Chords for JAMES BROWN Escape-ism (Part1)
Tempo:
98.175 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I was talking to that cat the other night.
looking for is,
escapism.
Ha!
Ain't it good for you?
I love to get down, Jackson.
I don't have to go in an old pointed bag,
I can't, [D] you understand.
looking for is,
escapism.
Ha!
Ain't it good for you?
I love to get down, Jackson.
I don't have to go in an old pointed bag,
I can't, [D] you understand.
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_ _ _ _ _ I was talking to that cat the other night.
_ _ _ He said, what everybody's looking for is,
what everybody's looking for today,
_ they're looking for is escapism.
_ _ _ _ Ha! _
_ _ _ _ Ha! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ain't it good for you?
_ [Dm] You know what?
[Gm] _
I love to get down, Jackson.
And when I get down, you understand,
I don't have to go in an old pointed bag,
say, [F] I can't [D] do this.
I can do [F] what I want, man.
I can't, [D] you understand.
That's [F#] the way I feel.
[G] _ _ You know how many of you get down right about here?
Bird, if I get down,
you know, Bird, man, Bird got a,
Bird got a, _ I mean, Bird got a tattoo coming up.
We got a record, Bird, right here, you know.
So we're trying to get our thing out of the way
before Bird gets into it.
[F] _ [G] Bird, can we get down before we,
is it all right?
Bird, you think you're going to be a hit, Bird, you got it.
Oh yeah, I'm going to be a hit.
You think you're going to be a hit?
_ But I know it's a smash, I know it's a smash.
But you're in the thing, man, you're in the same way as that, you know.
It's got to be a [Gm] hit.
You ready, Bird?
_ _ [A] Get down!
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _
[G#m] Ain't it [F#] good to you? _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Ain't it good to you? _ _ _
_ _ Ain't it good to you? _ _ _
[G#] Ha!
Ha!
Ha! Ha!
[D] _ _ _
Look at him.
_ What you say, Bird?
Man, you know you better take it on the lab.
You better watch the man. _
I don't make the hood, what you say, Bird?
You better take it on the lab.
Ha!
_ _ You better watch the man. _ _
_ _ _ Bird!
_ [E] _
Come over here, brother, let me tell you.
_ _ [A] _ You think we're talking too loud?
Bird, you [C#] see that bus?
[D] Ha!
[E] _ I ain't got no [D] dust.
_ Ha!
_ I don't have to take it on the lab.
_ _ _ You better watch that man.
Ha!
You better watch that man.
Yeah, all right.
You're right.
Yeah, yeah.
[C#] Coming from a funny [D] place. _ _
What you say, Bird?
_ Ha! _ _
Trying to get down.
_ Yeah.
_ Well, you know.
Look at him.
Look at him.
[G#] There you go.
[D] _ Ain't no alcohol.
[C#m] [D] Man, I don't need it.
What you say, uh, Ketchum?
Hey, don't be so rude. _ _
You know I'm clean now.
_ Hang on.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ He said, what everybody's looking for is,
what everybody's looking for today,
_ they're looking for is escapism.
_ _ _ _ Ha! _
_ _ _ _ Ha! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ain't it good for you?
_ [Dm] You know what?
[Gm] _
I love to get down, Jackson.
And when I get down, you understand,
I don't have to go in an old pointed bag,
say, [F] I can't [D] do this.
I can do [F] what I want, man.
I can't, [D] you understand.
That's [F#] the way I feel.
[G] _ _ You know how many of you get down right about here?
Bird, if I get down,
you know, Bird, man, Bird got a,
Bird got a, _ I mean, Bird got a tattoo coming up.
We got a record, Bird, right here, you know.
So we're trying to get our thing out of the way
before Bird gets into it.
[F] _ [G] Bird, can we get down before we,
is it all right?
Bird, you think you're going to be a hit, Bird, you got it.
Oh yeah, I'm going to be a hit.
You think you're going to be a hit?
_ But I know it's a smash, I know it's a smash.
But you're in the thing, man, you're in the same way as that, you know.
It's got to be a [Gm] hit.
You ready, Bird?
_ _ [A] Get down!
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _
[G#m] Ain't it [F#] good to you? _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] Ain't it good to you? _ _ _
_ _ Ain't it good to you? _ _ _
[G#] Ha!
Ha!
Ha! Ha!
[D] _ _ _
Look at him.
_ What you say, Bird?
Man, you know you better take it on the lab.
You better watch the man. _
I don't make the hood, what you say, Bird?
You better take it on the lab.
Ha!
_ _ You better watch the man. _ _
_ _ _ Bird!
_ [E] _
Come over here, brother, let me tell you.
_ _ [A] _ You think we're talking too loud?
Bird, you [C#] see that bus?
[D] Ha!
[E] _ I ain't got no [D] dust.
_ Ha!
_ I don't have to take it on the lab.
_ _ _ You better watch that man.
Ha!
You better watch that man.
Yeah, all right.
You're right.
Yeah, yeah.
[C#] Coming from a funny [D] place. _ _
What you say, Bird?
_ Ha! _ _
Trying to get down.
_ Yeah.
_ Well, you know.
Look at him.
Look at him.
[G#] There you go.
[D] _ Ain't no alcohol.
[C#m] [D] Man, I don't need it.
What you say, uh, Ketchum?
Hey, don't be so rude. _ _
You know I'm clean now.
_ Hang on.
_ [E] _