[Intro - BPM 80 - Down strums - emphase high E string on second and third Cs] [C* = x32013 C9sus4 = x32031] CxxC xCC9x xCxC CC9xx C*xxC* xC*C9sus4x xC*xC* C*C9sus4xx
[Verse 1] [(n.c)] Do you like good music? ( [F] Yeah, yeah), sweet soul music, ( [C] yeah, yeah). Just as long as it's swingin', ( [F] yeah, yeah), Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 2] [C] Out on the floor now, ( [F] yeah, yeah), we're going to a go-go, ( [C] yeah, yeah). Ah, dancin' to the music, ( [F] yeah, yeah), Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 6] Spot- [C] light on Otis Redding now, ( [F] yeah, yeah), Singin'; 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa', ( [C] yeah, yeah), 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa', ( [F] yeah, yeah), Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 7] Spot- [(n.C)] light on James Brown now, ( [F] yeah, yeah), He's the king of them all now, ( [C] yeah, yeah). He's the king of them all now, ( [F] yeah, yeah), Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 8] [C] Do you like good music? ( [F] Yeah, yeah), sweet soul music, ( [C] yeah, yeah). Just as long as it's swingin', ( [F] yeah, yeah), Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Coda - Play intro riff to end] [C]I got to get the feeling, I got to get the feeling. Do you like good music? That sweet soul music. Help me get the feeling, I want to get the feeling. Otis Redding got the feeling... (Fade)
[End]
[Notes - Ignore] [Intro] - Horn figure Play C C then C9 at end for first time - then second time with harmony - x32013 x32031 Play with downstrokes to emphasis line on treble strings - Bass drum every 4 beats even when not in line with chord strums - slight mute on chord strum bass bit Drums start on snare after "do you like good mu [S] sic" - first chord played is F
C E 0 x B 3-1 G 2-0 E 0 0 B x 3 x 1 G 2-0 x 2 then E 0 x B 3-1 G 2-0 then FF C FF C FF C Long Phrase x2 Final short phrase twice 1&(2)& With BBSB xBSx BBSB spotlight on James Brown yall (S)
Play the NOTES D,E,G,A. (D 0h2 G 0h2) Then play barre CHORDS: G D/F# Em D - C Bm C D then straight into the verse
[Verse 1 - No drums] I [Em] left my heart to the [C] sappers round Khe Sanh [G][C][G][D] And my [Em] soul was sold with my [C] cigarettes to the [D] Black [D6] market [D7] man [B] I've had the [Em] Vietnam cold [C] turkey, from the [G] ocean to the [G/F#] silver [C] city And it's [Am] only other [F] vets would understand [D][D6][D7][B] About the [Em] long forgotten [C] dockside guarantees [G][C][G][D] How there were [Em] no V-day [C] heroes in [D] 19 [D6] 7 [D7] 3 [B] How we [Em] sailed into Sydney [C] harbour, Saw an [G] old friend but [G/F#] couldn't [C] kiss her She was [Am] lined, and I was [D] home to the lucky land [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 2 - Drums in] And she was [Em] like so many [C] more from that time on [G][C][G][D] Their [Em] lives were all so [C] empty, till they [D] found their [D6] chosen [D7] one [B] And their [Em] legs were often [C] open But their [G] minds were [G/F#] always [C] closed And their [Am] hearts were held in [F] fast suburban [D] chains [D6][D7][B]
And the [Em] legal pads were [C] yellow, hours [G] long, pay [C] packet [G] lean [D] And the [Em] telex writers [C] clattered where the [D] gunships [D6] once had [D7] been [B] But the [Em] car parks made me [C] jumpy And I [G] never [G/F#] stopped the [C] dreams Or the [Am] growing need for [D] speed and novacaine [G][C][G][D]
[Verse 3] So I [Em] worked across the [C] country end to end [G][C][G][D] Tried to [Em] find a place to [C] settle down, where my [D] mixed up [D6] life could [D7] mend [B] Held a [Em] job on an [C] oil-rig Flying [G] choppers [G/F#] when I [C] could But the [Am] nightlife nearly [F] drove me round the bend [D][D6][D7][B] And I've [Em] travelled round the [C] world from year to year [G][C][G][D] And [Em] each one found me [C] aimless, one more [D] year the [D6] worse for [D7] wear [B] And I've been [Em] back to South East [C] Asia But the [G] answer [G/F#] sure ain't [C] there But I'm [Am] drifting north, to [D] check things out a [G] gain [C][G][D]
[Synth Solo CHORDS] Em C G D Em C D B Em C G C Am D (G C G D)
[Verse 4] You know the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Only [Em] seven flying [C] hours, and I'll be [D] landing [D6] in Hong [D7] Kong [B] There ain't [Em] nothing like the [C] kisses From a [G] jaded [G/F#] Chinese [C] princess I'm gonna [Am] hit some Hong Kong [F] mattress all night long [D][D6][D7][B]
Well the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] Yeah the [Em] last plane out of [C] Sydney's almost gone [D][D6][D7][B] And it's [Em] really got me [C] worried I'm goin' [G] nowhere [G/F#] and I'm [C] in a hurry You know the [Am] last plane out of [D] Sydney's almost gone [G][C][G][D] (Repeat from "Last Plane" one time) G C G C - G C G G [End]
[Other Notes] Original D (x5777x) D6 (x57777) D7 (x57778) Ebdim (x6787x) (Can replace Bmaj with Ebdim as per above but fuller with B)
