Chords for James Brown - Mother Popcorn (Pt. 1 & 2)

Tempo:
116.45 bpm
Chords used:

Dm

D

Am

F

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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James Brown - Mother Popcorn (Pt. 1 & 2) chords
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[D] [F]
[D]
[Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[D]
[Am] [F]
[D] [F]
[D] [Am] [Dm]
[Am] [Dm]
[Am] Yeah!
[Dm] Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
[F] I'm
[D] going!
[Dm] Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah!
I'm going!
Some got them [D] fast!
[Am] Some like it hard!
Some like it tough!
[D] [Am] Skinny legs and all!
[F] I like them born!
[D] [Am] I like them proud!
[Dm] I do myself.
And when I want to love it,
my mother she got to have.
She say,
[F]
[D] have a mother for [Am] me.
[Dm] Yeah!
I'm going to.
[Gm] [F] [A] Yeah!
[Gm] [A] I'm
[E] [Fm] [A]
[E] [Fm] [A] [Gm] going to.
I'm [A]
[E] [A]
[B] going to.
[Am] Yeah!
[D] Come [Dm]
[D] [Am] here.
Good God.
[F]
[Am] [Dm] Come here.
[A]
[Dm] Popcorn.
[F] And do the harm.
[D] So [Am] everybody quiet.
[Dm] Got to be born.
[D] When you do your little [F] thing,
step in a small ring,
[D] and jump back baby.
[Dm] Tell you what I'm going to do with this thing.
Popcorn.
Yeah!
[Am] [Dm] Sometimes.
Sometimes I'm [D] beating low.
[F] [D]
Sometimes I'm beating low.
[F]
[Am] I call
another brother.
[D]
Talking about [Dm] Maceo.
Maceo!
Blow your horn.
[Am] I don't want no trash.
[Dm]
Pay me some popcorn.
Maceo!
Come on.
Popcorn.
Pay me some popcorn.
Maceo!
Come on.
Timbo.
You.
You the monkey one.
[Am] [Dm]
[D] Yeah!
Yeah!
[Dm] [Am] [D]
[G] [Dm]
Yeah! [G] Popcorn.
[D] Popcorn.
[A] [Dm] Yeah!
[D] Popcorn.
[Dm]
Yeah!
[Am] Wait a minute.
[B] Popcorn.
[Dm]
Good God.
Popcorn. Yeah!
Popcorn.
[A] [D]
[Dm] Get it.
Baby.
Sometimes I'm beating low.
Sometimes
[G] I'm beating [Dm] low.
[Am] I'm beating [Dm] low.
[D] Sometimes.
[Gm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[F] [A] [Gm] Can I do the [A] popcorn?
[D] Ready for [Gm] swag.
[Fm] [A] Yeah!
[Am]
Popcorn.
[D] [Dm] Yeah!
[A] Yeah!
[Dm]
Popcorn.
[Am]
[Dm]
One.
Two.
Popcorn.
[Am]
One.
[Dm] Two.
Three.
Popcorn.
Popcorn.
Popcorn.
Yeah!
Key:  
Dm
2311
D
1321
Am
2311
F
134211111
A
1231
Dm
2311
D
1321
Am
2311
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To start learning James Brown, The James Brown Orchestra - (Pts.1 & 2) Mother Popcorn chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: D, Am, Dm, D, Dm, F, D, Am and F. To master the tempo, it's wise to start at 58 BPM before aiming for the song's 116 BPM. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of A Minor in mind.

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] Yeah!
[Dm] Yeah!
Yeah! _ _
Yeah!
[F] _ _ _ I'm _
[D] going!
[Dm] _ Yeah! _ _
Yeah!
Yeah!
_ I'm going!
Some got them [D] fast!
[Am] Some like it hard!
Some like it tough!
[D] [Am] Skinny legs and all!
_ [F] I like them born!
[D] _ [Am] I like them proud!
[Dm] I do myself.
_ And when I want to love it,
my mother she got to have.
She say,
_ _ _ _ [F] _
[D] have a mother for [Am] me.
_ _ [Dm] Yeah!
I'm going to. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ Yeah!
_ [Gm] _ _ [A] I'm _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Fm] _ [A] _ _ [Gm] going to.
I'm _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] going to.
[Am] _ _ _ _ Yeah!
[D] Come [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [Am] here. _ _ _ _
Good God.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] Come here.
[A] _
_ _ [Dm] Popcorn.
[F] And do the harm.
[D] So [Am] everybody quiet.
_ [Dm] Got to be born.
[D] _ When you do your little [F] thing,
step in a small ring,
[D] and jump back baby.
_ [Dm] Tell you what I'm going to do with this thing.
Popcorn.
_ _ _ Yeah! _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] Sometimes. _
Sometimes I'm [D] beating low.
[F] _ _ _ [D] _
Sometimes I'm beating low.
_ [F] _ _ _
[Am] I call
_ _ another brother.
_ [D] _
_ Talking about [Dm] Maceo. _ _
_ Maceo! _ _ _ _
Blow your horn.
_ _ [Am] _ _ I don't want no trash.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Pay me some popcorn.
_ _ _ Maceo!
Come on.
_ _ _ _ Popcorn. _
Pay me some popcorn. _ _ _
Maceo!
Come on. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Timbo. _ _
_ You. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You the monkey one.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [D] Yeah! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah! _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _
Yeah! [G] Popcorn.
_ _ [D] Popcorn. _
_ _ [A] _ [Dm] Yeah! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ Popcorn. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah! _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ Wait a minute. _ _
[B] _ _ _ Popcorn.
[Dm] _ _ _
Good God.
_ _ Popcorn. Yeah!
_ _ _ _ Popcorn. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Get it.
Baby. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sometimes I'm beating _ low. _ _
_ Sometimes
[G] I'm beating [Dm] low. _ _
_ _ [Am] _ I'm beating [Dm] low. _ _
[D] _ Sometimes.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ [Gm] Can I do the [A] popcorn?
_ _ _ [D] Ready for [Gm] swag.
_ [Fm] _ [A] Yeah!
_ _ [Am]
Popcorn.
_ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] Yeah!
[A] Yeah!
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Popcorn.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
One.
Two.
_ _ _ Popcorn.
[Am]
One.
_ [Dm] Two.
Three.
Popcorn.
Popcorn.
_ _ Popcorn. _ _
Yeah! _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was composed by James Brown and Pee Wee Ellis.

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