Carry On Tradition Chords by Nas

Tempo:
91.9 bpm
Chords used:

Am

G

C

F

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm] [Am] Yeah, we just wanna [Bm] talk about this [Am] rap shit.
We just wanna [G] talk about [Am] this money, [Am] about these [G] cars, [Am] [G] these [C] homes, [G] [Am] these labels, [F] [G]
[F] clothes,
niggas, [C] [G] big money [Am] shit.
And [F] everybody trying to get rich.
[G] Get rich nigga.
Some [C] rap [Ab] pioneers beat them [Am] crack heads.
[G] When they [Am] speak you see missing teeth.
[C] Silver [Bm] chain with a [Am] silver piece.
[C] Niggas your grandfather age.
They [Am] pants still [C] hanging down they leg talking [G] about they ain't [C] paid.
And they hate you cause they say you ain't paid [F] dues.
[Am] But [G] stealing and [F] robbing them [Bm] I feel is a [Am] problem we gotta [Bm] resolve.
Hip hop been [Am] dead we the [G] reason it [Am] died.
Was [Bm] it Sylvia's [Am] fault or cause [Em] MC's [Am] skills are lost?
It's cause we can't see [G] ourselves for [C] balls.
Deep rooted through [Am] slavery.
Self [Am] hatred and [C] Jewish stick together.
Friends [G] in high [Am] places.
We [Bm] on some low [F] level shit.
We don't want [Am] niggas to ever win.
See everybody [G] got a [F] label.
Everybody's [Am] a rapper but few flow [G] fatal.
It's fucked up it all started from two turn [Am] tapes.
When they crown you [Em] and you [Am] rise up to your position.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
When they [G] knight you and you go to [Am] fight.
Go to war don't petition.
[G] Carry on [F] tradition.
[G] Carry on tradition.
[Am] Carry on.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
[G] Carry on tradition.
When you rep what we rep you carry on tradition.
[C] Now some of these new [C] rappers got their caps flipped backwards.
With they fingers intertwined in some [G] gang sign madness.
I got an [Am] exam to see if [G] y'all passed it.
[C] Let's see who can quote a daddy canine [G] the fastest.
[C] Some of you new rappers I don't [Bm] understand your [F] code.
You have your man shoot you like a Nat [G] Soprano episode.
[F] Do [G] anything to [Am] get in the game.
Mix tapes [G] you spit hate against bosses.
[Bm] Hungry fucks are [Am] marvelous.
You [G] should be [A] tossing a pit [G] full of [Am] unfortunate vocalists.
Niggas I could've [G] wrote this shit.
[Am] I had off [G] time was bored [C] with this.
I [G] could've made my [C] double LP.
Just by sampling different [G] parts and [Am] order lists.
[G] Still came [F] five on the charts with zero [Am] audience.
The lane was open and y'all was [G] dropping that [Am] garbage shit.
[G] Y'all got [F] awards for your bricks.
It got [G] good to you.
You started telling the bigger dogs to call [Am] it quits.
When they crown you [Em] and you [Am] rise up to your position.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
When they [C] knight you and [Bm] you go to [Am] fight.
Go to war don't [G] petition.
Carry on [Am] tradition.
[B] Carry on tradition.
[Am] Carry on.
[G] Carry on tradition.
[Am] Carry [G] on tradition.
When you rap what we rap you carry on [C] tradition.
Now niggas got the [Am] studio popping [Ab] it's mad [Am] clearer.
Engineers got us earplugs [G] you still [C] hear us.
[G] The live in [C] the park sound.
Versus the studio state of art sound.
[G] We on the [F] charts now.
[C] From British Walkers and [Bm] Argyle.
[F] Look at us [C] rap stars now with our [G] black cars [F] now.
[G] Watching 500 [Am] listen.
Brunch of [Bm] Cipriani.
Sip is [Am] blunted.
We rich [Bm] white guys [Am] around.
[B] Thick white [Am] girls [G] around.
[Am] Chinese lined up.
Dom what?
[G] Every Dom [C] plus.
We used [G] to be a ghetto [Am] secret.
[G] Can't make [Am] my mind up.
[G] If I want [C] that.
All the [G] whole world [Am] to beat me.
[G] Now I [Am] carry on tradition.
Fuck a bum wack rapper making his career [G] out of this.
[Am] Peace to the struggling artists and dead ones [G] gone remiss.
I promise I carry on [Am] tradition.
[Em] When they crown you and you [Am] rise up to your position.
Carry [G] on [Am] tradition.
When they [Em] knight you and you go to [Am] fight.
Go to war don't petition.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
[Em] Carry [B] on tradition.
[Am] Carry on.
Carry [G] on [Am] tradition.
Carry [G] on tradition.
When you rap what we rap.
Carry on tradition.
[Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G] [Am] [G]
[Am] [G] [F] [G]
[F] [G] [F] [N]
Key:  
Am
2311
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
Bm
13421112
Am
2311
G
2131
C
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Let's start jamming Nas - (Album Version Explicit) Carry On Tradition chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Am, Am, G and Am in sequence. Ease into the song by practicing at 45 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 92 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] Yeah, we just wanna [Bm] talk about this [Am] rap shit.
We just wanna [G] talk about [Am] this money, [Am] about these [G] cars, [Am] [G] these [C] homes, [G] [Am] these labels, [F] _ [G]
[F] clothes,
niggas, [C] [G] big money [Am] shit.
And [F] everybody trying to get rich.
[G] Get rich nigga.
Some [C] rap [Ab] pioneers beat them [Am] crack heads.
[G] When they [Am] speak you see missing teeth.
[C] Silver [Bm] chain with a [Am] silver piece.
[C] Niggas your grandfather age.
They [Am] pants still [C] hanging down they leg talking [G] about they ain't [C] paid.
And they hate you cause they say you ain't paid [F] dues.
[Am] But [G] stealing and [F] robbing them [Bm] I feel is a [Am] problem we gotta [Bm] resolve.
Hip hop been [Am] dead we the [G] reason it [Am] died.
Was [Bm] it Sylvia's [Am] fault or cause [Em] MC's [Am] skills are lost?
It's cause we can't see [G] ourselves for [C] balls.
Deep rooted through [Am] slavery.
Self [Am] hatred and [C] Jewish stick together.
Friends [G] in high [Am] places.
We [Bm] on some low [F] level shit.
We don't want [Am] niggas to ever win.
See everybody [G] got a [F] label.
Everybody's [Am] a rapper but few flow [G] fatal.
It's fucked up it all started from two turn [Am] tapes.
When they crown you [Em] and you [Am] rise up to your position.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
When they [G] knight you and you go to [Am] fight.
Go to war don't petition.
[G] Carry on [F] tradition.
[G] Carry on tradition.
[Am] Carry on.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
[G] Carry on tradition.
When you rep what we rep you carry on tradition.
[C] Now some of these new [C] rappers got their caps flipped backwards.
With they fingers intertwined in some [G] gang sign madness.
I got an [Am] exam to see if [G] y'all passed it.
[C] Let's see who can quote a daddy canine [G] the fastest.
[C] Some of you new rappers I don't [Bm] understand your [F] code.
You have your man shoot you like a Nat [G] Soprano episode.
[F] Do [G] anything to [Am] get in the game.
Mix tapes [G] you spit hate against bosses.
[Bm] Hungry fucks are [Am] marvelous.
You [G] should be [A] tossing a pit [G] full of [Am] unfortunate vocalists.
Niggas I could've [G] wrote this shit.
[Am] I had off [G] time was bored [C] with this.
I [G] could've made my [C] double LP.
Just by sampling different [G] parts and [Am] order lists.
[G] Still came [F] five on the charts with zero [Am] audience.
The lane was open and y'all was [G] dropping that [Am] garbage shit.
[G] Y'all got [F] awards for your bricks.
It got [G] good to you.
You started telling the bigger dogs to call [Am] it quits.
When they crown you [Em] and you [Am] rise up to your position.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
When they [C] knight you and [Bm] you go to [Am] fight.
Go to war don't [G] petition.
Carry on [Am] tradition.
[B] Carry on tradition.
[Am] Carry on.
[G] Carry on tradition.
[Am] Carry [G] on tradition.
When you rap what we rap you carry on [C] tradition.
Now niggas got the [Am] studio popping [Ab] it's mad [Am] clearer.
Engineers got us earplugs [G] you still [C] hear us.
[G] The live in [C] the park sound.
Versus the studio state of art sound.
[G] We on the [F] charts now.
[C] From British Walkers and [Bm] Argyle.
[F] Look at us [C] rap stars now with our [G] black cars [F] now.
[G] Watching 500 [Am] listen.
Brunch of [Bm] Cipriani.
Sip is [Am] blunted.
We rich [Bm] white guys [Am] around.
[B] Thick white [Am] girls [G] around.
[Am] Chinese lined up.
Dom what?
[G] Every Dom [C] plus.
We used [G] to be a ghetto [Am] secret.
[G] Can't make [Am] my mind up.
[G] If I want [C] that.
All the [G] whole world [Am] to beat me.
[G] Now I [Am] carry on tradition.
Fuck a bum wack rapper making his career [G] out of this.
[Am] Peace to the struggling artists and dead ones [G] gone remiss.
I promise I carry on [Am] tradition.
[Em] When they crown you and you [Am] rise up to your position.
Carry [G] on [Am] tradition.
When they [Em] knight you and you go to [Am] fight.
Go to war don't petition.
[G] Carry on [Am] tradition.
[Em] Carry [B] on tradition.
[Am] Carry on.
Carry [G] on [Am] tradition.
Carry [G] on tradition.
When you rap what we rap.
Carry on tradition.
[Am] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _
[Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _
[F] _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was written by Nas and Scott Storch.

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