Chords for Ray Charles , Mess Around Scene
Tempo:
153.2 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F]
[G]
[A] [F] [E] [Gm]
[F] [Ebm]
[C] What [Bb]
do you think?
[G] Man, nobody wants [Bb] another Matt King Cole.
[A] [Ebm] Cause she's neat [F] that way.
The midnight [Db]
hour
Have found [Gb] me lonely [Dbm] So [Db] unhappy
As I [Dbm] can be I'm it.
It's just like Charles Brown.
[Db] Let me
[Gm] Okay, [Ab] [Eb] I'll talk to him.
Talk.
[Gb] [Db] Without a love
Alright, fellas, that's a [Bb] cut.
[B] That's a cut, fellas.
[N]
Fellas.
Banking, take five.
You just don't get it.
You either sound original, or you've got nothing.
Hammond, what'd you take of that?
Ray, I want to tell you something, and I don't want you to take it wrong.
Then give it to me right then.
I signed you because I sensed something special in you.
Not because you sound like Matt Cole or Charles Brown.
I thought you liked what I do.
We love the tone of your voice.
We like your virtuosity, your energy.
And I'm a music.
Come on, man, I didn't say that.
I meant, this is what I do, man.
I gotta make a living.
This is what the people want.
I don't know no other way.
Well, we gotta help you find one.
Look, let's try a little change of pace, okay?
You're familiar with stride piano?
You're kidding me, man.
The man that I learned the piano from is a stride player.
Okay, I got a song.
It's called The Mess Around.
The Mess Around, cute title.
Who wrote it? I did.
Ah, you wrote it.
Yeah.
Well, sing it to me, man.
Sing it?
It ain't like I can read the lyrics.
Okay, well, [Ebm] it's a key of G.
Okay.
Key of G?
[Ab] Uh-huh.
[Ebm] Yeah.
[Eb] Yeah, but it's a kind of Pete Johnson thing.
Pete Johnson.
[Gm]
[Eb] Yeah, that's it.
You like that?
Okay, here we go.
Two, three, four.
If you can talk about the fit, barbecue, the band was jumping, the [Gm] people too.
[Ab] They're doing the mess [Eb] around.
[F] [Gb] [Ab] [Eb] They're doing the mess around.
[Bb] They're doing the mess around.
[Ebm] Everybody doing the mess around.
All right, let's do it [Eb] again.
Let me take it from here.
Now this band's gonna play from [C] nine [G] to one.
Everybody here's gonna have some fun [Eb] doing the mess around.
Ah, doing the mess around.
[Gm] They're doing the mess around.
[Eb] Everybody doing the mess around.
[Cm] [G] Now you see that girl with that diamond ring.
She knows how to shake that [C] thing.
Mess around.
I be [Eb] glad she can mess around.
[Bb] Ah, mess around.
[Eb] Everybody do the mess around.
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[N] Now we got some.
That's all right right there.
What do you think of that, my man?
Great, Ray.
Unbelievable.
Who's that?
Ray, I want you to meet my new partner, Jerry.
This is Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler.
Hey.
Don't worry, Ray.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna step back, I'm gonna watch.
I'm gonna learn how to produce a record.
I'm in awe.
I was out of sight.
That's some running in the restaurant, man.
Hey, was this a real thing?
I'm gonna make you shout, [Eb] man.
[Db] [Gb] [G] [C]
We're listening to that new [Eb] recording, Mess Around, by Atlantic Recording Artist Ray Charles.
[Bb] And we have the gentleman [D] live here in [Eb] the KCOH studios.
[Fm] So, Ray, when you're not making your own music, what do you listen to?
[N]
[G]
[A] [F] [E] [Gm]
[F] [Ebm]
[C] What [Bb]
do you think?
[G] Man, nobody wants [Bb] another Matt King Cole.
[A] [Ebm] Cause she's neat [F] that way.
The midnight [Db]
hour
Have found [Gb] me lonely [Dbm] So [Db] unhappy
As I [Dbm] can be I'm it.
It's just like Charles Brown.
[Db] Let me
[Gm] Okay, [Ab] [Eb] I'll talk to him.
Talk.
[Gb] [Db] Without a love
Alright, fellas, that's a [Bb] cut.
[B] That's a cut, fellas.
[N]
Fellas.
Banking, take five.
You just don't get it.
You either sound original, or you've got nothing.
Hammond, what'd you take of that?
Ray, I want to tell you something, and I don't want you to take it wrong.
Then give it to me right then.
I signed you because I sensed something special in you.
Not because you sound like Matt Cole or Charles Brown.
I thought you liked what I do.
We love the tone of your voice.
We like your virtuosity, your energy.
And I'm a music.
Come on, man, I didn't say that.
I meant, this is what I do, man.
I gotta make a living.
This is what the people want.
I don't know no other way.
Well, we gotta help you find one.
Look, let's try a little change of pace, okay?
You're familiar with stride piano?
You're kidding me, man.
The man that I learned the piano from is a stride player.
Okay, I got a song.
It's called The Mess Around.
The Mess Around, cute title.
Who wrote it? I did.
Ah, you wrote it.
Yeah.
Well, sing it to me, man.
Sing it?
It ain't like I can read the lyrics.
Okay, well, [Ebm] it's a key of G.
Okay.
Key of G?
[Ab] Uh-huh.
[Ebm] Yeah.
[Eb] Yeah, but it's a kind of Pete Johnson thing.
Pete Johnson.
[Gm]
[Eb] Yeah, that's it.
You like that?
Okay, here we go.
Two, three, four.
If you can talk about the fit, barbecue, the band was jumping, the [Gm] people too.
[Ab] They're doing the mess [Eb] around.
[F] [Gb] [Ab] [Eb] They're doing the mess around.
[Bb] They're doing the mess around.
[Ebm] Everybody doing the mess around.
All right, let's do it [Eb] again.
Let me take it from here.
Now this band's gonna play from [C] nine [G] to one.
Everybody here's gonna have some fun [Eb] doing the mess around.
Ah, doing the mess around.
[Gm] They're doing the mess around.
[Eb] Everybody doing the mess around.
[Cm] [G] Now you see that girl with that diamond ring.
She knows how to shake that [C] thing.
Mess around.
I be [Eb] glad she can mess around.
[Bb] Ah, mess around.
[Eb] Everybody do the mess around.
[Ab] [Eb] [Ab] [Eb]
[N] Now we got some.
That's all right right there.
What do you think of that, my man?
Great, Ray.
Unbelievable.
Who's that?
Ray, I want you to meet my new partner, Jerry.
This is Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler.
Hey.
Don't worry, Ray.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna step back, I'm gonna watch.
I'm gonna learn how to produce a record.
I'm in awe.
I was out of sight.
That's some running in the restaurant, man.
Hey, was this a real thing?
I'm gonna make you shout, [Eb] man.
[Db] [Gb] [G] [C]
We're listening to that new [Eb] recording, Mess Around, by Atlantic Recording Artist Ray Charles.
[Bb] And we have the gentleman [D] live here in [Eb] the KCOH studios.
[Fm] So, Ray, when you're not making your own music, what do you listen to?
[N]
Key:
Eb
Bb
Ab
F
G
Eb
Bb
Ab
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[C] What _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
do you think?
_ [G] Man, nobody wants [Bb] another Matt King Cole.
_ [A] _ [Ebm] Cause she's neat [F] that way.
The midnight [Db] _
hour
_ _ _ _ Have found [Gb] me lonely _ [Dbm] _ So _ _ _ [Db] unhappy
_ _ _ As I [Dbm] can be I'm it.
It's just like Charles Brown.
_ [Db] Let me _
[Gm] Okay, [Ab] _ _ [Eb] I'll talk to him.
Talk.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Db] Without a love
Alright, fellas, that's a [Bb] cut.
[B] That's a cut, fellas.
_ [N]
Fellas.
_ Banking, take five.
You just don't get it.
You either sound original, or you've got nothing.
Hammond, what'd you take of that? _ _ _
Ray, I want to tell you something, and I don't want you to take it wrong.
Then give it to me right then.
I signed you because I sensed something special in you.
Not because you sound like Matt Cole or Charles Brown.
I thought you liked what I do.
_ _ We love the tone of your voice.
We like your virtuosity, your energy.
And I'm a music.
Come on, man, I didn't say that.
I meant, this is what I do, man.
_ I gotta make a living.
This is what the people want.
I don't know no other way.
Well, we gotta help you find one. _
Look, let's try a little change of pace, okay?
You're familiar with stride piano?
You're kidding me, man.
The man that I learned the piano from is a stride player.
Okay, I got a song. _ _
It's called The Mess Around.
The Mess Around, cute title.
Who wrote it? I did.
_ _ _ Ah, you wrote it.
Yeah.
_ Well, sing it to me, man.
Sing it?
It ain't like I can read the lyrics.
Okay, well, [Ebm] it's a key of G.
Okay.
Key of G?
_ [Ab] Uh-huh. _ _
_ [Ebm] Yeah.
[Eb] Yeah, but it's a kind of Pete Johnson thing.
Pete Johnson.
[Gm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ Yeah, _ that's it.
You like that?
Okay, here we go.
Two, three, four.
If you can talk about the fit, _ barbecue, _ the band was jumping, the [Gm] people too.
[Ab] They're doing the mess [Eb] around.
[F] _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] They're doing the mess around.
_ _ [Bb] _ They're doing the mess around.
[Ebm] Everybody doing the mess around.
All right, let's do it [Eb] again.
Let me take it from here.
Now this band's gonna play from [C] nine [G] to one.
_ Everybody here's gonna have some fun [Eb] doing the mess around.
_ _ Ah, doing the mess around.
_ _ _ [Gm] They're doing the mess around.
_ [Eb] Everybody doing the mess around. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] Now you see that girl with that diamond ring.
She knows how to shake that [C] thing.
Mess around.
_ _ I be [Eb] glad she can mess around.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Ah, mess around.
_ [Eb] Everybody do the mess around.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ Now we got some.
That's all right right there.
_ _ _ _ What do you think of that, my man?
Great, Ray.
_ Unbelievable.
Who's that? _
_ _ Ray, I want you to meet my new partner, Jerry.
This is Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler.
Hey.
Don't worry, Ray.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna step back, I'm gonna watch.
I'm gonna learn how to produce a record.
I'm in awe.
I was out of sight.
That's some running in the restaurant, man.
_ Hey, was this a real thing?
I'm gonna make you shout, [Eb] man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Gb] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
We're listening to that new [Eb] recording, Mess Around, by Atlantic Recording Artist Ray Charles.
[Bb] And we have the gentleman [D] live here in [Eb] the KCOH studios.
[Fm] So, Ray, when you're not making your own music, what do you listen to?
_ [N] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _
[C] What _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
do you think?
_ [G] Man, nobody wants [Bb] another Matt King Cole.
_ [A] _ [Ebm] Cause she's neat [F] that way.
The midnight [Db] _
hour
_ _ _ _ Have found [Gb] me lonely _ [Dbm] _ So _ _ _ [Db] unhappy
_ _ _ As I [Dbm] can be I'm it.
It's just like Charles Brown.
_ [Db] Let me _
[Gm] Okay, [Ab] _ _ [Eb] I'll talk to him.
Talk.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Db] Without a love
Alright, fellas, that's a [Bb] cut.
[B] That's a cut, fellas.
_ [N]
Fellas.
_ Banking, take five.
You just don't get it.
You either sound original, or you've got nothing.
Hammond, what'd you take of that? _ _ _
Ray, I want to tell you something, and I don't want you to take it wrong.
Then give it to me right then.
I signed you because I sensed something special in you.
Not because you sound like Matt Cole or Charles Brown.
I thought you liked what I do.
_ _ We love the tone of your voice.
We like your virtuosity, your energy.
And I'm a music.
Come on, man, I didn't say that.
I meant, this is what I do, man.
_ I gotta make a living.
This is what the people want.
I don't know no other way.
Well, we gotta help you find one. _
Look, let's try a little change of pace, okay?
You're familiar with stride piano?
You're kidding me, man.
The man that I learned the piano from is a stride player.
Okay, I got a song. _ _
It's called The Mess Around.
The Mess Around, cute title.
Who wrote it? I did.
_ _ _ Ah, you wrote it.
Yeah.
_ Well, sing it to me, man.
Sing it?
It ain't like I can read the lyrics.
Okay, well, [Ebm] it's a key of G.
Okay.
Key of G?
_ [Ab] Uh-huh. _ _
_ [Ebm] Yeah.
[Eb] Yeah, but it's a kind of Pete Johnson thing.
Pete Johnson.
[Gm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ Yeah, _ that's it.
You like that?
Okay, here we go.
Two, three, four.
If you can talk about the fit, _ barbecue, _ the band was jumping, the [Gm] people too.
[Ab] They're doing the mess [Eb] around.
[F] _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] They're doing the mess around.
_ _ [Bb] _ They're doing the mess around.
[Ebm] Everybody doing the mess around.
All right, let's do it [Eb] again.
Let me take it from here.
Now this band's gonna play from [C] nine [G] to one.
_ Everybody here's gonna have some fun [Eb] doing the mess around.
_ _ Ah, doing the mess around.
_ _ _ [Gm] They're doing the mess around.
_ [Eb] Everybody doing the mess around. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [G] Now you see that girl with that diamond ring.
She knows how to shake that [C] thing.
Mess around.
_ _ I be [Eb] glad she can mess around.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Ah, mess around.
_ [Eb] Everybody do the mess around.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ Now we got some.
That's all right right there.
_ _ _ _ What do you think of that, my man?
Great, Ray.
_ Unbelievable.
Who's that? _
_ _ Ray, I want you to meet my new partner, Jerry.
This is Ray Charles, Jerry Wexler.
Hey.
Don't worry, Ray.
You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna step back, I'm gonna watch.
I'm gonna learn how to produce a record.
I'm in awe.
I was out of sight.
That's some running in the restaurant, man.
_ Hey, was this a real thing?
I'm gonna make you shout, [Eb] man. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] _ [Gb] _ [G] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
We're listening to that new [Eb] recording, Mess Around, by Atlantic Recording Artist Ray Charles.
[Bb] And we have the gentleman [D] live here in [Eb] the KCOH studios.
[Fm] So, Ray, when you're not making your own music, what do you listen to?
_ [N] _