Chords for The Breakdown Pts. 1 & 2 - Rufus Thomas

[C] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ Honey, baby, _ I've been told [D] you know [G] how she come on and go. _
[Dm] I got to [G] see [E] for [Dm] myself [D] if you got [G] _ [D] any [G] part of love. _
[C] Break down [D] to the left, [C] break [D] down to the [Gm] right, break down [D] to the one I'm gonna love tonight. _
You the breakdown [G] trust, [D] break on down. _
[G] You the breakdown trust, break on down. _
You got it on my mind. _
[D] Just look [G] around and grab your gun.
[D] Stop where you [G] are, [D] let your [G] head rock. _
[D] Show him [G] how [D] your love can [G] die.
[C] Break [D] down to the left, [C] break [D] down to the right, break down to the one [Dm] I'm [C] gonna give [D] it to. _
You the breakdown trust, [G] _ [D] break on down. _
You the breakdown trust, break on down.
Get in and [C] out.
[F] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [D] _
Come on children, [G] _ [Dm] look at me. _
[D] I'm showing you how it's [G] supposed to be.
Do it in the evening, [D] play it at night.
[G] _
I'm gonna show you.
Break down to the right. _
You the breakdown trust, _ break on down. _
You the breakdown trust, [D] break on down.
[G] _
It's a brand new dance [Dm] that's going around.
[G] It ain't the funky chicken, _ [D] it's called the breakdown.
[Dm] _
It's a brand [G] new dance [D] that's going around.
It ain't push and pull, [Em] _ [G] it's called the breakdown. _
[D] Now break down to the [Dm] break on down. _
Break down to the break on down. _
Mama can do it, papa [G] too. _
[Dm] Grandma can, [G] _ [Dm] they doing it too. _
_ Mama, [G] mama, [D] just look at [G] Sittin'.
[Dm] She's in the [G] backyard, breaking down like this.
[Dm] Oh, breakdown through, _ break on down.
[G] _
_ Breakdown [Am] through.
[D] _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ You wanna see it?
Do you wanna see it?
Do you wanna see it?
Do you wanna see it?
_ I'm gonna do it for you.
I'm gonna do it for you.
I'm gonna do it for you.
I'm gonna do it for you.
I'm getting ready.
_ I'm getting ready.
_ I'm getting ready.
I'm getting ready.
_ I'm gonna [G] break down through it.
I'm getting ready.
_ I'm getting ready.
_ Break on down.
I'm gonna break down through it.
I'm gonna do.
_ I'm gonna do it now.
I'm gonna do it now. _ _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh-oh-oh!
I'm gonna show, how to calm down, _
I'm gonna show, how to calm down.
Watch me now. _
Watch me now.
I'm sayin' watch me now,
_ Watch me now.
Do the breakdown children
How to calm [Dm] down,
[G] Do the breakdown children
How [D] _ _
_ to [G] calm down,
_ Oh-oh-oh!
_ _ _ Come on children, _ break on down.
_ Come on children, _ come on now.
Let's go through [D] the [G] breakdown.
Let's do the breakdown.
_ Let's go through the breakdown.
_ Let's go through the breakdown.
_ _ Everybody, _ _ everybody, everybody. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Everybody, _ _ [G] _
_ _ everybody, _ everybody. _
[D] _ [Am] _ [D] Let's go through the [G] breakdown.
Let's go through the breakdown.
Let's go through the breakdown, children.
Let's go through the breakdown now.
I can feel it.
I can feel it.
_ I can't feel it _ _
can't feel it
Can't you feel it?
_ Can't you feel it?
Can't you feel it? _ _ _
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