Chords for Parliament - Chocolate City (1975)

[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] [C] Oh, what's happening, CC?
[F] They still call it the White House, but that's a temporary [C] condition, too.
Can you dig it, CC?
[D] _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _
To each his reach, and if I don't cop it, ain't [G] mine to [F] have.
But I'll be reaching for you, [C] because I love you, CC.
_ [Ab] [G] Right on.
[F] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _
_ [C] There's a lot of chocolate cities around.
[Ab] We've got [F] Newark, we've got Gary.
Somebody [Em] told me we got [Dm] LA.
And we're working on Atlanta.
_ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] [F] But you're the capital, [D] CC.
Get _ _ _ _ that.
_ _ Moving in on you. _
_ _ Can't you feel my breath? _ _ _
_ _ All up around your neck.
_ Hey, CC.
_ They say you jive and game and can't be [F] changed.
[C] But on the positive side, [Ab] you're my piece of the rock, and I love you, [F] CC.
Can you dig [C] it?
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ [Ab] [G] Hey, we [F] didn't get our 40 acres and our mule, [D] but we did [G] get you, [F] CC.
Yeah.
[D] _ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ [F]
Gaining [Ab] on you.
_ _ [D] _ [Fm] Moving [D] in around you.
[C] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ [Ab] [G] God [F] bless [Gm] CC and its yellow [D] suburbs.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[D] Gaining on you.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] Gaining on you. _ _ _ _ _
Gaining on you.
Gaining [F] on the blood.
[G] _ [G] [F] What's happening, [C] blood?
[D] Gaining on you.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[F] [D] Gaining on you.
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] _
[C] [D] Gaining on you.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] Gaining on you.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] Yes. _ _ _ _ _ _
What's happening, [Dm] black? _ _ _
What's up, black?
Blood to even. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[Dm] Yeah.
Just funny. _ _ _
_ [C] Getting down.
[Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] Blood to [G] blood, players [Dm] to ladies.
The last percentage count was 80.
You don't need the [G] bullet when you got [Dm] the ballot.
[G] Are [Dm] you up for the down stroke, CC? _ _ _ _
Chakra City.
_ _ [Ab] Are you with me [G] out there?
[F] _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ _ And when they come to march on you, tell them to make sure they [Gm] got their [Dm] James [Ab] Brown [G] pass.
[Dm]
And don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House.
[G] [F] And Reverend [G] Ike, Secretary of the Treasurer.
_ [Dm] Richard Pryor, [Eb] Minister [F] of Education.
Stevie Wonder, [C] Secretary of [Em] Fine [Am] Arts.
[G] And Miss Aretha [C] Franklin, the First Lady.
Are you [Eb] out there, [Dm] CC?
_ _ _ [G] [Dm] A chocolate [Em] city is [Dm] no [C] dream.
It's my piece of the rock.
[G] And I dig [Cm] you, CC.
_ [Ab] [Fm] God bless [G] Chakra City [D] and its vanilla suburbs.
[G] Can y'all [C] get to that?
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Easy now.
_ _ _ _ _ Here's your stuff.
_ _ _ [G] Can't get [C] enough. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Be more funky.
[Em] _ _
[D] And _ we funky too. _ _
Right on, Chakra City.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ [Fm] _ _ [D] _ [Dbm] Yeah.
[Bm] _
[A] Get deep.
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ [Db] _ _ [F] _ [E] _
_ [Eb] [D] Real deep.
[Db] _ [G] _ [Gb] _ [F] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Be more [E] funky.
[G] _ [Gm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Bb] Get [Ab] deep.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _
The best.
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] We [F] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [Db] _ [F] _
[D] [C] just got New [Am] York, I'm [D] told. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _