[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)
Bass Intro 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G --|----------------| D 5-|------5-------5-| A --|3-3-----3-3-----| E --|----------------| x4
Guitar lick: - first bar (C chord only) is repeated in Intro and Instrumental - the combination of C and F parts is used in the Verses
easy (first position, no shifting) more like the original (no open strings) C F C F 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------| B|--------------1-|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------0-2---|----------------| G|--------------5-|----------------| D|------0-2-------|------------0-3-| D|----------5-7---|--------------3-| A|3---------------|--------0-3-----| A|3-----5-7-------|----------3-5---| E|----------------|1-----3---------| E|----------------|1-----3-5-------|
[Intro] | C | % | % | % | (Bass) (+ Verse lick)
[Verse 1] C F C F I've got sunshine on a cloudy day C F C F And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May
[Chorus] C Dm7 F G I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Verse 2] (F) (G) C F C F I've got so much honey, the bees envy me C F C F I've got a sweeter song, than the birds in the trees
[Chorus] C Dm7 F G Well, I guess you say, C Dm7 F G What can make me feel this way? C(maj7) My girl ... 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + Dm7 | G N.C. F F G G | Talkin' 'bout my girl (my girl)
[Solo] C F C Hey hey hey F Dm7 Hey hey hey |(Dm7) | G | Em | A A A (break) [Verse 3] D G D G I don't need no money, fortune or fame D G D G I've got all the riches, baby, one man can claim
[Chorus] D Em G A Well, I guess you say, D Em G A What can make me feel this way? Dmaj7 My girl ... (Walk down on the bass) Em A G F#m Em Dmaj7 Talkin' 'bout my girl Talking 'bout my girl
[Outro] Dmaj7 Em I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl A G F#m Em Dmaj7 I've even got the month of May with my girl Em A G F#m Em Talking 'bout, talking 'bout, talking 'bout my girl Dmaj7 (My girl) My girl