Chords for Jamie Foxx serenades Serena Williams at the ESPY Awards - Tennis Ball
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Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no hand [Gm] claps.
Can I get finger snaps, please?
Finger snaps, [Gb] yes.
We're gonna slow it down [Bb] today.
[G] Give it up if you're having a good [Eb] time here at the [Bb] ESPYs.
Give it up for yourselves, give it up.
This [Gm] song goes out to Serena.
[Ab] Serena, Serena, I love you, [Eb] Serena.
I know you have someone that [Bb] you're dating.
I can't say it right now.
Keyshaw.
[F] [G] But Serena, this song is dedicated to you
and it's simply named.
It's coming out on the ESPN record,
so make sure you go get that as soon as you can.
It's called Can I Be Your Tennis Ball?
[B]
Can [Gm] I be your tennis [Eb] ball, tennis ball, tennis ball?
You can smack [G] me up against the wall, baby.
Do [Eb] it slow or do it fast.
Can [F] I fit inside your bank, bank?
[Eb] Some men wanna be J-Lo's thong.
Beyonce, C [G] and Jay-Z, ain't that wrong?
This don't look right.
[Gm] I'm tired of that Ashanti song.
[Eb] [G] Baby, can you put me on?
Let me be your tennis ball.
We can [Gm] go 15 [Bm] love, [Gm] 30, 40 love.
Advantage you until [G] we get [Eb] to do
[B] space.
In your [Eb] black Puma suit.
[Bbm] [Eb] I [G] just wanna, I just, I just.
Cut it, cut it.
Can I be [N] your tennis ball?
I can't give you everything.
I can't give you everything tonight.
Some people say that tennis is like the game of love.
Last year I made a connection with somebody.
Last year I asked somebody to be my tennis ball.
Where's [C] the music?
[Dm]
[G] Serena, I'm not playing around this year, [Dm] you know.
[Am] [C] [Am] Last year I thought we had a connection and then I, you know, I don't know.
I've [Cm] been going out with [G] you now for [Am] about a year in my mind.
Last year we made a connection, [C] but this year I [G] think we gotta remix it.
I [Dm] got next to me what I call the ballers.
[Em] [Am] And we about to remix it today.
[G] One, two, three.
[Dm]
I wanna [C] be, I wanna be, I wanna be yours.
[G]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I [Bbm] wanna be [A] yours.
[Dm]
I wanna be, I wanna [C] be, I wanna be [F] yours.
[D] Tennis ball, tennis ball
[Bbm] I [Dm] wanna be your [C] one [G] and [C]
[Dm] [C] [Dm]
[G] only friend
[Db]
[Am] [F]
[Em] I could be your [G] tennis ball, [Gm] you can pop me out of a [E] can.
[F] Play court, grass court, girl it don't scratch.
[G] Turn me baby right, [Bbm] right next [E] to your [Dm]
ass.
[C] [A] [C]
[Em] [C] [G] [Db]
[F] Girl I heard [C] some news, [F] I hope this just ain't right.
[Em] Somebody dropped a dime, said you [Bbm] were seeing [G] somebody.
Why you so mad, why you so mad?
[Dm] What the French on what is going on?
[G] [F] [Em]
Stop, stop, stop.
[G] Let's get to business, nobody seen you [N]
playin'.
[F] I [C] wanna be your, I wanna be your, [Dm] oh!
[Bm] [Gb] [Bbm] Cause if [G] I was your [Db] ball, [F] if I [Am] was your ball.
Girl there is no doubt [Em] [Am] [C]
about you.
[F] Drop shot, top spin, you was over there.
[Em] Whippet, [D] I was your tennis ball.
You [Bbm] were a piece of [E] russian.
[Dm] Everybody [C] [Am] shake it with [Em] me.
I wanna [Bbm] [C] be your, [Dm]
[Am] [Em]
[A] [F] [Bbm] stop.
[Dm] Girl, [F]
[C] don't you know you look so fine.
[Bm] Whoever you seeing, [Db] his tennis racket ain't been your [A] smile.
[F] [C]
See this racket, can you [Em] handle it?
[Am]
Can you handle [Eb] it?
[F] Can you handle it?
I wanna be your, I wanna be your, [G] oh!
You know what I [A] want you to do?
I want you to hit me one time, hit me!
[F] Hit me two times.
[Bm] [A] Hit me [Am] three times.
[Em] You know what, [Am] hit me infinity.
Hit [Bm]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm] [Em]
[A] [Eb] [Am]
[Dm] [C] the hell [G] away, hit the hell [Db] away.
[G] Break it down.
[F] Now Devin and Serena, we don't spend a lot of money on these props.
[C] But I want you to [Dm] do, I want you to come up [F] here.
Come up, come up to me.
[A] I want you to [G] smack the hell out [F] of me.
Put your face in my mouth baby.
[Dm]
Come on, oh my god, give it [F] up for the girls.
Take your time, take your time.
Don't worry, don't worry.
[C] Smack it, [F] go ahead.
Hard as you can.
Not that hard.
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Em] [E] [Am]
[Em]
[A]
[E] [A] [C] [Em]
[Am] [Db] [Dm]
[C] [Em]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [N]
Can I get finger snaps, please?
Finger snaps, [Gb] yes.
We're gonna slow it down [Bb] today.
[G] Give it up if you're having a good [Eb] time here at the [Bb] ESPYs.
Give it up for yourselves, give it up.
This [Gm] song goes out to Serena.
[Ab] Serena, Serena, I love you, [Eb] Serena.
I know you have someone that [Bb] you're dating.
I can't say it right now.
Keyshaw.
[F] [G] But Serena, this song is dedicated to you
and it's simply named.
It's coming out on the ESPN record,
so make sure you go get that as soon as you can.
It's called Can I Be Your Tennis Ball?
[B]
Can [Gm] I be your tennis [Eb] ball, tennis ball, tennis ball?
You can smack [G] me up against the wall, baby.
Do [Eb] it slow or do it fast.
Can [F] I fit inside your bank, bank?
[Eb] Some men wanna be J-Lo's thong.
Beyonce, C [G] and Jay-Z, ain't that wrong?
This don't look right.
[Gm] I'm tired of that Ashanti song.
[Eb] [G] Baby, can you put me on?
Let me be your tennis ball.
We can [Gm] go 15 [Bm] love, [Gm] 30, 40 love.
Advantage you until [G] we get [Eb] to do
[B] space.
In your [Eb] black Puma suit.
[Bbm] [Eb] I [G] just wanna, I just, I just.
Cut it, cut it.
Can I be [N] your tennis ball?
I can't give you everything.
I can't give you everything tonight.
Some people say that tennis is like the game of love.
Last year I made a connection with somebody.
Last year I asked somebody to be my tennis ball.
Where's [C] the music?
[Dm]
[G] Serena, I'm not playing around this year, [Dm] you know.
[Am] [C] [Am] Last year I thought we had a connection and then I, you know, I don't know.
I've [Cm] been going out with [G] you now for [Am] about a year in my mind.
Last year we made a connection, [C] but this year I [G] think we gotta remix it.
I [Dm] got next to me what I call the ballers.
[Em] [Am] And we about to remix it today.
[G] One, two, three.
[Dm]
I wanna [C] be, I wanna be, I wanna be yours.
[G]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I [Bbm] wanna be [A] yours.
[Dm]
I wanna be, I wanna [C] be, I wanna be [F] yours.
[D] Tennis ball, tennis ball
[Bbm] I [Dm] wanna be your [C] one [G] and [C]
[Dm] [C] [Dm]
[G] only friend
[Db]
[Am] [F]
[Em] I could be your [G] tennis ball, [Gm] you can pop me out of a [E] can.
[F] Play court, grass court, girl it don't scratch.
[G] Turn me baby right, [Bbm] right next [E] to your [Dm]
ass.
[C] [A] [C]
[Em] [C] [G] [Db]
[F] Girl I heard [C] some news, [F] I hope this just ain't right.
[Em] Somebody dropped a dime, said you [Bbm] were seeing [G] somebody.
Why you so mad, why you so mad?
[Dm] What the French on what is going on?
[G] [F] [Em]
Stop, stop, stop.
[G] Let's get to business, nobody seen you [N]
playin'.
[F] I [C] wanna be your, I wanna be your, [Dm] oh!
[Bm] [Gb] [Bbm] Cause if [G] I was your [Db] ball, [F] if I [Am] was your ball.
Girl there is no doubt [Em] [Am] [C]
about you.
[F] Drop shot, top spin, you was over there.
[Em] Whippet, [D] I was your tennis ball.
You [Bbm] were a piece of [E] russian.
[Dm] Everybody [C] [Am] shake it with [Em] me.
I wanna [Bbm] [C] be your, [Dm]
[Am] [Em]
[A] [F] [Bbm] stop.
[Dm] Girl, [F]
[C] don't you know you look so fine.
[Bm] Whoever you seeing, [Db] his tennis racket ain't been your [A] smile.
[F] [C]
See this racket, can you [Em] handle it?
[Am]
Can you handle [Eb] it?
[F] Can you handle it?
I wanna be your, I wanna be your, [G] oh!
You know what I [A] want you to do?
I want you to hit me one time, hit me!
[F] Hit me two times.
[Bm] [A] Hit me [Am] three times.
[Em] You know what, [Am] hit me infinity.
Hit [Bm]
[Bb] [Am]
[Dm] [Em]
[A] [Eb] [Am]
[Dm] [C] the hell [G] away, hit the hell [Db] away.
[G] Break it down.
[F] Now Devin and Serena, we don't spend a lot of money on these props.
[C] But I want you to [Dm] do, I want you to come up [F] here.
Come up, come up to me.
[A] I want you to [G] smack the hell out [F] of me.
Put your face in my mouth baby.
[Dm]
Come on, oh my god, give it [F] up for the girls.
Take your time, take your time.
Don't worry, don't worry.
[C] Smack it, [F] go ahead.
Hard as you can.
Not that hard.
[Am] [Dm] [Am]
[Em] [E] [Am]
[Em]
[A]
[E] [A] [C] [Em]
[Am] [Db] [Dm]
[C] [Em]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [N]
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[Bb] No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no hand [Gm] claps. _ _
Can I get finger snaps, please?
Finger snaps, [Gb] yes.
We're gonna slow it down [Bb] today.
_ _ [G] Give it up if you're having a good [Eb] time here at the [Bb] ESPYs.
Give it up for yourselves, give it up.
_ _ This [Gm] song goes out to Serena.
[Ab] Serena, Serena, I love you, [Eb] Serena.
I know you have someone that [Bb] you're dating.
I can't say it right now.
Keyshaw. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] But Serena, this song is dedicated to you
and it's simply named.
It's coming out on the ESPN record,
so make sure you go get that as soon as you can.
It's called Can I Be Your Tennis Ball?
[B] _ _ _
Can [Gm] I be your tennis [Eb] ball, tennis ball, tennis ball?
_ You can smack [G] me up against the wall, baby.
_ _ Do [Eb] it slow or do it _ fast.
Can [F] I fit inside your _ bank, bank? _ _
[Eb] Some men wanna be J-Lo's thong. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Beyonce, C [G] and Jay-Z, ain't that wrong? _ _
This don't look right.
_ _ [Gm] I'm tired of that Ashanti song.
_ [Eb] _ [G] Baby, can you put me on?
Let me be your tennis ball.
We can [Gm] go 15 [Bm] love, [Gm] 30, 40 love.
_ Advantage you until [G] we get [Eb] to do _ _ _
_ [B] _ space.
_ In your [Eb] black Puma suit.
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] I [G] just wanna, I just, I just.
Cut it, cut it.
Can I be [N] your tennis ball?
I can't give you everything.
I can't give you everything tonight. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Some people say that tennis is like the game of love. _ _ _
_ Last year I made a connection with somebody. _ _ _
Last year I asked somebody to be my tennis ball.
Where's [C] the music?
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Serena, I'm not playing around this year, [Dm] you know.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] Last year I thought we had a connection and then I, you know, I don't know.
I've [Cm] been going out with [G] you now for [Am] about a year in my mind.
_ _ _ _ _ Last year we made a connection, [C] but this year I [G] think we gotta remix it.
I [Dm] got next to me what I call the ballers.
_ [Em] [Am] And we about to remix it today.
[G] _ One, two, three.
[Dm]
I wanna [C] be, I wanna be, I wanna be yours.
[G]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I [Bbm] wanna be [A] yours.
[Dm]
I wanna be, I wanna [C] be, I wanna be [F] yours. _
[D] Tennis ball, tennis ball
_ [Bbm] I [Dm] wanna be _ your [C] one [G] and _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] only friend
_ _ _ _ [Db] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Em] I could be your [G] tennis ball, [Gm] you can pop me out of a [E] can.
[F] Play court, grass court, girl it don't scratch.
[G] Turn me baby right, [Bbm] right next [E] to your [Dm]
ass.
_ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Db] _
[F] Girl I heard [C] some news, [F] I hope this just ain't right. _
[Em] Somebody dropped a dime, said you [Bbm] were seeing [G] somebody.
Why you so mad, why you so mad?
[Dm] What the French on what is going on?
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em]
Stop, stop, _ stop.
[G] Let's get to business, nobody seen you _ [N]
playin'.
[F] I [C] wanna be your, I wanna be your, [Dm] oh!
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Bbm] Cause if [G] I was your [Db] ball, [F] if I [Am] was your ball.
Girl there is no doubt [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C]
about you.
[F] Drop shot, top spin, you was over there.
[Em] Whippet, [D] I was your tennis ball.
You [Bbm] were a piece of [E] russian. _
[Dm] Everybody [C] _ _ _ [Am] shake it with [Em] me.
I wanna _ [Bbm] [C] be your, _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [F] [Bbm] stop.
[Dm] Girl, [F] _
[C] don't you know you look so fine.
[Bm] Whoever you seeing, [Db] his tennis racket ain't been your [A] smile.
_ [F] _ _ [C]
See this racket, _ can you [Em] handle it?
_ [Am]
Can you handle [Eb] it?
[F] Can you handle it?
I wanna be your, I wanna be your, _ [G] oh!
You know what I [A] want you to do?
I want you to hit me one time, hit me!
_ [F] _ _ _ Hit me two times.
[Bm] _ _ [A] Hit me [Am] three times. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] You know what, [Am] hit me infinity. _ _
_ _ _ Hit _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] the hell [G] away, hit the hell [Db] away.
[G] Break it down.
[F] _ Now Devin and Serena, we don't spend a lot of money on these props.
_ _ _ _ [C] But I want you to [Dm] do, I want you to come up [F] here.
_ _ Come up, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
come up to me.
[A] I want you to [G] smack the hell out [F] of me.
_ Put your face in my mouth baby.
_ _ [Dm]
Come on, oh my god, give it [F] up for the girls. _ _ _ _
_ Take your time, take your time.
_ Don't worry, don't worry.
[C] Smack it, [F] go ahead.
Hard as you can.
Not that hard.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [N] _ _ _
Can I get finger snaps, please?
Finger snaps, [Gb] yes.
We're gonna slow it down [Bb] today.
_ _ [G] Give it up if you're having a good [Eb] time here at the [Bb] ESPYs.
Give it up for yourselves, give it up.
_ _ This [Gm] song goes out to Serena.
[Ab] Serena, Serena, I love you, [Eb] Serena.
I know you have someone that [Bb] you're dating.
I can't say it right now.
Keyshaw. _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] But Serena, this song is dedicated to you
and it's simply named.
It's coming out on the ESPN record,
so make sure you go get that as soon as you can.
It's called Can I Be Your Tennis Ball?
[B] _ _ _
Can [Gm] I be your tennis [Eb] ball, tennis ball, tennis ball?
_ You can smack [G] me up against the wall, baby.
_ _ Do [Eb] it slow or do it _ fast.
Can [F] I fit inside your _ bank, bank? _ _
[Eb] Some men wanna be J-Lo's thong. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Beyonce, C [G] and Jay-Z, ain't that wrong? _ _
This don't look right.
_ _ [Gm] I'm tired of that Ashanti song.
_ [Eb] _ [G] Baby, can you put me on?
Let me be your tennis ball.
We can [Gm] go 15 [Bm] love, [Gm] 30, 40 love.
_ Advantage you until [G] we get [Eb] to do _ _ _
_ [B] _ space.
_ In your [Eb] black Puma suit.
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] I [G] just wanna, I just, I just.
Cut it, cut it.
Can I be [N] your tennis ball?
I can't give you everything.
I can't give you everything tonight. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Some people say that tennis is like the game of love. _ _ _
_ Last year I made a connection with somebody. _ _ _
Last year I asked somebody to be my tennis ball.
Where's [C] the music?
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Serena, I'm not playing around this year, [Dm] you know.
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] Last year I thought we had a connection and then I, you know, I don't know.
I've [Cm] been going out with [G] you now for [Am] about a year in my mind.
_ _ _ _ _ Last year we made a connection, [C] but this year I [G] think we gotta remix it.
I [Dm] got next to me what I call the ballers.
_ [Em] [Am] And we about to remix it today.
[G] _ One, two, three.
[Dm]
I wanna [C] be, I wanna be, I wanna be yours.
[G]
I wanna be, I wanna be, I [Bbm] wanna be [A] yours.
[Dm]
I wanna be, I wanna [C] be, I wanna be [F] yours. _
[D] Tennis ball, tennis ball
_ [Bbm] I [Dm] wanna be _ your [C] one [G] and _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] only friend
_ _ _ _ [Db] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Em] I could be your [G] tennis ball, [Gm] you can pop me out of a [E] can.
[F] Play court, grass court, girl it don't scratch.
[G] Turn me baby right, [Bbm] right next [E] to your [Dm]
ass.
_ _ [C] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Db] _
[F] Girl I heard [C] some news, [F] I hope this just ain't right. _
[Em] Somebody dropped a dime, said you [Bbm] were seeing [G] somebody.
Why you so mad, why you so mad?
[Dm] What the French on what is going on?
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em]
Stop, stop, _ stop.
[G] Let's get to business, nobody seen you _ [N]
playin'.
[F] I [C] wanna be your, I wanna be your, [Dm] oh!
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Bbm] Cause if [G] I was your [Db] ball, [F] if I [Am] was your ball.
Girl there is no doubt [Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C]
about you.
[F] Drop shot, top spin, you was over there.
[Em] Whippet, [D] I was your tennis ball.
You [Bbm] were a piece of [E] russian. _
[Dm] Everybody [C] _ _ _ [Am] shake it with [Em] me.
I wanna _ [Bbm] [C] be your, _ [Dm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ [F] [Bbm] stop.
[Dm] Girl, [F] _
[C] don't you know you look so fine.
[Bm] Whoever you seeing, [Db] his tennis racket ain't been your [A] smile.
_ [F] _ _ [C]
See this racket, _ can you [Em] handle it?
_ [Am]
Can you handle [Eb] it?
[F] Can you handle it?
I wanna be your, I wanna be your, _ [G] oh!
You know what I [A] want you to do?
I want you to hit me one time, hit me!
_ [F] _ _ _ Hit me two times.
[Bm] _ _ [A] Hit me [Am] three times. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] You know what, [Am] hit me infinity. _ _
_ _ _ Hit _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [C] the hell [G] away, hit the hell [Db] away.
[G] Break it down.
[F] _ Now Devin and Serena, we don't spend a lot of money on these props.
_ _ _ _ [C] But I want you to [Dm] do, I want you to come up [F] here.
_ _ Come up, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
come up to me.
[A] I want you to [G] smack the hell out [F] of me.
_ Put your face in my mouth baby.
_ _ [Dm]
Come on, oh my god, give it [F] up for the girls. _ _ _ _
_ Take your time, take your time.
_ Don't worry, don't worry.
[C] Smack it, [F] go ahead.
Hard as you can.
Not that hard.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ [Db] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [N] _ _ _