Chords for Rappin' Duke - Shawn Brown a.k.a. The Rappin' Duke (1984)

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_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ So you think you're [F] bad [Ab] with your [G] rap?
Well I'll tell ya, Pogram I [Gb] started the crap.
When [Eb] you were in [Ab] divers and wetting the sheets I was at the [C] Ponderosa rapping to the beat.
Da [B] ha [D] da ha da ha [C] ha ha ha ha. _
[Ebm] Sure I rustled some [F] cattle and [Ab] tended the sheep but my main [F] concern was rapping to the beat.
I don't [Eb] bother [F] nobody I'm a real [Gm] nice guy [C] I'll kinda lay [F] back like [G] a dead fly.
Da [Eb] ha da [F] _ [C] ha da ha ha ha [B] ha ha ha da ha [F] da [Eb] ha da ha ha ha ha ha da ha ha [F] ha ha ha. _
[Cm] _ I'm [F] talking [Cm] here and now. _
Later for the cattle and rustling [Gm] the cows [Cm] if I had a chance to do a repeat you can bet
your sweet [F] baby [G] I'd be rapping to the beat.
Da [Eb] ha da ha da ha _ ha ha ha ha ha ha. _
Que pasa _ [F] amigos?
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Nada pasa [F] I see.
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200 punks well what ya gonna do I got two sick [F] shooters that'll see [Gm] me through [Cm] this.
12 [F] dead _ _ [Gm] and _ [Eb] _ _ [F] 188 ball [Bb] bearers.
[Cm] Da ha da ha da ha [F] ha ha ha ha ha.
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What I do in your [F] [Ab] grave won't [Gb] pass for [Cm] flowers either.
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I'm Curtis Blow Run DMC you haven't [Eb] heard a [C] rap till you [Eb] heard it from me.
I'm the baddest [Fm] rapper in history and [Cm] there'll be no [Fm] more after me.
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Da ha da _ ha da ha ha [Fm] ha ha ha ha [G] ha. _
[Eb] _ Meanwhile [F] _ [Gm] back at the ranch [Cm] _ Santa [F] Barbara that is.
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[Eb] Swim in [F] pools and [Cm] movies start.
Voila first thing you [F] know Ron's the [Gm] president.
The [Eb] 10 folks [F] said Ron move [Gm] away from there.
[Cm] Said in the White [F] House is where you [Gm] ought to be so he [Cm] loaded up the [F] locin and he moved to DC. _
[Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Washington [F] that [Cm] is. _ _
_ _ Politicians taking a sip.
Foreign _ dignitaries taking a trip. _
High [F] tags and [Ab] plenty of cattle.
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Da ha [F] da [C] ha da [Cm] ha [F] ha ha [Eb] ha ha ha ha.
Da ha [F] da ha _ [Eb]
da ha [F] ha ha [Cm] ha ha.
Now you see me in my [F] movies doing my [Cm] thing.
[Eb] But deep in my [F] heart I've wanted to [Gm] sing. _
[Eb] Way _ [F] _ [Gm] down upon the _ [F] Spawnee [Eb] _ River. _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ Far [Eb] far away.
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Tid [Eb] willow [F] tid [Gm] willow tid [Eb] _ [F] willow.
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I don't [F] think [C] that's your style but I'll tell you I'm _ [E] versatile.
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Aretha [Eb] Franklin _ [F] Aretha Franklin [C] Aretha [Eb] Franklin let me [C] rock you let me rock you Aretha Franklin
let me rock you Aretha Franklin that's all I wanna do Aretha [Eb] _ Franklin.
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Da [Eb] ha da [F] _ [G] ha [Cm] da ha ha [G] ha da _
[Eb] ha [F] da _ ha [Eb]
ha da ha ha da ha [F] ha ha ha ha.
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I'm feeling [F] the groove now Pilgrim.
[Eb] Party _ [C] over here.
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[Eb] Party _ [F] over there.
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There's nothing to [F] it the way we do [Cm] it.
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East [F] Coast, _ _ _ _ West Coast, _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Texas.
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Every time I put on pants, I tell ya [F] Pilgrim I [Bb] wanna dance.
[Cm] I put a [F] quarter in the juke, [Cm]
then I [C] commence to doing the duke.
Da [Eb] ha da [F] _ ha, [G] _
da ha [Cm] ha [F] ha ha ha, [Gm] _
da [Eb] ha da [F] ha, _ _ da ha [Cm] ha [F] ha ha ha. _
[Eb] It's pretty [F] easy, as you can see, [Cm]
just move your [F] arms kinda [G] freely.
[Cm] Do a [F] pause, and take [Gm] a step, [Cm] and just be sure [F] the beat is [G] kept.
[Cm] Da ha da _ ha, _ da ha ha ha ha ha, [Gm] I [Cm] was at the [Fm] Ponderosa rapping to the [Cm] beat,
trying to cool [F] off from the desert [Gm] heat.
I [Cm] discovered [C] something really neat, [Cm] the duke has [F] moves with his [Gm] feet.
[Eb] Da ha, _ [F] _ _ [Bb] da [Cm] ha, da ha.
_ [F] _ [Cm] _ _ I [Eb] want plenty of [F] ladies with my charms, but [Eb] they like me the most [F] for the moves [Cm] of my arms.
Woah, _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Eb] woah, _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
I'm gonna [F] rap [Eb] in the east, gonna [F] rap [Cm] in the west.
I'll show ya [G] Pilgrim who's the best.
[Cm] Nothing to [F] it, the way we [Eb] do it, Scooby do a bebop, [F] we bop Scooby do.
Guess [Cm] what [F] America, [C] we love you.
Da [Eb] ha, _ [F] da _ [Gm] ha, [Cm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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[Cm] da ha.
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