J. Geils Band - Detroit Breakdown Chords
Tempo:
136.15 bpm
Chords used:
F
Eb
Cm
C
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] [C] You could [Gm] get blasted [F] for [Cm] having a fall, but I knew [F] it [Eb] right in the [F] hall.
[C] Blaster exploding right on the floor, and tearing it up, [F] [Eb] that's for sure.
I'm gonna do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] [E] [Cm] I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] [F] I'm gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] I said I'm gonna see the [F] [Cm] shakedown.
[F] [Gm] Jumping toes [F] and [Cm] everything goes.
Hot night, [F] sweating [Bb] right in your [F] clothes.
[Eb] Up in the [Gm] suite, [F] [Cm] dancing feet.
Everybody did it, [F] popping [Eb] right in the [F] street.
[Eb] Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] I said I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Hey, I'm gonna see the shakedown.
[F] [Eb] [F] [C] I'm losing touch, I'm feeling the pain.
[Eb] Everything is [F] getting [Eb] right down the [F] drain.
[C] I'm getting crazier, [F] [C] yes I swear.
I'll pass my limit [F] on it.
[Eb] I don't care [F] if [Cm] you're in a ditch or [Gm] a breakdown.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Cm] Oh, a breakdown.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] Breakdown.
[Bb] [C]
Yeah.
[Eb] [Bb] Come on.
[C] Oh.
Ooh.
Ooh.
Yeah.
If y [Fm]'all going out, one [F] word, man.
Go get coffee.
That's my man.
Station to station, what you got?
I'm getting ready, man, to blow my top [G] again.
[C] [Eb]
[Gm] [F] [G]
[F] [G]
[Eb] [F] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] [C] [Bb] Out of my head, [F] [Eb] I'm holding my cane.
Jumping up [E] the train, [F] [Eb] I'm gonna sing.
[F] [Eb] I got something [F] mean [Eb] sitting in my box.
Until you try [F] it, [Eb] you better not knock.
Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb]
Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Gonna do some breakdown.
[Gm] [F] [Eb] Let me hear you, Jerome.
[C] [Bbm]
[Cm]
[C]
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gb] [G] [D] [Cm]
[N] Breakdown.
Gonna do some breakdown.
Oh, I'm gonna do some breakdown.
Oh, I'm gonna see the [Bb] shakedown.
Come [Eb] on.
Do the Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] You hear it?
You're gonna move to [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Let me see it later.
I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] [F] [Eb] Oh, I'm gonna [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Shake [C] it, shake it, shake it.
[Cm] [F] [Cm] Yeah.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [G] [Eb] [Cm]
[F] [Eb]
Gonna [F] breakdown.
[Eb] [Cm] Gonna see [F] the shakedown.
[Eb] [Cm] Gonna do the [Eb]
[C] Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] I'm doing it.
[C] [F] [Eb] I'm doing [F] [Eb] it.
[F] I'm [Eb] doing it.
[C] [F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] I'm doing it.
Gonna [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] Oh, I'm gonna do some [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna do the [C] Detroit breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Shake it.
Shake it now.
[C] [F] [Cm] Breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Oh,
[F] [Eb] I'm [Cm]
gonna see the shakedown.
[F] [Eb] Breakdown.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
Oh,
[F] I'm gonna see the shakedown.
[Gm] [Eb] [Bb]
[C] [Eb] [Bb]
[C] [F] [Eb] [Bb] [F] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] [C] You could [Gm] get blasted [F] for [Cm] having a fall, but I knew [F] it [Eb] right in the [F] hall.
[C] Blaster exploding right on the floor, and tearing it up, [F] [Eb] that's for sure.
I'm gonna do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] [E] [Cm] I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] [F] I'm gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] I said I'm gonna see the [F] [Cm] shakedown.
[F] [Gm] Jumping toes [F] and [Cm] everything goes.
Hot night, [F] sweating [Bb] right in your [F] clothes.
[Eb] Up in the [Gm] suite, [F] [Cm] dancing feet.
Everybody did it, [F] popping [Eb] right in the [F] street.
[Eb] Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] I said I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Hey, I'm gonna see the shakedown.
[F] [Eb] [F] [C] I'm losing touch, I'm feeling the pain.
[Eb] Everything is [F] getting [Eb] right down the [F] drain.
[C] I'm getting crazier, [F] [C] yes I swear.
I'll pass my limit [F] on it.
[Eb] I don't care [F] if [Cm] you're in a ditch or [Gm] a breakdown.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Cm] Oh, a breakdown.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] Breakdown.
[Bb] [C]
Yeah.
[Eb] [Bb] Come on.
[C] Oh.
Ooh.
Ooh.
Yeah.
If y [Fm]'all going out, one [F] word, man.
Go get coffee.
That's my man.
Station to station, what you got?
I'm getting ready, man, to blow my top [G] again.
[C] [Eb]
[Gm] [F] [G]
[F] [G]
[Eb] [F] [G]
[Ab] [Bb] [C] [Bb] Out of my head, [F] [Eb] I'm holding my cane.
Jumping up [E] the train, [F] [Eb] I'm gonna sing.
[F] [Eb] I got something [F] mean [Eb] sitting in my box.
Until you try [F] it, [Eb] you better not knock.
Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] [Cm] Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb]
Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Gonna do some breakdown.
[Gm] [F] [Eb] Let me hear you, Jerome.
[C] [Bbm]
[Cm]
[C]
[D] [Eb] [Bb]
[Gb] [G] [D] [Cm]
[N] Breakdown.
Gonna do some breakdown.
Oh, I'm gonna do some breakdown.
Oh, I'm gonna see the [Bb] shakedown.
Come [Eb] on.
Do the Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] You hear it?
You're gonna move to [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Let me see it later.
I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] [F] [Eb] Oh, I'm gonna [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Shake [C] it, shake it, shake it.
[Cm] [F] [Cm] Yeah.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [G] [Eb] [Cm]
[F] [Eb]
Gonna [F] breakdown.
[Eb] [Cm] Gonna see [F] the shakedown.
[Eb] [Cm] Gonna do the [Eb]
[C] Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] I'm doing it.
[C] [F] [Eb] I'm doing [F] [Eb] it.
[F] I'm [Eb] doing it.
[C] [F] [Eb]
[F] [Eb] I'm doing it.
Gonna [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] Oh, I'm gonna do some [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna do the [C] Detroit breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Shake it.
Shake it now.
[C] [F] [Cm] Breakdown.
[F] [Eb] Oh,
[F] [Eb] I'm [Cm]
gonna see the shakedown.
[F] [Eb] Breakdown.
[F] [Eb]
[F] [Cm]
[F] [Cm]
Oh,
[F] I'm gonna see the shakedown.
Key:
F
Eb
Cm
C
Bb
F
Eb
Cm
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] You could [Gm] get blasted [F] for [Cm] having a fall, _ but I knew [F] it [Eb] right in the [F] hall.
[C] Blaster exploding right on the floor, and tearing it up, [F] [Eb] that's for sure.
I'm gonna do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] [Cm] I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ [F] I'm gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Eb] I said I'm gonna see the _ [F] [Cm] shakedown.
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ Jumping toes [F] and [Cm] everything goes.
_ Hot night, [F] sweating [Bb] right in your [F] clothes.
[Eb] Up in the [Gm] suite, [F] [Cm] dancing feet.
_ _ Everybody did it, [F] popping [Eb] right in the [F] street.
[Eb] Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] _ [Eb] _ I said I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] _ [Eb] _ Hey, I'm gonna see the shakedown.
[F] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [C] I'm losing touch, I'm feeling the pain.
_ [Eb] Everything is [F] getting [Eb] right down the [F] drain.
[C] I'm getting crazier, [F] [C] yes I swear.
_ I'll pass my limit [F] on it.
[Eb] I don't care [F] if [Cm] you're in a ditch or [Gm] a breakdown.
[F] _ [Cm] _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Cm] _ _ _ Oh, a breakdown.
[F] _ [Cm] _ _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ Breakdown.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _
Yeah.
_ _ [Eb] [Bb] Come on. _
[C] _ Oh.
Ooh. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ooh. _ _
Yeah.
_ _ _ If y [Fm]'all going out, one [F] word, man.
Go get coffee.
_ That's my man.
_ Station to station, what you got?
_ I'm getting ready, man, to blow my top [G] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] [Bb] Out of my head, [F] [Eb] I'm holding my cane. _
Jumping up [E] the train, [F] [Eb] I'm gonna sing.
[F] [Eb] I got something [F] mean [Eb] sitting in my box. _
Until you try [F] it, [Eb] you better not knock.
Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ Gonna do some breakdown.
[Gm] _ [F] [Eb] Let me hear you, Jerome. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gb] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Breakdown.
_ _ Gonna do some breakdown.
_ _ _ Oh, I'm gonna do some breakdown.
_ _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [Bb] shakedown.
Come [Eb] on.
Do the Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] You hear it?
You're gonna move to [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Let me see it later.
I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
_ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Eb] Oh, I'm gonna [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Shake [C] it, shake it, shake it. _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ Yeah. _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Gonna [F] breakdown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] Gonna see [F] the shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] Gonna do the [Eb]
[C] Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna _ _ _ see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ I'm doing it.
[C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ I'm doing _ [F] _ _ [Eb] it.
[F] I'm [Eb] doing it.
[C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] I'm doing it. _
Gonna [F] breakdown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ Oh, I'm gonna do some [F] breakdown.
_ [Eb] _ _ Gonna do the [C] Detroit breakdown.
[F] _ [Eb] Shake it.
Shake it now. _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ Breakdown.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] Oh, _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ I'm [Cm] _
gonna see _ the shakedown. _
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ Breakdown. _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, _ _ _
_ [F] _ I'm gonna see the shakedown. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[C] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
_ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] You could [Gm] get blasted [F] for [Cm] having a fall, _ but I knew [F] it [Eb] right in the [F] hall.
[C] Blaster exploding right on the floor, and tearing it up, [F] [Eb] that's for sure.
I'm gonna do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ [E] [Cm] I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ [F] I'm gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Eb] I said I'm gonna see the _ [F] [Cm] shakedown.
_ [F] _ [Gm] _ Jumping toes [F] and [Cm] everything goes.
_ Hot night, [F] sweating [Bb] right in your [F] clothes.
[Eb] Up in the [Gm] suite, [F] [Cm] dancing feet.
_ _ Everybody did it, [F] popping [Eb] right in the [F] street.
[Eb] Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] _ [Eb] _ I said I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] _ [Eb] _ Hey, I'm gonna see the shakedown.
[F] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [C] I'm losing touch, I'm feeling the pain.
_ [Eb] Everything is [F] getting [Eb] right down the [F] drain.
[C] I'm getting crazier, [F] [C] yes I swear.
_ I'll pass my limit [F] on it.
[Eb] I don't care [F] if [Cm] you're in a ditch or [Gm] a breakdown.
[F] _ [Cm] _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Cm] _ _ _ Oh, a breakdown.
[F] _ [Cm] _ _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ Breakdown.
_ [Bb] _ [C] _
Yeah.
_ _ [Eb] [Bb] Come on. _
[C] _ Oh.
Ooh. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ooh. _ _
Yeah.
_ _ _ If y [Fm]'all going out, one [F] word, man.
Go get coffee.
_ That's my man.
_ Station to station, what you got?
_ I'm getting ready, man, to blow my top [G] again. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] [Bb] Out of my head, [F] [Eb] I'm holding my cane. _
Jumping up [E] the train, [F] [Eb] I'm gonna sing.
[F] [Eb] I got something [F] mean [Eb] sitting in my box. _
Until you try [F] it, [Eb] you better not knock.
Gonna [Gm] do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Cm] _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
Gonna do some breakdown.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ Gonna do some breakdown.
[Gm] _ [F] [Eb] Let me hear you, Jerome. _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gb] _ [G] _ [D] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] Breakdown.
_ _ Gonna do some breakdown.
_ _ _ Oh, I'm gonna do some breakdown.
_ _ Oh, I'm gonna see the [Bb] shakedown.
Come [Eb] on.
Do the Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] You hear it?
You're gonna move to [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Let me see it later.
I'm gonna see the [F] shakedown.
_ [Eb] _ [F] _ [Eb] Oh, I'm gonna [F] see the shakedown.
[Eb] Shake [C] it, shake it, shake it. _
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] _ Yeah. _ _
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Gonna [F] breakdown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] Gonna see [F] the shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] Gonna do the [Eb]
[C] Detroit [F] breakdown.
[Eb] Gonna _ _ _ see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ I'm doing it.
[C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ I'm doing _ [F] _ _ [Eb] it.
[F] I'm [Eb] doing it.
[C] _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Eb] I'm doing it. _
Gonna [F] breakdown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ Gonna see the [F] shakedown.
[Eb] _ _ Oh, I'm gonna do some [F] breakdown.
_ [Eb] _ _ Gonna do the [C] Detroit breakdown.
[F] _ [Eb] Shake it.
Shake it now. _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ Breakdown.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] Oh, _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ I'm [Cm] _
gonna see _ the shakedown. _
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ Breakdown. _
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh, _ _ _
_ [F] _ I'm gonna see the shakedown. _ _
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