[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)
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[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)
[Intro - Capo 2 - BPM 88] G G/D x4 - arpeggio - play G string with thumb, B and E with first and second fingers then play D string thumb with thumb - repeat pattern (sort of) for all other chords OR JUST DOWNPICK THE BASS NOTE WITH FIRST FINGER JUST USING A PLECTRUM THEN STRUM THE REST OF THE CHORD WHILST PLAYING THE SNARE - WITH EACH CHORD PLAY ROOT THEN 5TH AFTER - SO WITH C YOU ARE PLAYING C/G EVERY SECOND BASS NOTE - SOUNDS GOOD
[Verse 1 - Finger pick with bass drum on all quarter notes - Root to 5th where possible] (Finger picking pattern is pama - play just 2 treble strings in up up down pattern) [G] Almost Heaven [Em] , West Virginia [D] Blue Ridge Mountains, [C] Shenandoah [G] River. [G] Life is old there, [Em] older than the trees, [D] younger than the mountains, [C] blowin' like a [G] breeze.
[Chorus - Strum with bass drum and full snare - 2/4 - Bass note Root to 5th where possible] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Verse 2 - Slap snare so gentler feel] [G] All my memories [Em] gather 'round her [D] , miner's lady, [C] stranger to blue [G] water. [G] Dark and dusty, [Em] painted on the sky, [D] misty taste of moonshine, [C] teardrop in my [G] eye.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Bridge] [Em] I hear her [D/F#] voice, in the [G] mornin' hour she calls me. The [C] radio re [G] minds me of my [D] home far away. And [Em] drivin' down the [F] road I get a [C] feelin' that I [G] should have been home [D] yesterday, yester [D7] day.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Chorus] Country [G] Roads, take me [D7] home, to the [Em] place I be [C] long West Vir [G] ginia, mountain [D] mama, take me [C] home, country [G] roads.
[Outro] Take me [D] home, (down) country [G] roads. Take me [D] home, (down) country [G] roads.
