The Breaks Chords by Kurtis Blow

Clap your hands everybody if you got what it takes
Cause I'm Curtis Blow and [G] I want you to know that these are the breaks
[Bm] Breaks _ _ _ [Em] _ [F#m] _
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_ [Bm] in a bus, breaks on a car, breaks [Em] to make you a [A] superstar
[Bm] Breaks to win and breaks to lose, and these here breaks [F#m] rock your shoes
[Em] And these are [F#m] the breaks
[Bm] Break it up, break it up, [A] break it up
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[Bm] If your woman steps out with another man
That's the breaks, [Em] that's [A] the breaks
[Bm] And she runs off with him to Japan
That's the breaks
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[F#m] [Bm] And the IRS says they want a cat
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[A] [Bm] And she can't explain why you clapped your cap
That's the breaks, [Em]
[A] that's the breaks
[Bm] And the Mob Bell says you're hot feeling
That's the breaks, [Em]
[A] that's the breaks
[Bm] With 18 folks going to Brazil
That's the breaks, [Em]
[F#m] that's the breaks
[Bm] And you borrow money from the mob
[Em] That's the breaks, [F#m] that's the breaks
[Bm] and yesterday you lost your job
[Em] That's the breaks, [A] that's the breaks
[Em] These are [F#m] the [Bm] breaks
Break it up, break it up, [F#m] break it up
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_ _ _ _ _ Oh, oh.
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Throw [E] your hands up in the sky and wave them round ♪
♪ From side to side, if you deserve a break tonight ♪
♪ [N] Somebody say alright, alright, and ho, ho ♪
♪ You don't stop, I keep on, somebody [E] scream, _ _
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scream ♪ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] ♪ Break on the stage, breaks on the screen ♪
♪ Breaks that make [Em] your [A] wallet ling [Bm] ♪
♪ Breaks run cold and breaks run hot ♪
♪ Some folks [G] gotta mess up, [A] have not, [Em] but these [F#m] are great ♪
[Bm] ♪ Break it up, break it [A] up, break it up, break [Em] down _ ♪ _ _ _
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_ _ _ ♪ _ _ _ [E] To the girl in brown, stop messing around ♪
♪ Break it up, break it up ♪
♪ To the guy in blue, what you gonna do?
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♪ Break it up, break it up ♪
♪ And to the girl in green, don't be so [B] mean ♪
♪ Break it up, break it up ♪
♪ And the guy in red, say what I said?
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♪ Break it up, break it up, break down [G#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
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_ [Bm] on a plane, breaks on a train ♪
♪ Breaks that [Em] make you go [A] insane [Bm] ♪
♪ Breaks in love, breaks in war ♪
♪ But we got to [Em] break it to get you [F#m] on the floor [Em] ♪
♪ And these [F#m] are the words [Bm] ♪
♪ Break it up, break it [F#m] up, breakdown, [Em] ha _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it ♪
♪ Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it ♪
♪ Just do it, just do it, do it, do it, do it, do it, do it ♪
Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it.
[Bm] St.
Lester, you made the perfect guy.
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[A] [Bm] He promised you the stars in the sky.
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[F#m] [Bm] He said this Cadillac was gold.
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[F#m] [Bm] But he didn't say it was 10 years old.
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[F#m] [Bm] He took you out to the Red Coat Thrill.
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[F#m] [Bm] He forgot the cash, and you paid the bill.
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[F#m] [Bm] He told you the story of his life.
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[F#m] [Bm] But he forgot the part about his wife.
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[A] [Em] Well, these [F#m] are the breaks.
[Bm] Break it up, break it up, [F#m] break it up, break [Em] down. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Break it up, [G] _ break it up, break it up, break it [F#] up.
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