Chords for Joe Tex - You're right Ray Charles
Tempo:
111.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
Gm
F
Cm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
I got a message for you now.
[Gm] I had a talk with Rachel
[C] about a month ago.
He said, Joe Tex, you got to honor Satchel.
And [Gm] if you listen to me, [C]
you're going to make it big.
But [Gm] you've been singing to the grown [C]-ups, yeah, [Gm] and not to the kids.
You got to make a song [Gm] that will make them move.
[C] You got to keep kids dancing, yeah, keep them [Gm] right in the group.
The song don't have to say much.
Just give them that beat, yeah.
They don't want to hear the words, no.
[C]
They want to move their feet.
Hit it!
[Cm]
I'm going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm] I'm going to find [Cm] me a band, yeah, and I'm going [G] to do just like Rachel told me to do.
And when I get it, I'm going to bring it straight to you.
And I'm going to say [C] it.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, [Cm] brother Ray, [F] yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
[Eb]
[Cm] All [C] right.
All right.
Look at him.
[F]
[C] All right.
Ray say, [Gm] I don't care, sir.
[C] Go to a dollar shop.
You got the band play, son.
Don't [Bb] let them stop.
[Gm] Don't let them hold partners, [C] yeah, when they're [Gm] out on the floor.
[C]
They used to [Gm] dance like that.
[C] They don't [Gm] do it no more, no.
[Gm] Just let them dance.
[C] It's the way I do.
And if it [Gm] works for me, Joe, [C] it can [Gm] work for you.
When you make this song, [C] yeah, you'll see [Gm] that I'm right.
[C]
I'm not going [A] to lead you wrong, brother.
[Gm] Because we're too [G] tight.
Hit it.
[C] Going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm]
Get me a band.
[D] Find me a funky bass player, a funky drummer, and a good guitar player.
And I'm going to bring it straight to you.
I'm going to say it.
[F] You love Rachel, [Cm] yeah, you're [F] right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
[Gb] [C] Yeah.
Oh, going on, yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, I got it going.
Two little dancing, and the whole bunch too young.
What more can one man do, y'all?
I got the nation dancing.
Yeah, yeah.
If you see it by the rain, tell it this to me.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
Dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
I got a message for you now.
[Gm] I had a talk with Rachel
[C] about a month ago.
He said, Joe Tex, you got to honor Satchel.
And [Gm] if you listen to me, [C]
you're going to make it big.
But [Gm] you've been singing to the grown [C]-ups, yeah, [Gm] and not to the kids.
You got to make a song [Gm] that will make them move.
[C] You got to keep kids dancing, yeah, keep them [Gm] right in the group.
The song don't have to say much.
Just give them that beat, yeah.
They don't want to hear the words, no.
[C]
They want to move their feet.
Hit it!
[Cm]
I'm going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm] I'm going to find [Cm] me a band, yeah, and I'm going [G] to do just like Rachel told me to do.
And when I get it, I'm going to bring it straight to you.
And I'm going to say [C] it.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, [Cm] brother Ray, [F] yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
[Eb]
[Cm] All [C] right.
All right.
Look at him.
[F]
[C] All right.
Ray say, [Gm] I don't care, sir.
[C] Go to a dollar shop.
You got the band play, son.
Don't [Bb] let them stop.
[Gm] Don't let them hold partners, [C] yeah, when they're [Gm] out on the floor.
[C]
They used to [Gm] dance like that.
[C] They don't [Gm] do it no more, no.
[Gm] Just let them dance.
[C] It's the way I do.
And if it [Gm] works for me, Joe, [C] it can [Gm] work for you.
When you make this song, [C] yeah, you'll see [Gm] that I'm right.
[C]
I'm not going [A] to lead you wrong, brother.
[Gm] Because we're too [G] tight.
Hit it.
[C] Going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm]
Get me a band.
[D] Find me a funky bass player, a funky drummer, and a good guitar player.
And I'm going to bring it straight to you.
I'm going to say it.
[F] You love Rachel, [Cm] yeah, you're [F] right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
[Gb] [C] Yeah.
Oh, going on, yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, I got it going.
Two little dancing, and the whole bunch too young.
What more can one man do, y'all?
I got the nation dancing.
Yeah, yeah.
If you see it by the rain, tell it this to me.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
Dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
Key:
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Gm
F
Cm
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C
Gm
F
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got a message for you now.
[Gm] I had a talk with Rachel _
[C] about a month ago.
_ He said, Joe Tex, you got to honor Satchel.
And [Gm] if you listen to me, [C]
you're going to make it big.
But [Gm] you've been singing to the grown [C]-ups, yeah, [Gm] and not to the kids.
You got to make a song [Gm] that will make them move.
[C] You got to keep kids dancing, yeah, keep them [Gm] right in the group.
The song don't have to say much.
Just give them that beat, yeah.
They don't want to hear the words, no.
[C]
They want to move their feet.
Hit it!
_ [Cm] _ _ _
I'm going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm] _ I'm going to find [Cm] me a band, yeah, and I'm going [G] to do just like Rachel told me to do.
And when I get it, I'm going to bring it straight to you.
And I'm going to say [C] it.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
_ Yeah, you're right, [Cm] brother Ray, [F] yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] All _ _ [C] right.
All right.
Look at him.
[F] _
_ _ [C] All right.
Ray say, [Gm] I don't care, sir.
[C] Go to a dollar shop.
You got the band play, son.
Don't [Bb] let them stop.
[Gm] Don't let them hold partners, [C] yeah, when they're [Gm] out on the floor.
[C]
They used to [Gm] dance like that.
[C] They don't [Gm] do it no more, no.
[Gm] Just let them dance.
[C] It's the way I do. _
And if it [Gm] works for me, Joe, [C] it can [Gm] work for you.
When you make this song, [C] yeah, you'll see [Gm] that I'm right.
[C]
I'm not going [A] to lead you wrong, brother.
[Gm] Because we're too [G] tight.
Hit it.
_ _ _ [C] _ Going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm] _
Get me a band.
_ [D] Find me a funky bass player, a funky drummer, and a good guitar player.
And I'm going to bring it straight to you.
_ I'm going to say it.
[F] You love Rachel, [Cm] yeah, you're [F] right.
I got them dancing day and night.
_ Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night. _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] Yeah.
_ Oh, going on, yeah.
_ _ Yeah.
Oh, I got it going.
_ _ Two little dancing, and the whole bunch too young.
What more _ can one man do, y'all?
I got the nation dancing. _
_ Yeah, yeah.
_ If you see it by the rain, tell it this to me.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
_ I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
_ _ _ Dancing day and night.
_ Yeah, you're right, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I got a message for you now.
[Gm] I had a talk with Rachel _
[C] about a month ago.
_ He said, Joe Tex, you got to honor Satchel.
And [Gm] if you listen to me, [C]
you're going to make it big.
But [Gm] you've been singing to the grown [C]-ups, yeah, [Gm] and not to the kids.
You got to make a song [Gm] that will make them move.
[C] You got to keep kids dancing, yeah, keep them [Gm] right in the group.
The song don't have to say much.
Just give them that beat, yeah.
They don't want to hear the words, no.
[C]
They want to move their feet.
Hit it!
_ [Cm] _ _ _
I'm going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm] _ I'm going to find [Cm] me a band, yeah, and I'm going [G] to do just like Rachel told me to do.
And when I get it, I'm going to bring it straight to you.
And I'm going to say [C] it.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
_ Yeah, you're right, [Cm] brother Ray, [F] yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Cm] All _ _ [C] right.
All right.
Look at him.
[F] _
_ _ [C] All right.
Ray say, [Gm] I don't care, sir.
[C] Go to a dollar shop.
You got the band play, son.
Don't [Bb] let them stop.
[Gm] Don't let them hold partners, [C] yeah, when they're [Gm] out on the floor.
[C]
They used to [Gm] dance like that.
[C] They don't [Gm] do it no more, no.
[Gm] Just let them dance.
[C] It's the way I do. _
And if it [Gm] works for me, Joe, [C] it can [Gm] work for you.
When you make this song, [C] yeah, you'll see [Gm] that I'm right.
[C]
I'm not going [A] to lead you wrong, brother.
[Gm] Because we're too [G] tight.
Hit it.
_ _ _ [C] _ Going to Memphis, y'all.
[Gm] _
Get me a band.
_ [D] Find me a funky bass player, a funky drummer, and a good guitar player.
And I'm going to bring it straight to you.
_ I'm going to say it.
[F] You love Rachel, [Cm] yeah, you're [F] right.
I got them dancing day and night.
_ Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night. _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [C] Yeah.
_ Oh, going on, yeah.
_ _ Yeah.
Oh, I got it going.
_ _ Two little dancing, and the whole bunch too young.
What more _ can one man do, y'all?
I got the nation dancing. _
_ Yeah, yeah.
_ If you see it by the rain, tell it this to me.
[F] You love Rachel, yeah, you're right.
_ I got them dancing day and night.
Yeah, you're right, brother, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
_ _ _ Dancing day and night.
_ Yeah, you're right, Rachel, yeah, you're right.
I got them dancing day and night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _