Chords for James Brown ~ Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (1965)

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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ Papa's in the gym, [A] _ _
[E] _ he [A] ain't too hip, _ _ [Em] but that new [E] breed looks [A] good.
[E] _ Ain't no [B] drag, _ [A] _
_ [Bm] Papa's got a brand new bag. _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ Papa's [A] _ [E] _
in this crazy scene, _ [A] _ [Em] _
_ [Ab] he's not [A] too fancy, _ _ _ but he's [E] fine as pretty can be.
[A] _ [Em] _
_ Ain't [Dbm] no drag, [A] _ _
[Bm] Papa's got a brand new bag. _ _
[B] _ _ [Ab] He's a jack, he's on the fly, _ don't blame him chief, cause he know he ain't shy.
He's more than monkey, a mad potato, jump back jack, alligator, alligator.
_ [E] _ Confess, _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ Papa's in the gym, _ [A] _ [G] _
[A] _ he ain't too hip, but that _ [Bm] _ [Em] _
new [E] breed looks [A] good. _
[Abm] _ Ain't no [A] drag, _ [C] he's got a brand [Bm] new bag.
_ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] He's more [E] than a jack, [A] he's doing the _ [Em] jack like this, he's doing the fight [A] every day [Em] and every _ night.
The [Gbm] thing, _ _ [Bb] _
like a _ [Bm] _ boomerang, _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ hey hey, _ come on.
_ _ Hey, _ [B] hey, hey, _ _ _ _ _ come on, _ everybody knows, _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ everybody knows, _ [Abm] I just want you, don't leave me, oh, _ hey.
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[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ Come on, [Bm] ya'll. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Ya'll, all of [D] ya'll. _ _
[Em] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Am] _
[Gb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] Come [Bm] through.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ Come on.
_ [Bm] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Am] _
[Bm] Come on.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Gb] _ Come [G] _
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_ _ _ _ on, [E] _ [Bm]
ya'll.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Ya'll, let me tell you what he do.
He's doing the jack, he's on the [E] fly, [B] don't blame him chief, [E] cause he know he ain't [Bm] shy. _
He's more than monkey, _ a mad potato, [Dbm]
jump back jack, alligator, alligator.
[Bm] _ _
Come at them now.
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _