Chords for Tower Of Power - James Brown Medley (Live At La Cigale, 26th march 2012)
Tempo:
132.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Eb
Cm
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gb]
[A] [Db] [C]
[E]
[N]
I'm going to lead to the saxophone, give it up for Tommy P, Tom Hollison!
One more time, I'm going to lead vocals, I'm going to perform the baddest crack in the
[D] world, [N] Larry Brads!
Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of power, no power, for 44 years, put your hands together,
make some noise for the one and the only, Mr.
[Am] Emilio!
[E]
[F] [C] [Fm]
[Abm] [C]
[G]
[C]
[Abm] How [C] you feeling about this guys?
[Cm]
[C] What are you going to sing now?
[F]
Are you going to be the belly [G] dance of all here tonight?
[Eb] Give [C] [Cm] me G here for tonight.
[C] We are [Cm] Tower of Power, [Abm]
Tower of Power, [D] and Tower [Am] of Power is a [C] soul band, playing [Eb] soul
music, 44 years, [A] this year, and from 1968 [B] all the way up until [F] today, [Gb] [Db] one thing remains
true for [Eb] me, [C]
[Eb] I said one thing remains true for [G] me,
[Eb] [B] yes, [Ab]
one thing [B] remains true for me,
[G] and that is, I'm [Ab] taking me to jail!
That's right people, I'll still [N] be taking on James [G] Brown!
Give it up for the young and the old, let's play!
I'm going to [C] win the game, and I'm going to start a game, [Cm] I dealt with all [C] the issues,
[G]
and [C] I ran away, [G] but then the way that it started, it was [D] a righteous act, [G] it doesn't matter what
we do, see that, [A]
I should have been taken on [Gm] James Brown!
[F] All the [C] mothers say,
[D] the mothers can't say, [Cm]
[G] maybe a day, [Gm] but the [Cm] mothers can't pay,
[Eb]
cause' I've been out of line, [G] let me hear ya!
I'll still be [Gm] taking on James Brown!
[Eb] I'm taking on [Gm]
[C] [G] James Brown!
[D]
I'm taking [Dm] on James Brown!
I'm taking on James Brown!
[Eb] [Bb] I'm a big [Dm] fan of the Big Bang.
You probably don't get what I want.
[C] You're my [Eb] boss man.
You're my boss man.
[Bb] You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
[A] You're [Bb] [Dm]
my
[Bb] boss
[Eb] [Bbm] man..
[Eb] I'm not [Bb] gonna do it.
[Eb] Oh, shit.
[Cm] [Bb]
[Dm]
Oh, shit. Yeah.
Yeah.
Let's do it.
Hey, stop.
Oh, shit.
Hey, let's do it. Oh, shit.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Hey, hey, hey.
[D] I'm [Dm] gonna rock y'all.
Let's do the hooks.
Let's do it.
[A]
[D]
I can't do it.
I can't do it.
[Dm] I can't do it.
I can't do it.
I can't do it.
[Cm] [G]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [G]
[C] [Cm] [Dm]
I can't do it.
[C]
[Dm] I'm the ruler, [C] [D] ruler of the year.
[A] [F] [N] Go rules, go [Dm] rules.
I don't need no seminary man.
Give it up my brother.
I be the runner.
Go breeze, go breeze.
Sopic, my sucker.
Dig it!
[C]
[Ab]
[G] [Ab]
I'm a king!
I'm a king!
I'm a [E] king!
[Em] [Bbm] [A]
[C] [N]
[A] [Db] [C]
[E]
[N]
I'm going to lead to the saxophone, give it up for Tommy P, Tom Hollison!
One more time, I'm going to lead vocals, I'm going to perform the baddest crack in the
[D] world, [N] Larry Brads!
Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of power, no power, for 44 years, put your hands together,
make some noise for the one and the only, Mr.
[Am] Emilio!
[E]
[F] [C] [Fm]
[Abm] [C]
[G]
[C]
[Abm] How [C] you feeling about this guys?
[Cm]
[C] What are you going to sing now?
[F]
Are you going to be the belly [G] dance of all here tonight?
[Eb] Give [C] [Cm] me G here for tonight.
[C] We are [Cm] Tower of Power, [Abm]
Tower of Power, [D] and Tower [Am] of Power is a [C] soul band, playing [Eb] soul
music, 44 years, [A] this year, and from 1968 [B] all the way up until [F] today, [Gb] [Db] one thing remains
true for [Eb] me, [C]
[Eb] I said one thing remains true for [G] me,
[Eb] [B] yes, [Ab]
one thing [B] remains true for me,
[G] and that is, I'm [Ab] taking me to jail!
That's right people, I'll still [N] be taking on James [G] Brown!
Give it up for the young and the old, let's play!
I'm going to [C] win the game, and I'm going to start a game, [Cm] I dealt with all [C] the issues,
[G]
and [C] I ran away, [G] but then the way that it started, it was [D] a righteous act, [G] it doesn't matter what
we do, see that, [A]
I should have been taken on [Gm] James Brown!
[F] All the [C] mothers say,
[D] the mothers can't say, [Cm]
[G] maybe a day, [Gm] but the [Cm] mothers can't pay,
[Eb]
cause' I've been out of line, [G] let me hear ya!
I'll still be [Gm] taking on James Brown!
[Eb] I'm taking on [Gm]
[C] [G] James Brown!
[D]
I'm taking [Dm] on James Brown!
I'm taking on James Brown!
[Eb] [Bb] I'm a big [Dm] fan of the Big Bang.
You probably don't get what I want.
[C] You're my [Eb] boss man.
You're my boss man.
[Bb] You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
[A] You're [Bb] [Dm]
my
[Bb] boss
[Eb] [Bbm] man..
[Eb] I'm not [Bb] gonna do it.
[Eb] Oh, shit.
[Cm] [Bb]
[Dm]
Oh, shit. Yeah.
Yeah.
Let's do it.
Hey, stop.
Oh, shit.
Hey, let's do it. Oh, shit.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Hey, hey, hey.
[D] I'm [Dm] gonna rock y'all.
Let's do the hooks.
Let's do it.
[A]
[D]
I can't do it.
I can't do it.
[Dm] I can't do it.
I can't do it.
I can't do it.
[Cm] [G]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [G]
[C] [Cm] [Dm]
I can't do it.
[C]
[Dm] I'm the ruler, [C] [D] ruler of the year.
[A] [F] [N] Go rules, go [Dm] rules.
I don't need no seminary man.
Give it up my brother.
I be the runner.
Go breeze, go breeze.
Sopic, my sucker.
Dig it!
[C]
[Ab]
[G] [Ab]
I'm a king!
I'm a king!
I'm a [E] king!
[Em] [Bbm] [A]
[C] [N]
Key:
C
G
Eb
Cm
Dm
C
G
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm going to lead to the saxophone, give it up for Tommy P, Tom Hollison! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ One more time, I'm going to lead vocals, I'm going to perform the baddest crack in the
[D] world, _ [N] Larry Brads! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of power, no power, for 44 years, put your hands together,
make some noise for the one and the only, Mr.
[Am] _ _ Emilio!
_ _ [E] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ How [C] you feeling about this guys? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[C] What are you going to sing now?
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ Are you going to be the belly [G] dance of all here tonight?
[Eb] _ _ _ _ Give [C] _ [Cm] me G here for tonight. _ _
_ [C] We are [Cm] Tower of Power, _ [Abm]
Tower of Power, [D] _ and Tower [Am] of Power is a [C] soul band, playing [Eb] soul
music, 44 years, [A] this year, _ _ and from _ 1968 [B] all the way up until [F] today, _ [Gb] _ [Db] one thing remains
true for [Eb] me, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ I said one thing remains true for [G] me, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ yes, [Ab]
one thing [B] remains true for me,
[G] _ and that is, I'm [Ab] taking me to jail!
_ That's right people, I'll still [N] be taking on _ _ James [G] Brown!
_ Give it up for the young and the old, let's play! _ _ _ _
I'm going to [C] win the game, _ _ and I'm going to start a game, _ _ _ [Cm] _ I dealt with all [C] the issues,
_ _ [G] _
and [C] I ran away, _ [G] _ but then the way that it started, _ it was [D] a righteous _ _ act, [G] it doesn't matter what
we do, see that, [A]
I should have been taken on [Gm] James Brown! _ _ _
[F] All the [C] mothers say, _ _ _
[D] the mothers can't say, [Cm] _ _ _
[G] _ maybe a day, _ _ _ _ [Gm] but the [Cm] mothers can't pay,
[Eb] _ _
cause' I've been out of line, [G] let me hear ya!
I'll still be [Gm] taking on James Brown! _ _
[Eb] I'm taking on [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] James _ Brown!
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ I'm taking [Dm] on James Brown! _
_ _ _ I'm taking on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
James Brown! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I'm a big [Dm] fan of the Big Bang. _ _ _
You probably don't get what I want.
_ _ [C] You're my [Eb] boss man.
_ You're my boss man.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man. _
[A] You're _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ my _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ boss _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] man.. _ _
[Eb] I'm not [Bb] gonna do it.
[Eb] Oh, shit. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, shit. Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's do it.
Hey, stop. _ _ _ _
Oh, shit.
_ Hey, let's do it. Oh, _ _ _ shit.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit. _ _
_ _ _ Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Hey, hey, hey. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ I'm [Dm] gonna rock y'all.
Let's do the hooks.
Let's do it.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
I can't do it.
_ I can't do it. _
[Dm] I can't do it.
I can't do it. _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ _ can't do it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I can't do it.
_ [C] _
[Dm] I'm the ruler, [C] _ _ _ [D] ruler of the year.
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ [N] Go _ rules, go _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ rules.
I don't need no _ _ seminary man.
Give it _ up my brother.
I _ _ _ _ _ be the runner. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Go breeze, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ go breeze.
_ Sopic, my sucker.
Dig it! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a king!
I'm a king!
I'm a [E] king!
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ [A] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm going to lead to the saxophone, give it up for Tommy P, Tom Hollison! _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ One more time, I'm going to lead vocals, I'm going to perform the baddest crack in the
[D] world, _ [N] Larry Brads! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of power, no power, for 44 years, put your hands together,
make some noise for the one and the only, Mr.
[Am] _ _ Emilio!
_ _ [E] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _ How [C] you feeling about this guys? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[C] What are you going to sing now?
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ Are you going to be the belly [G] dance of all here tonight?
[Eb] _ _ _ _ Give [C] _ [Cm] me G here for tonight. _ _
_ [C] We are [Cm] Tower of Power, _ [Abm]
Tower of Power, [D] _ and Tower [Am] of Power is a [C] soul band, playing [Eb] soul
music, 44 years, [A] this year, _ _ and from _ 1968 [B] all the way up until [F] today, _ [Gb] _ [Db] one thing remains
true for [Eb] me, _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ I said one thing remains true for [G] me, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [B] _ yes, [Ab]
one thing [B] remains true for me,
[G] _ and that is, I'm [Ab] taking me to jail!
_ That's right people, I'll still [N] be taking on _ _ James [G] Brown!
_ Give it up for the young and the old, let's play! _ _ _ _
I'm going to [C] win the game, _ _ and I'm going to start a game, _ _ _ [Cm] _ I dealt with all [C] the issues,
_ _ [G] _
and [C] I ran away, _ [G] _ but then the way that it started, _ it was [D] a righteous _ _ act, [G] it doesn't matter what
we do, see that, [A]
I should have been taken on [Gm] James Brown! _ _ _
[F] All the [C] mothers say, _ _ _
[D] the mothers can't say, [Cm] _ _ _
[G] _ maybe a day, _ _ _ _ [Gm] but the [Cm] mothers can't pay,
[Eb] _ _
cause' I've been out of line, [G] let me hear ya!
I'll still be [Gm] taking on James Brown! _ _
[Eb] I'm taking on [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] James _ Brown!
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ I'm taking [Dm] on James Brown! _
_ _ _ I'm taking on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
James Brown! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] I'm a big [Dm] fan of the Big Bang. _ _ _
You probably don't get what I want.
_ _ [C] You're my [Eb] boss man.
_ You're my boss man.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man.
You're my boss man. _
[A] You're _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ my _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ boss _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] man.. _ _
[Eb] I'm not [Bb] gonna do it.
[Eb] Oh, shit. _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, shit. Yeah. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's do it.
Hey, stop. _ _ _ _
Oh, shit.
_ Hey, let's do it. Oh, _ _ _ shit.
Oh, shit. Oh, shit. _ _
_ _ _ Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.
Hey, hey, hey. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ I'm [Dm] gonna rock y'all.
Let's do the hooks.
Let's do it.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
I can't do it.
_ I can't do it. _
[Dm] I can't do it.
I can't do it. _ _
_ _ _ _ I _ _ can't do it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I can't do it.
_ [C] _
[Dm] I'm the ruler, [C] _ _ _ [D] ruler of the year.
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ [N] Go _ rules, go _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ rules.
I don't need no _ _ seminary man.
Give it _ up my brother.
I _ _ _ _ _ be the runner. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Go breeze, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ go breeze.
_ Sopic, my sucker.
Dig it! _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm a king!
I'm a king!
I'm a [E] king!
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _