Chords for Papa Don't Take No Mess {first part} - James Brown

Tempo:
96.55 bpm
Chords used:

G

Am

Dm

B

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Papa Don't Take No Mess {first part} - James Brown chords
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[Bb] [G] [Am] [Dm] [G] [F] [B]
[Am] [B] [G] [F]
[Dm] [G] [C] [G] [F]
[Bb] [G] [Dm] [Gm] [F]
[Dm] [G] [B] [A]
[Bb] [G] [Am] [Dm] I'm [Am] [G]
going to take no mess.
[Dm] I'm going [G] to take [B] no mess.
[G] Bob [Dm] is the man [B] who can understand [G] how men [Am] have to [Dm] do whatever he can.
[Gm]
[Dm] [A] Bob, Bob, Bob, [B] Bob, Bob.
I'm going to take no [F] mess.
[B]
[G] [Am] I'm going to [B] take no mess.
[Cm] [B]
Now, [G] Bob, for [Am] my friend, [Dm] drink [G] a little [F] tasty.
[B]
Very [Am] lasting.
[B] Want [G] a little [Am] game [B] skim.
[Gm] He's the man.
[Dm] [G]
[Am] [G] Bob, I'm going to [Dm] take no mess.
Bob, I'm going to take no mess.
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, [Em] Bob.
[Am] [B]
I'm gonna take no [Am] medicine.
[B] Hey!
Papa [G] digs a [Am] chick if she [Dm] look real slick.
Papa rip, just very quick.
[G] [F] [B]
[Gm] Oh yeah!
[Dm]
[G] [C] Oh, papa, [Dm] no, papa, no, papa, [G] no, papa, [F] no, papa, [G] no.
I'm gonna take [F] no medicine.
[Dm] I'm gonna take [Am] no [B] medicine!
[Am] [G] [F] [G]
[Am] Wait, [B] wait a minute.
Look here.
[Am] [Dm] Don't take [Dm] papa like
[Am] come
when hurt, [B] get [Am] uptight.
[Dm]
[G] You know [Am] these [B] rights?
[F] You got to set [G] a fight.
[Am] Hit [Gm] me!
[Dm] [G] [Am] Papa don't take [Dm] no medicine.
[Am] Papa don't take [B] no [Gb] [G]
[Am] medicine.
[G] Papa don't take [Am] no medicine.
[Dm]
[G] [Am] [Dm] [G] [Am] All right!
[B]
[Am] [Dm] Papa is a [A] man who will take [G] a [Gb] stand.
Papa [G] don't take no medicine.
[Dm]
[Gm] [C] Papa don't take no [G] medicine.
[F]
[B] [G] [Am] [Dm] [G] [Dm]
Huh!
Dig this!
Papa didn't curse.
Didn't raise a whole lot of fuss.
But when we did, papa [G] beat the hell out of us.
[D] [Gm] [Dm]
[Gm] Papa [A] [B] [Am]
[B] [Dm] don't, papa don't, papa don't, papa don't, papa [Am] don't, papa [B] don't.
Papa don't take no medicine.
[Am] Papa don't take no [G] medicine.
[Dm]
[G] I [Dm] saw papa cry [G] when he thought that I [Am] would die.
[Dm] Look here.
I saw [Am] papa cry [B] when he thought that I would die.
He said something was in [Am] his eye.
[B] I knew it was a [F] lie.
[B] [Gm] Loving [F] son.
[G] [Am] [Dm] Mama [B] said, papa's [Am] smart.
[Dm] Papa got a whole lot of [Am] heart.
[B] [Am] When the [G] game get hard.
[F]
[Dm] Hit me!
[Gm]
[G] [Am] Papa don't, papa [Dm] don't, papa don't, papa [C] don't, papa don't.
[Dm] Papa don't take no [Am] medicine.
[B] [Abm]
[Dm] Papa got [Cm] soul.
Papa got a [Eb] heart to show.
[Am] [Dm] Papa don't, [Am] papa don't, [B] papa don't, papa don't.
Hit me!
[Gm]
[Am] [G]
[Am] [B] [Am] [Gm]
[Am] [D] [Abm] [Am] Papa is a [D] man [A] who can [Am] do [Eb] [Am]
[Dm] whatever [Eb] [Am] he can.
Papa is my sunshine.
And all my tears will never spin and die.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Gm]
[Am] [G]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G]
[F] [G] [Am] [G] [Dm]
[Cm] [Dm] [G] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [G] [C]
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] [Bb]
[G] [Dm] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
Am
2311
Dm
2311
B
12341112
F
134211111
G
2131
Am
2311
Dm
2311
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To learn James Brown - Papa Dont Take No Mess chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - Dm, Am, Dm, G, Am, B and Am. To build a solid grasp, start slowly at 48 BPM and then match the original tempo of 97 BPM. With D Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Bb] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ [B] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [G] _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bb] _ [G] _ [Am] _ [Dm] I'm [Am] _ _ [G]
going to take no mess.
[Dm] I'm going [G] to take [B] no mess. _
[G] Bob [Dm] is the man [B] who can understand _ [G] how men [Am] have to [Dm] do whatever he can. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Dm] [A] Bob, Bob, Bob, [B] Bob, Bob.
I'm going to take no [F] mess.
[B] _
_ [G] [Am] I'm going to [B] take no mess.
[Cm] _ _ [B]
Now, [G] Bob, for [Am] my friend, [Dm] drink [G] a little [F] tasty.
[B] _
Very [Am] lasting.
[B] Want [G] a little [Am] game [B] skim.
_ [Gm] He's the man.
_ _ [Dm] _ [G] _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] _ Bob, I'm going to [Dm] take no mess.
Bob, I'm going to take no mess.
Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, [Em] Bob.
[Am] _ [B]
I'm gonna take no [Am] medicine.
[B] Hey! _ _ _
Papa [G] digs a [Am] chick if she [Dm] look real slick. _ _
Papa rip, just very quick.
[G] _ [F] _ [B] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ Oh yeah!
[Dm] _
_ [G] [C] Oh, papa, [Dm] no, papa, no, papa, [G] no, papa, [F] no, papa, [G] no.
I'm gonna take [F] no medicine.
[Dm] I'm gonna take [Am] no [B] medicine!
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [G] _ _
[Am] Wait, [B] wait a minute.
_ Look here. _
_ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Don't take [Dm] papa like_ _
[Am] _come
when hurt, [B] get [Am] uptight.
[Dm] _ _
[G] You know [Am] these [B] rights?
[F] You got to set [G] a fight.
_ [Am] Hit [Gm] me! _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [Am] Papa don't take [Dm] no medicine.
[Am] Papa don't take [B] no _ [Gb] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] medicine.
[G] Papa don't take [Am] no medicine.
_ [Dm] _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] [Am] All right!
_ [B] _
_ [Am] _ [Dm] Papa is a [A] man who will take [G] a [Gb] stand.
Papa [G] don't take no medicine.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] [C] Papa don't take no [G] medicine.
_ _ [F] _
_ [B] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ _ Huh!
Dig this!
Papa didn't curse.
Didn't raise a whole lot of fuss.
But when we did, papa [G] beat the hell out of us.
[D] _ [Gm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ Papa [A] _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
_ [B] _ [Dm] don't, papa don't, papa don't, papa don't, papa [Am] don't, papa [B] don't.
Papa don't take no medicine.
_ [Am] Papa don't take no [G] medicine.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] I [Dm] saw papa cry [G] when he thought that I [Am] would die.
[Dm] Look here.
I saw [Am] papa cry [B] when he thought that I would die.
He said something was in [Am] his eye.
[B] I knew it was a [F] lie.
_ [B] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ Loving [F] son.
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] Mama [B] said, _ papa's [Am] smart.
[Dm] Papa got a whole lot of [Am] heart.
_ [B] _ _ [Am] When the [G] game get hard.
[F] _
_ [Dm] Hit me!
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ [Am] Papa don't, papa [Dm] don't, papa don't, papa [C] don't, papa don't.
[Dm] Papa don't take no [Am] medicine.
[B] _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ [Dm] Papa got [Cm] soul.
Papa got a [Eb] heart to show.
[Am] [Dm] Papa don't, [Am] papa don't, [B] papa don't, papa don't.
Hit me!
[Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ [Abm] [Am] Papa is a [D] man [A] who can [Am] do _ _ [Eb] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] whatever [Eb] [Am] he can. _
_ _ Papa is my sunshine.
And all my tears will never spin and die. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Yeah, _ _ _ _ yeah, yeah.
_ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _

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It's Charles Bobbitt, John Starks, Fred Wesley and James Brown who authored this song.

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