Chords for Don´t Be A Drop-Out (1967) - James Brown
Tempo:
114 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Dm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G]
[C]
[Cm] Now a good [G] friend of mine sat with me and he cried.
[F] He [Dm] told me a story, I [C] know he hadn't lied.
Said he went for a [G] job and if a man said,
[F] Without an [Dm] education you might as [C] well be dead.
He said, don't [G] get me wrong, he said it's not who you are.
[F] But people come to me from [Cm] near and far.
[C] I do just the work [G] and I follow the rules.
[F] I didn't have an education so I had to [C] go back to school.
My friend [G] told all the fighters that he loved so well.
[F] And all their personal troubles I [A] will not tell.
[C] Now both guys didn't [G] seem good and they didn't seem bad.
[F] They didn't seem so happy and I know [C] they weren't sad.
But the point [G] is that [G] they followed the rules.
[F] They got an education and they all [G] finished school.
[C] Now underneath this hill [G] I could see the truth facts.
[F] When he dropped out of school he [Gm] never, never went back.
[C] He got to listen [G] now, now.
[Dm] Without an education, [A] he [C] said [G] one day he got tired of his little spending chains.
[F] So he looked up his friends to check their [Cm] pay range.
When he got [G] there, the crib he found that he wasn't dragged.
[F] Because man they were clean and [G] his clothes were like rags.
[C] One was a business [G] man with plenty of [G] dough.
[F] He had his things so set up he knew [C] he couldn't blow.
The other had his [G] job so uptight.
[F] He had his whole family and his kids [C] all out of sight.
Tell me one more time now.
[G] [F] Without an [Dm] education, [G] you got to, got to, got to get a little learning.
[Dm] Without an education, [Gm] look at [Cm] him.
What made him [G] so hurt that these were his friends and he was a [Dm] drag?
They looked at him and he was in the [C] same old bed.
Well his [G] friends they worked real hard when the work that way through.
[F] Now he realized [G] he should have done the [C] same thing too.
[G] Tell me one more time now.
Without [F] an [Dm] education, [C] you got to get [G] some learning.
[F] Without an education, [B] for the last time [C] I'm going to say,
they kept on pushing [G] when the going was tough.
[F] And now they know [G] that things don't [C] seem so rough.
So [G] kids stay in school, don't be no drag.
[F] Take a [Dm] fool's advice and stay [Gm] out of that bed.
[C] Tell me one more time.
[G] [F] Without an [Dm] education, you got to, got [C] to, got to get some learning now.
[G] Without an education, [Gm] don't be a [C] dropout.
Stay in [G] school now, listen to me.
[F]
Kids, [Gm] kids.
[C] [G] [Bb]
[C]
[Cm] Now a good [G] friend of mine sat with me and he cried.
[F] He [Dm] told me a story, I [C] know he hadn't lied.
Said he went for a [G] job and if a man said,
[F] Without an [Dm] education you might as [C] well be dead.
He said, don't [G] get me wrong, he said it's not who you are.
[F] But people come to me from [Cm] near and far.
[C] I do just the work [G] and I follow the rules.
[F] I didn't have an education so I had to [C] go back to school.
My friend [G] told all the fighters that he loved so well.
[F] And all their personal troubles I [A] will not tell.
[C] Now both guys didn't [G] seem good and they didn't seem bad.
[F] They didn't seem so happy and I know [C] they weren't sad.
But the point [G] is that [G] they followed the rules.
[F] They got an education and they all [G] finished school.
[C] Now underneath this hill [G] I could see the truth facts.
[F] When he dropped out of school he [Gm] never, never went back.
[C] He got to listen [G] now, now.
[Dm] Without an education, [A] he [C] said [G] one day he got tired of his little spending chains.
[F] So he looked up his friends to check their [Cm] pay range.
When he got [G] there, the crib he found that he wasn't dragged.
[F] Because man they were clean and [G] his clothes were like rags.
[C] One was a business [G] man with plenty of [G] dough.
[F] He had his things so set up he knew [C] he couldn't blow.
The other had his [G] job so uptight.
[F] He had his whole family and his kids [C] all out of sight.
Tell me one more time now.
[G] [F] Without an [Dm] education, [G] you got to, got to, got to get a little learning.
[Dm] Without an education, [Gm] look at [Cm] him.
What made him [G] so hurt that these were his friends and he was a [Dm] drag?
They looked at him and he was in the [C] same old bed.
Well his [G] friends they worked real hard when the work that way through.
[F] Now he realized [G] he should have done the [C] same thing too.
[G] Tell me one more time now.
Without [F] an [Dm] education, [C] you got to get [G] some learning.
[F] Without an education, [B] for the last time [C] I'm going to say,
they kept on pushing [G] when the going was tough.
[F] And now they know [G] that things don't [C] seem so rough.
So [G] kids stay in school, don't be no drag.
[F] Take a [Dm] fool's advice and stay [Gm] out of that bed.
[C] Tell me one more time.
[G] [F] Without an [Dm] education, you got to, got [C] to, got to get some learning now.
[G] Without an education, [Gm] don't be a [C] dropout.
Stay in [G] school now, listen to me.
[F]
Kids, [Gm] kids.
[C] [G] [Bb]
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] Now a good [G] friend of mine sat with me and he cried.
[F] He [Dm] told me a story, I [C] know he hadn't lied.
Said he went for a [G] job and if a man said,
[F] Without an [Dm] education you might as [C] well be dead.
_ He said, don't [G] get me wrong, he said it's not who you are.
[F] But people come to me from [Cm] near and far.
_ [C] I do just the work [G] and I follow the rules.
[F] I didn't have an education so I had to [C] go back to school. _ _
My friend [G] told all the fighters that he loved so well.
[F] And all their personal troubles I [A] will not tell.
_ [C] Now both guys didn't [G] seem good and they didn't seem bad.
[F] They didn't seem so happy and I know [C] they weren't sad.
But the point [G] is that [G] they followed the rules.
[F] They got an education and they all [G] finished school.
_ [C] Now underneath this hill [G] I could see the truth facts.
[F] When he dropped out of school he [Gm] never, never went back.
_ [C] He got to listen [G] now, now.
_ _ [Dm] Without an education, [A] he _ _ _ [C] said [G] one day he got tired of his little spending chains.
[F] So he looked up his friends to check their [Cm] pay range.
When he got [G] there, the crib he found that he wasn't dragged.
[F] Because man they were clean and [G] his clothes were like rags.
_ [C] One was a business [G] man with plenty of [G] dough.
[F] He had his things so set up he knew [C] he couldn't blow.
_ The other had his [G] job so uptight.
[F] He had his whole family and his kids [C] all out of sight.
Tell me one more time now.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] Without an [Dm] education, [G] you got to, got to, got to get a little learning.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Without an education, [Gm] _ _ look at [Cm] him.
What made him [G] so hurt that these were his friends and he was a [Dm] drag?
They looked at him and he was in the [C] same old bed.
Well his [G] friends they worked real hard when the work that way through.
[F] Now he realized [G] he should have done the [C] same thing too.
[G] Tell me one more time now.
_ Without _ _ [F] an [Dm] education, _ [C] you got _ to get [G] some learning.
_ _ _ _ [F] Without an education, [B] for the last time [C] I'm going to say,
they kept on pushing [G] when the going was tough.
[F] And now they know [G] that things don't [C] seem so rough.
So [G] kids stay in school, don't be no drag.
[F] Take a [Dm] fool's advice and stay [Gm] out of that bed.
[C] Tell me one more time.
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] Without an [Dm] education, you got to, got [C] to, got to get some learning now.
[G] _ _ _ _ Without an education, [Gm] _ don't be a [C] dropout.
Stay in [G] school now, listen to me.
_ _ _ [F] _
Kids, [Gm] kids.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] Now a good [G] friend of mine sat with me and he cried.
[F] He [Dm] told me a story, I [C] know he hadn't lied.
Said he went for a [G] job and if a man said,
[F] Without an [Dm] education you might as [C] well be dead.
_ He said, don't [G] get me wrong, he said it's not who you are.
[F] But people come to me from [Cm] near and far.
_ [C] I do just the work [G] and I follow the rules.
[F] I didn't have an education so I had to [C] go back to school. _ _
My friend [G] told all the fighters that he loved so well.
[F] And all their personal troubles I [A] will not tell.
_ [C] Now both guys didn't [G] seem good and they didn't seem bad.
[F] They didn't seem so happy and I know [C] they weren't sad.
But the point [G] is that [G] they followed the rules.
[F] They got an education and they all [G] finished school.
_ [C] Now underneath this hill [G] I could see the truth facts.
[F] When he dropped out of school he [Gm] never, never went back.
_ [C] He got to listen [G] now, now.
_ _ [Dm] Without an education, [A] he _ _ _ [C] said [G] one day he got tired of his little spending chains.
[F] So he looked up his friends to check their [Cm] pay range.
When he got [G] there, the crib he found that he wasn't dragged.
[F] Because man they were clean and [G] his clothes were like rags.
_ [C] One was a business [G] man with plenty of [G] dough.
[F] He had his things so set up he knew [C] he couldn't blow.
_ The other had his [G] job so uptight.
[F] He had his whole family and his kids [C] all out of sight.
Tell me one more time now.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] Without an [Dm] education, [G] you got to, got to, got to get a little learning.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Without an education, [Gm] _ _ look at [Cm] him.
What made him [G] so hurt that these were his friends and he was a [Dm] drag?
They looked at him and he was in the [C] same old bed.
Well his [G] friends they worked real hard when the work that way through.
[F] Now he realized [G] he should have done the [C] same thing too.
[G] Tell me one more time now.
_ Without _ _ [F] an [Dm] education, _ [C] you got _ to get [G] some learning.
_ _ _ _ [F] Without an education, [B] for the last time [C] I'm going to say,
they kept on pushing [G] when the going was tough.
[F] And now they know [G] that things don't [C] seem so rough.
So [G] kids stay in school, don't be no drag.
[F] Take a [Dm] fool's advice and stay [Gm] out of that bed.
[C] Tell me one more time.
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] Without an [Dm] education, you got to, got [C] to, got to get some learning now.
[G] _ _ _ _ Without an education, [Gm] _ don't be a [C] dropout.
Stay in [G] school now, listen to me.
_ _ _ [F] _
Kids, [Gm] kids.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _