Chocolate City Chords by Parliament

Tempo:
109.3 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

F

Ab

Dm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Parliament Chocolate City chords
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[A] [Ab] [F]
[A] What's happening CC?
They [Fm] still call it the White House, [G] but that's a temporary condition too.
Can you dig it CC?
[Eb] [F]
To each his reach and if I don't cop it [Bm] ain't mine to have but I'll be [A] reaching for you cuz I love you CC
[Ab] right [D] on
[Bm]
[A] There's a lot of chocolate cities around [Ab] we've got [G] new up.
[Dm] We've got Gary [Bm] somebody told me we got LA
[Dm] And we're working [A] on Atlanta
[Ab] [C] You're the capital
[D]
Oh
Can't feel my breath
[Ab] [A] Hey CC
They [C] say you jive and [A] game it can't be [Cm] changed, but on the positive side of you're my piece of the rock and [Eb] I love you CC
[F]
[A] Can you dig it?
[Em]
[C] [Ab] Hey, [F] we didn't get our 40 acres in [A] our mule, but we did get [D] you CC
[Ab] [F]
[A] Moving in [D] around yeah
[D] [Ab] [F] God bless [D] and see anything else others
[A]
[F] [A] What's happening
[G] [F]
[D] [A]
[D] What's that man black
[Dm]
[G] [F]
[Dm] Yeah
[A] Down
[Dm]
[F] [G]
[Dm] a
Blood to blood [G] of players to [F] ladies the last percentage count was 80
[Dm] You don't need the bullet when you got the [G] ballot.
[Dm] Are you up for the down [Gm] stroke?
CC
[F]
[A] Chocolate City
Are you with [Ab] me out [F] there?
And when they come to [Dm] March on you come to make sure they got their James Brown [Ab] pass [F] and
[D] Don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House and Reverend [G] Ike secretary of the treasure
[B] Richard [Ab] Pryor [D] Minister of Education
Stevie [A] Wonder secretary of fine arts and miss Aretha Franklin the first lady.
[Eb] Are you out [F] there?
she'd [A] see a
Chocolate City is no dream is my piece of the rock and I dig you see see
[Ab] [Fm] God [G] bless chocolate [D] city and it's vanilla
So there can y'all get me back
[D]
[G] [C]
[D]
[Bm] [B]
[D] And we funky too
Right on chocolate city.
[Bb] [Dm]
[Am] [A]
[Dm] [Dbm] Yeah
[Bm]
[A] Get deep
[F]
[Eb] [D] real deep
[G] [Gb]
[Dm]
[Ab] [Gm]
[Dm] [D] [Fm]
[A] [C]
[Bb] [D] [Bb]
[A] [Ab] [C]
[E] [D] [F]
[D] [C] [Ab] [D]
[Gb] We just got [Am] new y'all got a show
[D] [Dm] [G]
[D] [F]
[Dm] [Ab] [Dm]
[F]
[D] [Ab] [F]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
F
134211111
Ab
134211114
Dm
2311
D
1321
A
1231
F
134211111
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To start learning Parliament - Chocolate City chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: Dm, C, D, G, D, F, D and Dm. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 54 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 109. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: C Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _
[A] _ What's happening CC?
They [Fm] still call it the White House, [G] but that's a temporary condition too.
Can you dig it CC?
_ [Eb] _ [F] _
To each his reach and if I don't cop it [Bm] ain't mine to have but I'll be [A] reaching for you cuz I love you CC
_ [Ab] right [D] on
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ There's a lot of chocolate cities around [Ab] we've got [G] new up.
[Dm] We've got Gary [Bm] somebody told me we got LA
[Dm] _ And we're working [A] on Atlanta
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] [C] You're the capital
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Can't feel my breath _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [A] Hey CC
They [C] say you jive and [A] game it can't be [Cm] changed, but on the positive side of you're my piece of the rock and [Eb] I love you CC
[F]
[A] Can you dig it?
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] Hey, [F] we didn't get our 40 acres in [A] our mule, but we did get [D] you CC _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [F] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Moving in [D] around yeah
_ [D] _ _ _ [Ab] [F] God bless [D] and see anything else others _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] [A] What's happening _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] What's that man black
_ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
[Dm] _ Yeah _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ Down _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[Dm] a
Blood to blood [G] of players to [F] ladies the last percentage count was 80
[Dm] You don't need the bullet when you got the [G] ballot.
[Dm] Are you up for the down [Gm] stroke?
CC
_ _ [F] _
[A] Chocolate City
_ _ Are you with [Ab] me out [F] there?
_ _ _ _ _ And when they come to [Dm] March on you come to make sure they got their James Brown [Ab] pass [F] and
[D] Don't be surprised if Ali is in the White House and Reverend [G] Ike secretary of the treasure
[B] _ _ Richard [Ab] Pryor [D] Minister of Education
Stevie [A] Wonder secretary of fine arts and miss Aretha Franklin the first lady.
[Eb] Are you out [F] there?
she'd [A] see a
Chocolate City is no dream is my piece of the rock and I dig you see see
[Ab] [Fm] God [G] bless chocolate [D] city and it's vanilla
So there can y'all get me back
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [B] _
[D] _ And we funky too _
Right on chocolate city.
_ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Yeah
[Bm]
[A] Get deep
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Eb] _ [D] real deep
_ [G] _ [Gb] _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _
[Dm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [D] _
[Gb] We just got [Am] new y'all got a show
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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