Chords for Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings "There Was A Time" (Live at the Apollo)
Tempo:
75.75 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
G
E
Eb
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [E]
[G] [Dm] I'm gonna dance.
I'm gonna dance. All right.
Feeling good y'all.
You know what?
Right now y'all, I feel like dancing.
So what I'm gonna do right now y'all,
I'm gonna dance.
But in order for me to dance,
there's one song, and there's one man
that Christ just appalled years ago.
I'm talking about Mr.
James Brown y'all.
You know,
when he danced,
see he's from my hometown.
And right now, what I'm gonna do there was a time my way,
not James Brown way.
Now there was a time,
yeah, there was a time,
uh-huh, now there was a time,
yeah,
I used to dance,
now listen now,
in my hometown,
where I used to stay,
and I still say the name of the place,
hey, well it's a dusty day,
now listen y'all,
down there,
we have a good time,
we don't talk,
all together,
any kind of weather,
let me do a dance for the all right,
next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
we call our dance,
the pony,
ride the pony with me,
ride the pony,
all night long,
feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now listen,
next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
the pony dance,
see Auntie Belle's in the ground,
getting tight now,
I'm a living type,
I need a little help,
from the band,
next dance,
show them,
some tight love,
feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now y'all know what,
I feel a little African thing,
coming over me,
I feel my African roots,
coming out of me,
Amaya's in the house,
I want you to come on out here Amaya,
Amaya, move,
hit it, come on Amaya,
[Eb]
[Dm]
got my roots up,
winning it,
right now,
let me go back,
to my home now,
check this out y'all,
when I do my dance,
gonna look Mr.
Brown,
what you can bet,
what you can bet,
what you can bet,
has to be nothing yet,
until I do my best,
[Ab] [Dm]
please,
put your hands together,
for some time,
for some time,
for some time,
[N]
[G] [Dm] I'm gonna dance.
I'm gonna dance. All right.
Feeling good y'all.
You know what?
Right now y'all, I feel like dancing.
So what I'm gonna do right now y'all,
I'm gonna dance.
But in order for me to dance,
there's one song, and there's one man
that Christ just appalled years ago.
I'm talking about Mr.
James Brown y'all.
You know,
when he danced,
see he's from my hometown.
And right now, what I'm gonna do there was a time my way,
not James Brown way.
Now there was a time,
yeah, there was a time,
uh-huh, now there was a time,
yeah,
I used to dance,
now listen now,
in my hometown,
where I used to stay,
and I still say the name of the place,
hey, well it's a dusty day,
now listen y'all,
down there,
we have a good time,
we don't talk,
all together,
any kind of weather,
let me do a dance for the all right,
next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
we call our dance,
the pony,
ride the pony with me,
ride the pony,
all night long,
feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now listen,
next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
the pony dance,
see Auntie Belle's in the ground,
getting tight now,
I'm a living type,
I need a little help,
from the band,
next dance,
show them,
some tight love,
feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now y'all know what,
I feel a little African thing,
coming over me,
I feel my African roots,
coming out of me,
Amaya's in the house,
I want you to come on out here Amaya,
Amaya, move,
hit it, come on Amaya,
[Eb]
[Dm]
got my roots up,
winning it,
right now,
let me go back,
to my home now,
check this out y'all,
when I do my dance,
gonna look Mr.
Brown,
what you can bet,
what you can bet,
what you can bet,
has to be nothing yet,
until I do my best,
[Ab] [Dm]
please,
put your hands together,
for some time,
for some time,
for some time,
[N]
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Dm
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] I'm _ _ _ _ gonna dance.
I'm gonna dance. All right.
Feeling good y'all.
You know what?
Right now y'all, I feel like dancing.
So what I'm gonna do right now y'all,
I'm gonna dance.
But in order for me to dance,
there's one song, and there's one man
that Christ just appalled years ago.
I'm talking about Mr.
James Brown y'all.
_ You know,
when he danced,
see he's from my hometown.
And right now, _ _ what I'm gonna do there was a time my way,
not James Brown way.
Now there was a time,
yeah, there was a time,
uh-huh, now there was a time,
yeah,
I used to dance,
now listen now,
in my hometown,
where I used to stay,
and I still say the name of the place,
hey, well it's a dusty day,
now listen y'all,
down there,
we have a good time,
we don't talk, _
all together,
any kind of weather,
let me do a dance for the all _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
right,
_ next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
we call our dance,
the pony,
_ _ ride the pony with me,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ ride the pony,
all night long, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now listen,
next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
the pony dance,
see Auntie Belle's in the ground,
getting tight now,
I'm a living type,
I need a little help,
from the band,
next dance, _ _ _
_ _ _ show them,
some tight love, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now y'all know what,
_ _ _ I feel a little African thing,
coming over me,
I feel my African roots,
coming out of me, _
_ _ Amaya's in the house,
I want you to come on out here Amaya, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Amaya, move,
hit _ _ _ _ _ it, come on Amaya,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ got my roots up,
winning it,
right now,
let me go back,
to my home now,
check this out y'all,
when I do my dance,
gonna look Mr.
Brown,
_ what you can bet,
_ what you can bet,
what you can bet,
has to be nothing yet,
until I do my best,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ please,
_ put your hands together,
_ _ _ _ for some time,
_ for some time,
_ for some time,
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] I'm _ _ _ _ gonna dance.
I'm gonna dance. All right.
Feeling good y'all.
You know what?
Right now y'all, I feel like dancing.
So what I'm gonna do right now y'all,
I'm gonna dance.
But in order for me to dance,
there's one song, and there's one man
that Christ just appalled years ago.
I'm talking about Mr.
James Brown y'all.
_ You know,
when he danced,
see he's from my hometown.
And right now, _ _ what I'm gonna do there was a time my way,
not James Brown way.
Now there was a time,
yeah, there was a time,
uh-huh, now there was a time,
yeah,
I used to dance,
now listen now,
in my hometown,
where I used to stay,
and I still say the name of the place,
hey, well it's a dusty day,
now listen y'all,
down there,
we have a good time,
we don't talk, _
all together,
any kind of weather,
let me do a dance for the all _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
right,
_ next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
we call our dance,
the pony,
_ _ ride the pony with me,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ ride the pony,
all night long, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now listen,
next dance,
I'm gonna show y'all,
the pony dance,
see Auntie Belle's in the ground,
getting tight now,
I'm a living type,
I need a little help,
from the band,
next dance, _ _ _
_ _ _ show them,
some tight love, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ feeling good y'all,
saying I'm feeling good,
now y'all know what,
_ _ _ I feel a little African thing,
coming over me,
I feel my African roots,
coming out of me, _
_ _ Amaya's in the house,
I want you to come on out here Amaya, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Amaya, move,
hit _ _ _ _ _ it, come on Amaya,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ got my roots up,
winning it,
right now,
let me go back,
to my home now,
check this out y'all,
when I do my dance,
gonna look Mr.
Brown,
_ what you can bet,
_ what you can bet,
what you can bet,
has to be nothing yet,
until I do my best,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ please,
_ put your hands together,
_ _ _ _ for some time,
_ for some time,
_ for some time,
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _