James Brown – People Get Up And Drive Your Funky Soul (Guitar)

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This song is in the key of Dm Play along at:
[Intro]
N.C.
One, two, three four
   Dm             Bb          Dm
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----7--7--5--7--5--------------|
D|--7-----------------7--5--------|3x
A|--------------------------8--5--|
E|--------------------------------|

   Dm           Bb         A7    N.C.
e|--------------------------5--|-----------------------------|
B|--------------------------5--|-----------------------------|
G|--------------------------6--|-----------------------------|
D|-----7--7--5--7--6--------5--|-----------------5-----5--7--|
A|--7-----------------7--5--7--|-----5--5--8--8-----8--------|
E|--------------------------5--|--5--------------------------|
[Verse]
Dm
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm
Get up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive your funky soul

Dm
They're doing it down in Nassau

Bb                A7
Drive that funky soul

Dm                      F
They're doing it by the beach, hah

Bb                 A7
Driving that funky soul

Dm
New York, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive your funky soul

Dm
Let your body pop

Bb                    A7
And let your feelings flow

Dm
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm             F
When I say Sagittarius

Bb                 A7
Drive that funky soul

Dm
When I say Pisces, holler

Bb                   A7
And drive your funky soul

Dm                 F
When I say Gemini, heh

Bb                   A7
And drive your funky soul

A          Dm         F
When I say Capricorn, WOAH!

Bb                 A7
Drive your funky soul

A          Dm       C
When I say Scorpio, Virgo

Bb                 A7
Drive your funky soul

A        Dm       F
If I say Cancer

Bb                       A7
Can you drive that funky soul?
[Verse]
A7   Dm           C
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                 A7
And drive your funky soul

A7         Dm     F
Slaughter, Get on up, get yourself together

Bb               A7
Drive that funky soul

A7   Dm           C
Leo, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive your funky soul

Dm                F
Aquarius, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm          C
Get up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive your funky soul

Dm            C
Fred, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm      F                   Bb
Drivin' drivin, I need some money

A7               Dm     C
Do you need some money?

Bb                A7
Drive your funky soul

Dm                     C
The cats on the corner

Bb               A7
Drive that funky soul

Dm                       C
The girl that's standing out there

Bb               A7
Drive that funky soul

Dm
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

A7             C
Fred, hit it!

DM
Hit it!
[Instrumental] Dm Bb A Dm C Dm Bb A Dm C Dm Bb A Dm C Dm Bb A Dm C Dm Bb A Dm C [Verse]
Bb            Dm
In Nassau and Germany,

Bb                         A7
they're driving that funky soul

Bb
In Georgia,

Bb                         A7
they're driving that funky soul

Dm                                                Bb
They're driving that funky soul in Washington and Baltimore

A             Dm       Bb    A7
Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago
[Verse]
Dm        D       A       Dm  C Bb A  Dm
St Louis, Houston, I said Dallas,     Waco

Dm        C
Next door neighbor,

Bb                         A7
they're driving that funky soul

Dm
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul
[Instrumental] Dm F Bb A Dm F Bb A Dm F Bb A Dm F Bb A Dm C Bb A Dm C Bb A Dm C Bb A A7 Gm F C Dm Gm A7 A7 Dm C Bb A Dm C Bb A Dm C Bb A Dm C Bb A [Verse]
Dm                    C
And I believe they're driving themselves

Bb                 A7
Driving that funky soul

Dm                         C
In Houston, Texas, they're getting themselves together

Bb             A7
With the funky soul

Dm              C
In Mobile, Alabama,

Bb                      A7
they getting that funky soul

Dm                     C
Raise up, get yourself together

Bb                    A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm                                   C
Los Angeles, raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm                                   C
Birmingham, raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

A7          C               Dm       C
By the man raise up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul

Dm          C     Bb          A7
Going to get it, going to get it

Dm              C
Got to get some money

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul
[Bridge]
A7    Dm        C                      Bb      A7
Got to get some money, got to get some money

A7                     Dm   C  Bb  A7
I need a little bit of money,  oh  yeah

A7                    Dm      C
I need a little bit of money

Bb          A7     Dm    C   Bb       A7 Dm
Fred, Fred, I need 1 million 2 million,  3 million

F               A7                Dm                 C
Brother? (Yeah) Will 1 million be enough?(Better get 2)

Bb                   A7
But since the man got 3,

A7           Dm          C                      Bb
we better get 3, can you understand, we can use 3,

C             Bb
 can we use 3 Take 'em on home, Fred

A7
Get up

Dm            C
Get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul
[Instrumental] (Spoken over solo)
Dm  F  Bb  A7
There it is, there it is

Dm  F  Bb  A7
There it is

Dm  F  Bb  A7
Raise up

Dm  F  Bb  A7
Raise up (screams)

Dm  F  Bb  A7
Raise up

Dm  F  Bb  A7
Raise up

Dm     F      Bb       A7
Raise on up, get yourself together

Bb                   A7
And drive that funky soul
[Outro] (Spoken:)
Dm     F      Bb       A7
You don't miss nothing you never had

Dm     F      Bb       A7
But you miss so much you wish you could get, HAH

Dm     F      Bb       A7
I guess you can put that together

Dm     F      Bb       A7
It takes a man to find a woman

Dm         F       Bb       A7
It takes a woman to find what a man used to be

Dm     F      Bb       A7
Get up

Dm     F      Bb       A7
Get on up

Dm           F             Bb              A7
Everybody needs somebody, drive that funky soul

Dm           F             Bb              A7
Everybody needs somebody, drive that funky soul
Get up
Dm     F      Bb       A7
Get on up

Dm           F             Bb              A7
Everybody needs somebody, drive that funky soul