Chords for Tower Of Power - ♫ I Still Be Diggin' on James Brown (3/7)
Tempo:
129.2 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Thank you so much.
to you, starting right over here on keyboards, Roger Smith.
On guitar, Bruce Conti.
bass, the original, Francis Rocco Pastia.
On drums, often imitated, but never duplicated, the one and only David Garibaldi.
And down at the firing of the stage on brass, taking that beautiful trumpet solo, give it up for Adolfo Acosta.
And on lead trumpet and trombone, Iron Mike Bogarts.
But now we come to my personal partner in crime for almost 38 years, on the baritone saxophone, Stephen McKenzie Kupka, the Funky Doctor.
to you, starting right over here on keyboards, Roger Smith.
On guitar, Bruce Conti.
bass, the original, Francis Rocco Pastia.
On drums, often imitated, but never duplicated, the one and only David Garibaldi.
And down at the firing of the stage on brass, taking that beautiful trumpet solo, give it up for Adolfo Acosta.
And on lead trumpet and trombone, Iron Mike Bogarts.
But now we come to my personal partner in crime for almost 38 years, on the baritone saxophone, Stephen McKenzie Kupka, the Funky Doctor.
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_ Thank you so much.
Let me quickly introduce Tyler Power to you, starting right over here on keyboards, Roger Smith.
_ _ _ On guitar, Bruce Conti.
_ _ _ _ And on the bass, the original, Francis Rocco Pastia. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ On drums, often imitated, but never duplicated, the one and only David Garibaldi. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And down at the firing of the stage on brass, taking that beautiful trumpet solo, give it up for Adolfo Acosta.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And on lead trumpet and trombone, Iron Mike Bogarts. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ But now we come to my personal partner in crime for almost 38 years, on the baritone saxophone, Stephen McKenzie Kupka, the Funky Doctor.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Give it up on lead tenor saxophone, Tommy P, Tom Pollater. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And one more time on lead vocals, pound for pound, the baddest cat in the land, the B, Larry Brads. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of Tower [Eb] of Power [C] for 38 _ years this year.
[N] Put your hands together and make some noise for Mr. _
Emilio _ Castillo. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Montreux, how you been? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Are you ready?
I _ _ _ _ _ can't believe you heard me, Montreux. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ But that's good [C] because we are Tower of Power. _ _
[Gb] Tower of Power.
[Db] _ And [G] Tower of Power is a soul band, playing soul music.
[A] 38 years this year, _ [Eb] _
[F] from _ 1968 _ all the way up until today, _ [Gb] _ [F] one thing remains true for me.
[G] _ _ I still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [F] Don't you? _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] I've been through all the changes, _ [Cm] _ [Gb] a lot of stuff [C] came down.
[G] _ _ _ I dealt with all [Cm] the issues, _ _ [E] you might say I've been [C] around.
_ [Cm] _ But back when I got [Fm] stuck, _ _ _ [Eb] there was a runchy [C] sound.
_ _ _ [F] Doesn't matter what I've [Gb] been through, [Gm] _ I still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ You [C] know the more things change, _ _ [G] the more they [C] stay the same.
_ _ [F] It may be a different age, _ [Eb] _ _ but I'm on the [C] same page.
_ _ There's [Cm] one thing [G] that I found, _ [Gm] _ I still be digging on James Brown.
I _ had [C] an attitude adjustment, [G] I did some _ [C] psychotherapy.
_ [G] _ I helped myself [C] to some self-help, _ [E] I dabbled in some [C] _
EFB.
Go on [Cm] fellas.
But my world is [F] never changing, _ _ _ and I move from [C] town to town.
_ _ [F] Doesn't matter where I've [D] been to.
I _ still be digging on [G] James Brown.
You _ know the more [C] things change, [E] _ _ the [G] more they stay the [C]
same.
_ It may be a [F] different age, _ _ but I'm on the [C] same page.
_ _ There's one thing [Gm] that I found, [G] I _ still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ _ You got your rap [C] and your disco, _ [E] you got your [C] drum machines.
You [Cm] _ _ [C] got your R-rated gigs, sir.
_ [F] You got your [C] grungy scene.
_ [G] _ You got your state of [F] the art music.
_ You [Eb] got your digital [C] sound.
_ _ It doesn't matter [F] where we're going [G] to.
You know what?
I still [C] be digging on [Gm] James Brown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Take it [F] to the crib.
_ _ _ It'll get you where you live.
_ When there's water all around, _ _ you can [G] still get out of town.
_ [D] _ And still be digging on [Gm] James Brown.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ You know the more [C] things change, [D] _ _ the [C] more they stay the same. _
_ It [G] may be a different [F] age, but _ _ [C] I'm on the same page.
_ [F] There's one thing [B] that I found, [G] I still be digging on James Brown.
You got it, Montreux.
_ _ I still be _ _ _ digging on [C] James Brown. _
_ I still be digging on James Brown.
You know what I'm saying, right?
I still be digging on James Brown.
What about you people?
_ _ _ _ You got it, y'all.
_ [G] Check it out.
[C] _ Red, _ _ Pee Wee, Macy. _
[Am] I'm just going to let it rip.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know what?
[F] I still [Gm] be digging on [Cm] James Brown.
What about you guys?
_ _ _ _ You got it, y'all.
[G] Check it out.
[F] Horn.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] [Cm] Tower of our horn. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
One thing [G] that I found, _ [Gm] _ I still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ [G] _
One thing that I found, everybody.
I still be digging on James Brown. _
There's one thing that I found, [Gb] [G] I still be digging on James Brown.
[F] You got it, Montreux.
[Gm] I'm digging [Fm] on _ [F] _ _
[C] James Brown.
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You sound good, Montreux. _
_ _ _ _ _ Right now, we'd like to call up our host for the evening.
On guitar, Mr.
Carlos Santana. _ _ _
_ _ _ And on keyboards, _ he plays with Santana, but he plays [F] with Tower of Power for many years.
On keyboards, Chester Thompson.
Let me quickly introduce Tyler Power to you, starting right over here on keyboards, Roger Smith.
_ _ _ On guitar, Bruce Conti.
_ _ _ _ And on the bass, the original, Francis Rocco Pastia. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ On drums, often imitated, but never duplicated, the one and only David Garibaldi. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And down at the firing of the stage on brass, taking that beautiful trumpet solo, give it up for Adolfo Acosta.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And on lead trumpet and trombone, Iron Mike Bogarts. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ But now we come to my personal partner in crime for almost 38 years, on the baritone saxophone, Stephen McKenzie Kupka, the Funky Doctor.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Give it up on lead tenor saxophone, Tommy P, Tom Pollater. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And one more time on lead vocals, pound for pound, the baddest cat in the land, the B, Larry Brads. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ladies and gentlemen, the leader of Tower [Eb] of Power [C] for 38 _ years this year.
[N] Put your hands together and make some noise for Mr. _
Emilio _ Castillo. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Montreux, how you been? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Are you ready?
I _ _ _ _ _ can't believe you heard me, Montreux. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ But that's good [C] because we are Tower of Power. _ _
[Gb] Tower of Power.
[Db] _ And [G] Tower of Power is a soul band, playing soul music.
[A] 38 years this year, _ [Eb] _
[F] from _ 1968 _ all the way up until today, _ [Gb] _ [F] one thing remains true for me.
[G] _ _ I still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [F] Don't you? _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [C] I've been through all the changes, _ [Cm] _ [Gb] a lot of stuff [C] came down.
[G] _ _ _ I dealt with all [Cm] the issues, _ _ [E] you might say I've been [C] around.
_ [Cm] _ But back when I got [Fm] stuck, _ _ _ [Eb] there was a runchy [C] sound.
_ _ _ [F] Doesn't matter what I've [Gb] been through, [Gm] _ I still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ You [C] know the more things change, _ _ [G] the more they [C] stay the same.
_ _ [F] It may be a different age, _ [Eb] _ _ but I'm on the [C] same page.
_ _ There's [Cm] one thing [G] that I found, _ [Gm] _ I still be digging on James Brown.
I _ had [C] an attitude adjustment, [G] I did some _ [C] psychotherapy.
_ [G] _ I helped myself [C] to some self-help, _ [E] I dabbled in some [C] _
EFB.
Go on [Cm] fellas.
But my world is [F] never changing, _ _ _ and I move from [C] town to town.
_ _ [F] Doesn't matter where I've [D] been to.
I _ still be digging on [G] James Brown.
You _ know the more [C] things change, [E] _ _ the [G] more they stay the [C]
same.
_ It may be a [F] different age, _ _ but I'm on the [C] same page.
_ _ There's one thing [Gm] that I found, [G] I _ still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ _ You got your rap [C] and your disco, _ [E] you got your [C] drum machines.
You [Cm] _ _ [C] got your R-rated gigs, sir.
_ [F] You got your [C] grungy scene.
_ [G] _ You got your state of [F] the art music.
_ You [Eb] got your digital [C] sound.
_ _ It doesn't matter [F] where we're going [G] to.
You know what?
I still [C] be digging on [Gm] James Brown.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] Take it [F] to the crib.
_ _ _ It'll get you where you live.
_ When there's water all around, _ _ you can [G] still get out of town.
_ [D] _ And still be digging on [Gm] James Brown.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ You know the more [C] things change, [D] _ _ the [C] more they stay the same. _
_ It [G] may be a different [F] age, but _ _ [C] I'm on the same page.
_ [F] There's one thing [B] that I found, [G] I still be digging on James Brown.
You got it, Montreux.
_ _ I still be _ _ _ digging on [C] James Brown. _
_ I still be digging on James Brown.
You know what I'm saying, right?
I still be digging on James Brown.
What about you people?
_ _ _ _ You got it, y'all.
_ [G] Check it out.
[C] _ Red, _ _ Pee Wee, Macy. _
[Am] I'm just going to let it rip.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You know what?
[F] I still [Gm] be digging on [Cm] James Brown.
What about you guys?
_ _ _ _ You got it, y'all.
[G] Check it out.
[F] Horn.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] [Cm] Tower of our horn. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
One thing [G] that I found, _ [Gm] _ I still be digging on James Brown.
_ _ [G] _
One thing that I found, everybody.
I still be digging on James Brown. _
There's one thing that I found, [Gb] [G] I still be digging on James Brown.
[F] You got it, Montreux.
[Gm] I'm digging [Fm] on _ [F] _ _
[C] James Brown.
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ You sound good, Montreux. _
_ _ _ _ _ Right now, we'd like to call up our host for the evening.
On guitar, Mr.
Carlos Santana. _ _ _
_ _ _ And on keyboards, _ he plays with Santana, but he plays [F] with Tower of Power for many years.
On keyboards, Chester Thompson.