Chords for Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s: Breakin' Bread

Tempo:
90.05 bpm
Chords used:

C

Bb

Gm

G

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Fred Wesley & The New J.B.'s: Breakin' Bread chords
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I'm a work in programs.
[Bb]
[G] [C] She wasn't listening.
[C] [Bb]
She didn't look at me.
I'm a work in programs.
Just a rocket and a homie like she always did.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
She said, sit down, son.
I know what you like.
I'm gonna fry some of your funky bread tonight.
I said, fry [Bb] some bread tonight.
That's what she said.
[C] The kind of recipe we call hokey bread.
Put a heap of grease on a wood stove.
In a big [Bb] old skillet.
And, [C] [G] say,
[C] Break your bread with my mama, [F] break your bread.
[C] Break your bread with
[Bb]
[C] Break your bread with my mama, [Bb] break your bread with my mama, [Cm] break
[C] Break your bread with my mama, [Bb] break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
Break your bread with my mama, break your bread with my mama, break your bread.
[Bb]
[C] Then [Bb] [C] my papa come home.
[B] [Bb] He a larkin'.
[C]
[Bb] Okay.
I
[C] [Cm] put [G] the sediment down.
[Bb] I said, what's [C] happening?
[Bb] Rollin' up the [C] door.
We gonna fry some bread tonight.
So, hokey bread.
Put a heap of grease [Bb] on a wood stove.
In a big old [C] skillet.
Yeah, right.
Wrote a song about it.
Goes like this.
Sing.
[E] Break your bread with my mama, break your bread with my mama, [Cm] break your bread.
Come on, y'all.
Break your bread [Bb] with my mama, break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
[Bb] [C] Break your bread [Bb] with my mama, break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
[Gm] Break your bread with my mama, [Ebm] break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
[Bb]
[C]
[F] [Bb]
[Gb] [E] [Bb] I really can't tell.
I can't tell.
I can't tell.
I can't tell.
I can't tell.
I can't tell.
[C] I can't tell.
I tell.
[Gm] [Bb] [C] [Bb]
I [Eb] tell.
[C]
I tell.
I'm going to be
[Am] [F] a [E]
[C] [G] [Gm]
[C] good [D]
[C] man.
I'm going to be a good man.
I'm going to be a good man.
I'm going to be [Gm] a good [Gb] man.
[Gm] I'm going to be a good man.
I'm going to be a good man.
My sister, my [Bb] cousin Clem, cousin Geraldine, cousin Rudy, [Eb] [Bb] cousin Rudolph,
[C] cousin Aiden,
cousin [Bb] Wilhelm, cousin Petra, [C] and [E]
my fine cousin [Eb] Johnny May.
Boy, that girl's so [Bb] fine.
I wish she was my [Ebm] cousin.
[Dm] Boy, they're really going to want [C] my cousin, man.
[Bb] I don't know what I'm going to do with my [Gm] cousin.
[C] Anything, anything.
Listen.
[Eb] We [Bb] smell the bread when we dunk and eat this good old stuff they call hokey bread.
What?
Yes, sir.
On a what [C] spoon?
Big old mule.
Ah, okay.
Come on.
Isn't that nice?
[Eb] [C] [Bb]
[C] Come on, everybody [Gm] sing.
[C] Breaking [Bb] bread [C] with my [Bb] mama.
[C] Yeah, [Bb] come on.
[E] [Bb]
[C] Sing it.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread.
Yeah.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread.
[F] Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread with [C] my mama.
Breaking bread.
[Bb] Yeah.
[C] Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread
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C
3211
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
G
2131
E
2311
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Gm
123111113
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I'm a work in programs.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ [C] She wasn't listening.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _
She didn't look at me.
_ _ I'm a work in programs.
_ _ Just a rocket and a homie like she always did.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
She said, sit down, son.
I know what you like.
I'm gonna fry some of your funky bread tonight.
I said, fry [Bb] some bread tonight.
That's what she said.
[C] _ _ _ The kind of recipe we call hokey bread.
Put a heap of grease on a wood stove.
In a big [Bb] old skillet.
And, [C] _ [G] say,
[C] Break your bread with my mama, [F] break your bread. _
[C] _ _ _ Break your bread with_
[Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ Break your bread with my mama, [Bb] break your bread with my mama, [Cm] break_
_ [C] Break your bread with my mama, [Bb] break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
Break your bread with my mama, _ _ break your bread with my mama, break your bread. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] Then [Bb] _ _ [C] my papa come home.
[B] [Bb] He a larkin'.
_ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] Okay.
I _
[C] _ [Cm] put [G] the sediment down.
[Bb] I said, what's [C] happening?
_ [Bb] _ Rollin' up the [C] door.
We gonna fry some bread tonight.
So, hokey bread.
Put a heap of grease [Bb] on a wood stove.
In a big old [C] skillet.
Yeah, right.
Wrote a song about it.
Goes like this.
Sing.
[E] Break your bread with my mama, break your bread with my mama, [Cm] break your bread.
Come on, y'all.
Break your bread [Bb] with my mama, break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
[Bb] _ [C] Break your bread [Bb] with my mama, break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
[Gm] _ Break your bread with my mama, [Ebm] break your bread with my mama, [C] break your bread.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] I really can't tell.
I can't tell.
I can't tell.
I _ _ can't tell.
_ I can't tell.
I can't tell.
_ _ [C] I can't tell.
I tell.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
I _ [Eb] _ tell.
_ [C]
I tell.
I'm going to be _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [F] a _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[C] _ _ _ good _ [D] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ man.
I'm going to be a good man.
I'm going to be _ _ a good man.
I'm going to _ _ be [Gm] a good [Gb] man. _
[Gm] I'm going to be a good man.
I'm going to be a good man.
My sister, my [Bb] cousin Clem, cousin Geraldine, cousin Rudy, [Eb] _ [Bb] cousin Rudolph, _
[C] _ cousin Aiden, _ _
cousin [Bb] Wilhelm, cousin Petra, [C] _ and [E] _
my fine cousin [Eb] Johnny May.
Boy, that girl's so [Bb] fine.
I wish she was my [Ebm] cousin.
[Dm] Boy, they're really going to want [C] my cousin, man.
[Bb] I don't know what I'm going to do with my [Gm] cousin.
_ [C] _ _ Anything, anything.
Listen.
_ [Eb] We [Bb] smell the bread when we dunk and eat this good old stuff they call hokey bread.
What?
Yes, sir.
On a what [C] spoon?
Big old mule.
Ah, okay.
_ Come on.
Isn't that nice?
[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ Come on, everybody [Gm] sing. _ _ _ _
[C] Breaking [Bb] bread _ [C] with my [Bb] mama. _
[C] Yeah, [Bb] come on.
[E] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] Sing it.
_ Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread.
Yeah.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread.
_ [F] Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread with [C] my mama.
Breaking bread.
[Bb] Yeah.
[C] Breaking bread with my mama.
Breaking bread