Tighten Up Chords by Beau Jocque And The Zydeco Hi-Rollers

[N] Good evening my fellow [F#] citizens.
_ This afternoon, [C] _ following a series of threats and defiant statements,
the presence of Alabama National Guardsmen was [B] required on the University of Alabama
[C] _ to carry out the final and unequivocal order of the United States District [A] Court of the [B] Northern District of Alabama.
[D] That order called for the admission of two clearly [B] qualified [C] young Alabama residents who happened to have been born Negro.
_ [B] This nation was founded [Cm] by men of many [F#] nations and backgrounds.
[A#] It was founded on the principle [C] that all men are created equal,
and that the rights [D#] of every man are diminished when the rights of one man [E] are threatened. _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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[E] Yes, [G#m] yes, yes, _ [C#m] _ _
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, _ _ yes, [E] yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, [C#m] _ _ _ _
yes, [E] yes, yes, yes, [G#m] yes, yes, [C#m] _ _
yes, yes, yes, [E] _ yes, _ _ _ [C#m] yes, _ _ _ yes, _ _
_ _ [E] _ yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
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[C#m] _ [E] yes _ [G#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ [E] !
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Yes!
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_ _ [E] yes! Oh yeah.
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[C#m] _ _ [E] All right. _ _ _
_ [C#m] Do [E] do do. _ _
_ [C#m] Do do [E] do do do do do. _ _
[C#m] _ La do [E] do do do do do. _ _
_ [C#m] Do do [E] do do do do do. _ _
_ [C#m] Ah, [E] they tighten up. _ _ _
[C#m] _ You [E] gotta, gotta get it up. _ _
_ [A] Won't [E] you get on the [C#m] floor.
_ _ [E] Let yourself go.
Let yourself go.
Yeah, yeah.
[B] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] All right. _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [E] Oh yeah. _ _ _
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[C#m] _ _ _ [E] Yeah baby. _ _ _
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_ [C#m] _ _ [E] Oh, _ [B] _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] whoo, whoo, whoo.
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_ _ [C#m] Ah, they tighten up. _ _
_ _ [E] Ah, they tighten up.
_ [A] _
_ Oh, [E] they tighten up. _
[C#m] Don't stop until [E] you get [G#m] enough.
_ [E] _
_ _ Come on, come on, come on, come on.
[G] _
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Yeah, [G#m] yeah, yeah.
Give me a little [A] bass, get me in the place.
Give me a little [E] bass, get me in the place.
Yeah.
[C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [C#m] _ [E] All right.
_ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] A little rhythm.
[B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] Give me, give me, give me a little [B] rhythm. _ _
[E] Hey, hey.
A little rhythm.
Give [B] _
_ [C#m] _ me a little rhythm.
[B] _ _ _
Yeah, _ [E] yeah, [B] yeah. _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] Sank the [B] phone. _ _
[E] Go ahead, don't have nothing more. _ _
_ _ I said, sank the phone.
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[C#m] Go ahead, don't [E] have nothing more. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] Scrub [B] boy. _ _
_ [C#m] _ [E] Won't you get on the [C#m] floor. _ _
_ _ [E] I'm a real sad [G#m] ass.
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_ [C#m] You can [E] do it, Shanna. [B] Rusted. _ _
_ [E] _ Rusted.
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Mm.
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[C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [B] _
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Mm.
_ [B] _ Mm.
_ [E] _ Mm.
_ [C#m] Mm.
[B] _
_ _ _ [E] _ Mm. Mm. Mm. Mm.
_ [C#m] _ _ [E] Mm. Mm. _ _ _
Mm.
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