Chords for Gentleman & Ky-Mani Marley - Simmer Down (Control Your Temper) ft. Marcia Griffiths

_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _
Good [Gm] morning, [C] _ [Bb] Mr. _ _
Hoonah.
[Cm] Now ladies and [Eb] gentlemen, [F] listen to the [Bb] great voice of the great Masa [Gm] Griffiths.
You [Cm] move into [Bb] hot water.
_ [Cm] Cool down, [Bb] cool _ _ down.
[Cm] [F] Sake, sake, sake.
[Bb] Say, madam, [Gm] _ [Cm] you're looking [F] too hot, so.
[Eb] Say, madam, _ [Cm] you'll [F] soon get [Bb] dropped, so.
Say, [Ab] madam, can you hear [F] what I [Bb] say, sir?
Say, [Eb] madam, why won't you say, [Bb] madam?
Never want [Gm] you time [Cm] and time again.
[F] You never [Bb] did a listen, [Gm] never want [Cm] comprehend.
[F] Sending out [Bb] the wrong vibes, [Gm] wrong message [Cm] you were sending.
[F] Now you're [Bb] gonna end up [Cm] on the receiving end.
[F] Find yourself [Bb] on the [Gm] crossroad and now [Eb] you're confused.
[F] Better [Gm] find some better ways you need to [Eb] improve.
[F] Calm [Bb] down your [Eb] temper, don't be overproof.
[F] Leg up from the [Bb] [Gm] bitterness and change your [Ab] _ [F] attitude.
[Gm] _
Long time people [Cm] them [F] used to say,
[Gm] what sweet-tally goat [Cm] have a rolling [F] belly, [Bb] so.
Say, [Gm] madam, _ _ [Cm] [Bb] control your temper.
Say, [Gm] madam, [Cm] no, the [F] battle will be [Eb] hotter.
Say, madam, _ soon you won't get no supper.
Say, madam, simmer, simmer, simmer [Fm] right [Gm] down.
Say, madam, _ [Cm] _ _ [F] oh, [Gm]
oh, [Cm] oh.
You hear me now?
Let me [F] tell you something.
[Gm] Long time people tell you simmer, [Cm] simmer down and [F] put your speed [Gm] down.
Now just for a moment [Cm] take a breath, you [F] have to breathe.
[Gm]
Inside you get the best [Cm] of, you make [F] the great green.
[Bb]
Fighting for [Gm] what you want, not [Cm] what you need.
[D] Long time [Bb] empty barrel [Gm] and make the [Cm] most sound.
[F] So many [Gm] try to follow and end up [Cm] underground.
[F] You moving [Bb] in circles [G] like a merry [Cm]-go-round.
Now [F] you are reaching [Gm] for a straw when you find out [Cm] that you drowned. [Bb] Oh. _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ [F] Get it, [Bb] _
_ [Gm] get it, [Eb] get it, get it, [Bb] get it, get it.
Oh.
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Move it, [Eb] move it, move it, [F] move it, move it.
[Bb] _
Say, madam, [Cm] simmer, simmer, simmer [Bb] right down.
Say, [Gm] madam, _ [Ab] _ [Bb] control your temper.
Say, madam, [Cm] no, the battle will be hotter.
Be hot, [Gm] simmer down.
_ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ Say, madam, simmer, simmer, simmer right down.