The Payback Chords by James Brown

Tempo:
97.45 bpm
Chords used:

G

Ab

Bbm

Db

Eb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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James Brown - The Payback chords
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[Fm] [Eb] [Gb] [Fm] [G]
[Db]
Revenge!
[B] [G]
I'm mad!
[Db] I've got to get back!
I [Bb] need some get back!
[Ebm] [Bbm]
[Db] [Db] That's it!
[Bb] Payback!
[Db] [Eb]
[G] Get down [Ab] with the [G] government!
That ain't right!
[Ab] [G]
Talking!
I don't pass!
[Ab] [G]
I hold a bank!
[Ab] [Bbm]
[Db] Payback is a [G] thing you got to see!
Hell!
The government do a damn thing to me!
[Abm] [Bbm]
Sold me out for a chicken change!
Told me they [D] had it all [Bb] arranged!
They [G] had me down!
[A] [Bbm]
Now you're fucked!
[Bm] [Bbm] You got to get ready!
I'm gonna get back!
I'm gonna get back!
[Ab]
[G] That's where I live!
[Ab] I'm gonna [Bbm] get back!
I can do [Bm] wheeling!
[G]
I can do [Db] dealing!
[Bb] [Db] [Ab] [G] But I don't do no damn squealing!
[Ab] I can dig a [G] rapping!
I'm ready!
[D] I can dig [Bbm] scrapping!
But I can't [D] dig [G] that backstabbing!
No [Ab] brother [G]
get ready!
[Ab] [G] That's the bank!
Get ready you [Db] motherfucker!
For [G] the big payback!
Hey!
[Bm] Let [G] me hit him!
[Abm] Hit him!
[Db] Hit him!
[Fm]
[A] Hey!
Hey!
[Eb] Hey!
[Bm] Low!
[Bbm]
Low!
[Db] [G]
[Bm] You took [G] my money!
You got my honey!
[Ab] [G]
Don't want me!
See what you done to me!
I'm gonna [Ab] get back!
[G] I got a deal with [Ab] you!
[G] I got a deal with you!
I got a deal with you!
[Ab] [G]
I got a deal with [Ab] ya, [G]
get down just for a woman, [Db]
that ain't right, [G] you hard [Dbm] and tough, [G] you want a fight, look [Ab] here, [G]
don't do me [Bm] [G] no darn favor, I [Db] don't know karate, but I know Karazah,
[G] [D] [G]
[Em]
[Eb] I'm [Db] [G]
a man, I'm a [Db] strong, I'm a man, [Ab] if [G] it don't take value, then I'll be damned, [Ab] get [G] ready for the big payback, [Ab]
[G] hey, [Db] hit me again,
[Bbm]
[G] [Ab] [Bbm] Lord, lord, [Ab] [Bbm] hey get ready, [E] [Bbm] I need it, I need it yet again, [Ab] [G] same one, same one, [Bm] [G] same one, hit me, [Db]
[Eb] [Bbm]
lord,
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm] She made me cry in the morning.
Sold me out [Bm] to get [G]
chained.
Bet my woman had it all arranged.
Tried to make the [Bm] deal.
[G]
I was a squeal.
[Ab] [Bbm]
But I had my daughter here.
Saw her with some inch on the line.
[Eb] She broke [Ab] down and she [G] was surprised.
I don't care what she did.
I'm gonna be doing just like she was.
Make those kids and raise them up.
So hard [Bb] to think [Gb] I'm right [Bbm] to talk to her.
[Ab] Take her.
[Eb] Take that woman.
It's one thing she's [Ab] bound.
[G]
Just run that mother [Ab] out of [G] town.
Make her get up.
Make her get up, get up.
Make her get up.
[Ab] Make [G] her get up, get up.
I'm mad.
[Ab] [Db] I want the bill.
[A]
[Em] I want the bill.
My [Ab] [G] patience is on the bill.
My patience is on [Ab] the bill.
[Bbm] I want the bill.
I want the bill.
Gonna get some hits.
I need those hits.
[Ab] I [G] need those hits.
Hit [Bbm] me.
[Ebm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[G] Love for hits.
[N]
Carry [G] on.
Carry [Ab] on.
I [Bbm] [Db] ain't gonna never let you.
[Eb] [Bbm]
[Db] [G] [Bbm]
You ain't better.
[Ebm] [G]
[Db] [Eb] Da [Bbm] dee da da da dee da [N] da da dee da da.
[G] [Abm] [G]
[Bb] [Eb] You ain't better.
[Ab]
Key:  
G
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Ab
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Bbm
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Db
12341114
Eb
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G
2131
Ab
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Bbm
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To start learning James Brown - The Payback chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: G, Ab and G. Begin your practice at a relaxed 48 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 97. With an eye on the song's key Gb Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ [Gb] _ [Fm] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Revenge!
_ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
I'm mad!
_ [Db] I've got to get back! _
I [Bb] need some get back!
[Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Db] _ That's it!
_ [Bb] Payback!
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [G] Get down [Ab] with the [G] government!
_ _ That ain't right!
_ [Ab] _ [G] _
_ Talking!
I don't pass!
[Ab] _ [G] _
_ I hold a bank!
_ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] Payback is a [G] thing you got to see!
_ _ Hell!
_ The government do a damn thing to me!
_ _ _ [Abm] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Sold me out for a chicken change!
_ _ Told me they [D] had it all [Bb] arranged!
They [G] had me down!
[A] _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ Now you're fucked!
[Bm] [Bbm] You got to get ready!
I'm gonna get back!
I'm gonna get back!
_ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ That's where I live!
[Ab] I'm gonna [Bbm] get back!
_ _ I can do [Bm] wheeling!
[G]
I can do [Db] dealing!
[Bb] _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] [G] But I don't do no damn squealing!
_ _ _ [Ab] I can dig a [G] rapping!
_ _ I'm ready!
[D] I can dig [Bbm] scrapping!
_ _ But I can't [D] dig [G] that _ backstabbing!
No _ _ [Ab] brother [G] _
_ _ _ get ready!
[Ab] [G] That's the bank!
_ Get ready you [Db] motherfucker!
For [G] the big payback!
_ Hey!
_ _ [Bm] Let [G] me hit him!
[Abm] Hit him!
[Db] Hit him!
_ [Fm] _ _ _
[A] Hey!
Hey!
[Eb] Hey!
_ [Bm] Low!
[Bbm] _
_ Low!
_ _ _ [Db] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] You took [G] my money!
_ _ _ You got my honey!
[Ab] _ [G] _
_ _ _ Don't want me!
See what you done to me!
_ _ _ I'm gonna [Ab] get back! _
[G] _ _ I got a deal with [Ab] you!
[G] I got a deal with you!
_ I got a deal with you!
[Ab] _ [G] _
_ I got a deal with [Ab] ya, [G] _
_ _ _ get down just for a woman, [Db]
that ain't right, _ [G] you hard [Dbm] and tough, [G] you want a fight, _ _ look [Ab] here, [G] _
_ _ _ don't do me _ [Bm] [G] no darn favor, _ _ I [Db] don't know karate, but I know Karazah,
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Eb] I'm _ [Db] _ _ [G] _
_ _ a man, _ _ _ _ _ I'm a [Db] strong, I'm a man, [Ab] if [G] it don't take value, then I'll be damned, [Ab] get [G] ready for the big payback, _ [Ab] _
[G] hey, [Db] hit me again,
_ [Bbm] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ Lord, lord, _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _ hey get ready, _ [E] _ [Bbm] I need it, I need it yet again, _ [Ab] _ [G] same one, _ same one, [Bm] [G] same one, hit me, [Db] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
lord,
_ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] [Bbm] She made me cry in the morning.
_ Sold me out [Bm] to get [G]
chained.
_ _ Bet my woman had it all arranged.
_ _ Tried to make the [Bm] deal.
_ [G]
I was a squeal.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ But I had my _ daughter here.
_ _ Saw her with some inch on the line.
_ _ [Eb] _ She broke [Ab] down and she [G] was surprised.
_ _ _ I don't care what she did.
_ _ I'm gonna be doing just like she was.
_ _ Make those kids and raise them up. _
_ _ So hard [Bb] to think [Gb] I'm right [Bbm] to talk to her.
_ _ [Ab] Take her.
[Eb] _ Take that woman.
It's one thing she's [Ab] bound.
[G] _ _ _
Just run that mother [Ab] out of [G] town. _ _
Make her get up.
_ Make her get up, get up.
Make her get up.
[Ab] Make [G] her get up, get up.
I'm mad.
_ [Ab] [Db] I want the bill.
[A] _
[Em] I want the bill.
My [Ab] _ [G] patience is on the bill.
My patience is on [Ab] the bill.
[Bbm] I want the bill. _
I want the bill.
Gonna get some hits.
I need those hits.
_ [Ab] I [G] need those hits.
Hit [Bbm] me.
_ [Ebm] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ Love for hits.
[N] _
Carry [G] on.
Carry [Ab] on.
I [Bbm] _ [Db] ain't gonna never let you.
[Eb] _ [Bbm] _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bbm]
You ain't better.
_ [Ebm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] [Eb] Da [Bbm] dee da da da dee da [N] da da dee da da.
_ [G] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] _
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] You ain't better.
_ [Ab] _ _

Facts about this song

This song was written by James Brown, Fred Wesley and John Starks.

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