Chords for Louis Jordan - You Gotta have a Beat
Tempo:
102.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
A
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [Bb] [A]
[Ab] [C]
Now kids, your mother used to fix your lunch, and you'd come to school and all you'd get
was reading and writing and arithmetic.
[Em] But the world has progressed now, and now the only way you gotta [C] have a beat.
Now children, let Brother George tell [F] you how to be rich with everyone you meet.
[G] Just get in the groove with that boogie-woogie move, [C] cause today you gotta have a beat.
People today is full of rhythm.
[F] It's in their head or either in their feet.
[C] So you better wake up and get with them, cause today you gotta have a beat.
[E] The world is full of competition, [F] and you've gotta be strong to compete.
[C] If you don't know what it's about, you'll soon find out that you really gotta have a beat.
The truest thing ever been said is that history [A] always repeats.
[G] Cause there was a time when jazz was in line, but [G] today you gotta have the beat.
When Columbus [C] discovered America, he was in line for the king's crown and seat.
But [G] now he would be just another sailor, [C] cause today you gotta have the beat.
Paul Revere won worldly fame for his [Fm] daring and [A] brilliant feat.
There's no more need for those kind of deeds, cause [C] today you gotta have the beat.
Romeo won the heart of Juliet with [G] music that was soft and sweet.
That couldn't happen to these rest of [Em] Juliet, cause today you gotta have the beat.
[C] All [Cm] of you could be [C] successful if [G] you get together and walk on the right street.
The [C] only receipt for [Eb] success or progress today, you gotta have the [E] beat.
[Cm] Old King Cole was a merry old [F] soul, in his day he was really all weak.
But [C] things have changed, and he's looked very strange, cause today you gotta have the beat.
You could finish Howard, Yale, and Tuskegee, and your education still wouldn't be complete.
Cause unless you got that swing, you gotta have that [Eb] beat.
[Em] Chopin wrote some beautiful music, [F] and to hear it played is really a dream.
[C] It's still okay, but a bit tinsy, cause today you [Ab] gotta have the beat.
[C]
Now kids, that's [G] your history lesson for today, so now let's go on [Cm] out and play.
[C] [Ab]
[F] [C]
[Ab] [C]
Now kids, your mother used to fix your lunch, and you'd come to school and all you'd get
was reading and writing and arithmetic.
[Em] But the world has progressed now, and now the only way you gotta [C] have a beat.
Now children, let Brother George tell [F] you how to be rich with everyone you meet.
[G] Just get in the groove with that boogie-woogie move, [C] cause today you gotta have a beat.
People today is full of rhythm.
[F] It's in their head or either in their feet.
[C] So you better wake up and get with them, cause today you gotta have a beat.
[E] The world is full of competition, [F] and you've gotta be strong to compete.
[C] If you don't know what it's about, you'll soon find out that you really gotta have a beat.
The truest thing ever been said is that history [A] always repeats.
[G] Cause there was a time when jazz was in line, but [G] today you gotta have the beat.
When Columbus [C] discovered America, he was in line for the king's crown and seat.
But [G] now he would be just another sailor, [C] cause today you gotta have the beat.
Paul Revere won worldly fame for his [Fm] daring and [A] brilliant feat.
There's no more need for those kind of deeds, cause [C] today you gotta have the beat.
Romeo won the heart of Juliet with [G] music that was soft and sweet.
That couldn't happen to these rest of [Em] Juliet, cause today you gotta have the beat.
[C] All [Cm] of you could be [C] successful if [G] you get together and walk on the right street.
The [C] only receipt for [Eb] success or progress today, you gotta have the [E] beat.
[Cm] Old King Cole was a merry old [F] soul, in his day he was really all weak.
But [C] things have changed, and he's looked very strange, cause today you gotta have the beat.
You could finish Howard, Yale, and Tuskegee, and your education still wouldn't be complete.
Cause unless you got that swing, you gotta have that [Eb] beat.
[Em] Chopin wrote some beautiful music, [F] and to hear it played is really a dream.
[C] It's still okay, but a bit tinsy, cause today you [Ab] gotta have the beat.
[C]
Now kids, that's [G] your history lesson for today, so now let's go on [Cm] out and play.
[C] [Ab]
[F] [C]
Key:
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Now kids, your mother used to fix your lunch, and you'd come to school and all you'd get
was reading and writing and arithmetic.
[Em] But the world has progressed now, and now the only way you gotta [C] have a beat.
Now children, let Brother George tell [F] you how to be rich with everyone you meet.
[G] Just get in the groove with that boogie-woogie move, [C] cause today you gotta have a beat.
People today is full of rhythm.
[F] It's in their head or either in their feet.
[C] So you better wake up and get with them, cause today you gotta have a beat.
[E] The world is full of competition, [F] and you've gotta be strong to compete.
[C] If you don't know what it's about, you'll soon find out that you really gotta have a beat.
The truest thing ever been said is that history [A] always repeats.
[G] Cause there was a time when jazz was in line, but [G] today you gotta have the beat.
When Columbus [C] discovered America, he was in line for the king's crown and seat.
But [G] now he would be just another sailor, [C] cause today you gotta have the beat.
Paul Revere won worldly fame for his [Fm] daring and [A] brilliant feat.
There's no more need for those kind of deeds, cause [C] today you gotta have the beat.
Romeo won the heart of Juliet with [G] music that was soft and sweet.
That couldn't happen to these rest of [Em] Juliet, cause today you gotta have the beat.
[C] All [Cm] of you could be [C] successful if [G] you get together and walk on the right street.
The [C] only receipt for [Eb] success or progress today, you gotta have the [E] beat.
[Cm] Old King Cole was a merry old [F] soul, in his day he was really all weak.
But [C] things have changed, and he's looked very strange, cause today you gotta have the beat.
You could finish Howard, Yale, and Tuskegee, and your education still wouldn't be complete.
Cause unless you got that swing, you gotta have that [Eb] beat.
[Em] Chopin wrote some beautiful music, [F] and to hear it played is really a dream.
[C] It's still okay, but a bit tinsy, cause today you [Ab] gotta have the beat.
[C]
Now kids, that's [G] your history lesson for today, so now let's go on [Cm] out and play.
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_ [Ab] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Now kids, your mother used to fix your lunch, and you'd come to school and all you'd get
was reading and writing and arithmetic.
[Em] But the world has progressed now, and now the only way you gotta [C] have a beat.
Now children, let Brother George tell [F] you how to be rich with everyone you meet.
[G] Just get in the groove with that boogie-woogie move, [C] cause today you gotta have a beat.
People today is full of rhythm.
[F] It's in their head or either in their feet.
[C] So you better wake up and get with them, cause today you gotta have a beat.
[E] The world is full of competition, [F] and you've gotta be strong to compete.
[C] If you don't know what it's about, you'll soon find out that you really gotta have a beat.
The truest thing ever been said is that history [A] always repeats.
[G] Cause there was a time when jazz was in line, but [G] today you gotta have the beat.
When Columbus [C] discovered America, he was in line for the king's crown and seat.
But [G] now he would be just another sailor, [C] cause today you gotta have the beat.
Paul Revere won worldly fame for his [Fm] daring and [A] brilliant feat.
There's no more need for those kind of deeds, cause [C] today you gotta have the beat.
Romeo won the heart of Juliet with [G] music that was soft and sweet.
That couldn't happen to these rest of [Em] Juliet, cause today you gotta have the beat.
[C] All [Cm] of you could be [C] successful if [G] you get together and walk on the right street.
The [C] only receipt for [Eb] success or progress today, you gotta have the [E] beat.
[Cm] Old King Cole was a merry old [F] soul, in his day he was really all weak.
But [C] things have changed, and he's looked very strange, cause today you gotta have the beat.
You could finish Howard, Yale, and Tuskegee, and your education still wouldn't be complete.
Cause unless you got that swing, you gotta have that [Eb] beat.
[Em] Chopin wrote some beautiful music, [F] and to hear it played is really a dream.
[C] It's still okay, but a bit tinsy, cause today you [Ab] gotta have the beat.
[C]
Now kids, that's [G] your history lesson for today, so now let's go on [Cm] out and play.
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