106.4 bpm
Chords used:

F#m

Bm

F#

G#

C#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Curtis Mayfield   Right On For The Darkness chords
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[F#m]
[Bm]
[F#] And [Bm]
[F#]
[Bm] I see
[F#m]
[C#m] [A] you're paying the [Bm] evil dog of me
[F#m] Playing on your well
[Bm] Laughing at me, pressuring me
And [F#m] poking me right over the darkness
Right [Bm] over the darkness
[F#m]
You're pitiful, you're pitiful
You better [B] have some sympathy
[Bm] Yeah, [F#m] cause it's the educated people
[C#m] Running the lives [Bm] of our society
[G#] Making [F#m]
up the blues
Holding [C#m] back the [Bm] schools
Lot of greed, lot of temptation
So the world thinks we're [F#m] hell of a nation
Right on the 12th of August
[B] Right on, [Bm] right on
[F#m]
Right on, right on
[F#]
Right on, right on
[F#m] [G#] Right on [F#] 12th August
Right
[G#] on 12th August
[F#m]
And I can't [Bm] see no future
What
[F#m] will wake me from this
Is there really [Bm] ever a human
[E]
[F#m] Oh man, you know you love [Bm] the game
Or you're just looking sharp
Right [F#m] on 12th August
Right [Bm] on 12th August
Right on 12th [F#m] August
Right [F#] on, right on
[F#m] Right on 12th August
Right on
[Bm] [F#m]
What a mess of world of tears
I [Bm] said everyone will see
That [A]
everything [C#m] was fair
[F#m] Why [Bm] put everything on me
[F#m]
Right on 12th August
Right on, right on
Right on 12th August
I
[Bm]
cannot see [F#m]
you out there
You're pitiful, [Bm]
you're pitiful
[B] [F#m] I'm afraid of the closing door
[Bm]
Tear me to pieces, I'm pressed to flee
And I don't [C#] care, [F#m]
right on 12th August
12th [Bm] August
Right on 12th [Em] August
[F#m]
You're a lost, you're a lost, lost
You're a [F#] lost, [C#] [F#m]
you're a lost,
[G#] [F#m] [F#]
[B]
[A] [F#]
[Bm] [E]
[F#m]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[Bm] [F#m] [Bm]
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[F#] [F#m]
[C#m]
[G#]
[A]
[G#] [B]
[A] [G#]
[G#m]
[C#m] [G#] lost
[A] [G#]
You're a lost, you're a lost, [F#m] [G#]
[F#m] [G#]
[F#m] [C#m] [F#]
[B]
[D] [F#]
[F#m]
[B] [Bm] lost
[F#m]
[C#m]
[F#m]
[B] [G#]
[F#]
Key:  
F#m
123111112
Bm
13421112
F#
134211112
G#
134211114
C#m
13421114
F#m
123111112
Bm
13421112
F#
134211112
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To learn Curtis Mayfield - Right On For The Darkness chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Bm, F#m and Bm. A strategic approach would be to train at 53 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 106. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: F# Minor.

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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ And _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] I see _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [A] you're paying the [Bm] evil dog of me
_ _ _ _ [F#m] Playing on _ your well
_ [Bm] Laughing at me, pressuring me
And [F#m] poking me right over the darkness
_ Right [Bm] over the darkness
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
You're pitiful, you're pitiful
You better [B] have some sympathy
_ _ [Bm] _ Yeah, [F#m] cause it's the educated people
[C#m] Running the lives [Bm] of our society
_ _ [G#] Making _ [F#m] _
up the blues
Holding [C#m] back the [Bm] schools
Lot of greed, lot of temptation
So the world thinks we're [F#m] hell of a nation
Right on the 12th of August _
[B] Right on, [Bm] right on
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Right on, right on
[F#]
Right on, right on
[F#m] _ _ [G#] Right on [F#] 12th August
_ _ _ Right _
_ _ _ [G#] on 12th August
[F#m] _
And _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't [Bm] see no future
_ _ What _
[F#m] will wake me from this
_ Is there really [Bm] ever a human
_ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] Oh man, you know you love _ [Bm] the game
Or you're just looking sharp
Right [F#m] on 12th August
_ Right _ _ [Bm] on 12th August
_ Right on 12th [F#m] August
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Right _ _ [F#] on, right on
[F#m] Right on 12th August _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Right on _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m]
What a mess of world of tears
_ _ I [Bm] said everyone will see
_ That [A] _
everything [C#m] was fair
_ [F#m] Why [Bm] put everything on me
_ _ [F#m] _
_ Right on 12th August
Right _ _ _ _ _ _ on, _ _ right on
_ _ Right on 12th August
I _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm]
cannot see _ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
you out _ there
You're pitiful, [Bm]
you're _ pitiful
_ _ [B] [F#m] I'm afraid of the closing door
_ [Bm]
Tear me to pieces, I'm pressed to flee
And I don't [C#] care, [F#m]
right on 12th August
12th _ _ [Bm] August
_ _ Right on 12th [Em] August
[F#m] _
_ _ You're a lost, _ you're a lost, _ _ lost
You're a [F#] lost, _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _
you're a lost, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [F#m] _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [G#] _ lost
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
You're a lost, you're a lost, [F#m] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] lost _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was written by Curtis Mayfield.

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