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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2047749,"song":"Rappers Delight","artist":"The Sugarhill Gang","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11449727-rappers-delight-chords-by-the-sugarhill-gang/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2047749?type=chord","rating":4.85632,"votes":21,"content":"[Intro]\r\nN.C.\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nI said a hip hop, The hippie to the hippie The hip hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie, To the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nNow, what you hear is not a test I'm rappin' to the beat,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nSee, I am Wonder Mike, and I'd like to say hello,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the black, to the white, the red and the brown,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nThe purple and yellow. But first, I gotta[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBang bang, the boogie to the boogie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nSay up jump the boogie to the bang bang boogie,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLet's rock, you don't stop,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nRock the rhythm that'll make your body rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nWell so far you've heard my voice but I brought two friends along,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the next on the mic is my man Hank, C'mon, Hank, sing that song![/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nCheck it out, I'm the C-A-S-A, the N-O-V-A, And the rest is F-L-Y,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou see I go by the code of the doctor of the mix, And these reasons I'll tell you why.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou see, I'm six foot one, and I'm tons of fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nWhen I dress to a T,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou see, I got more clothes than Muhammad Ali[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nAnd I dress so viciously.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI got bodyguards, I got two big cars[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\nThat definitely ain't the wack,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nI got a Lincoln Continental and a sunroof Cadillac.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nSo after school I take a dip in the pool, Which is really on the wall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI got a colour TV, so I can see The Knicks play basketball. Hear me talk about[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E5[/ch]\r\nCheckbooks, credit cards, mo' money than a sucker could ever spend,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I wouldn't give a sucker or a bum from the Rucker Not a dime 'til I made it again. Everybody go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nHo-tel, Mo-tel, Whatcha gonna do today? (Say what?)[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause I'm a get a fly girl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nGonna get some spank n' drive off in a def OJ. Everybody go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nHo-tel, Mo-tel, Holiday Inn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nSay if your girl starts actin' up, then you take her friend.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nMaster Gee! My mellow! It's on you, so whatcha gonna do?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, it's on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on, The beat don't stop until the break of dawn.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nI said M-A-S, T-E-R, a G with a double E,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said I go by the unforgettable name of the man they call the Master Gee.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, my name is known all over the world[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nBy all the foxy ladies and the pretty girls.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm goin' down in history[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nAs the baddest rapper there ever could be.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow I'm feelin' the highs and you're feelin' the lows,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nThe beat starts gettin' into your toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou start poppin' your fingers and stompin' your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nAnd movin' your body while while you're sitting in your seat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nAnd then damn! Ya start doin' the freak, I said Damn! Right outta your seat[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen you throw your hands high in the air, ya rockin' to the rhythm, shake your derriere[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nYa rockin' to the beat without a care, with the sureshot MCs for the affair.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow, I'm not as tall as the rest of the gang but I rap to the beat just the same.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI got a little face, and a pair of brown eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nAll I'm here to do, ladies, is hypnotize[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSingin' on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nThe beat don't stop until the break of dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSingin' on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nLike a hot buttered pop da pop da pop dibbie dibbie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nPop da pop pop, don't you dare stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nCome alive y'all, gimme whatcha got[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nI guess by now you can take a hunch and find that I am the baby of the bunch[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that's okay, I still keep in stride, 'cause all I'm here to do is just wiggle your behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nSingin' on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on, the beat don't stop until the break of dawn.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSingin' on'n'n'on'n'on on'n'on, rock rock, y'all, throw it on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna freak you here, I'm gona freak you there,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna move you outta this atmosphere.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Cause I'm one of a kind and I'll shock your mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nI put the tick, tick, tick in your behind. I said[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nOne, two, three, four, come on, girls, get on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA-come alive, y'all, a-gimme whatcha got[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A13[/ch]\r\n'Cause I'm guaranteed to make you rock[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nI said one, two, three, four, tell me, Wonder Mike what are you waiting for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said a hip hop, the hippie to the hippie the hip hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nTo the bang bang boogie, say up jump the boogie, to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA Skiddleebebop, we rock, scooby doo, and guess what, America, we love you[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause you rocked and a rolled with so much soul,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nYou could rock 'til a hundred and one years old.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI don't mean to brag, I don't mean to boast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nBut we like hot butter on our breakfast toast[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nRock it up, Baby Bubba![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nBaby Bubba to the boogie da bang bang da boogie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo the beat, beat, it's so unique[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nCome on everybody and dance to the beat![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\nN.C.\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nA hip hop the hippie to the hippie the hip hip a hop and you don't stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nRock it out, Baby Bubba to the boogie da bang bang the boogie to the boogie, the beat.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nI said, I can't wait 'til the end of the week when I'm rappin' to the rhythm of a groovy beat[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I attempt to raise your body heat. Just blow your mind, so you can't speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nAnd do a thing but a-rock and shuffle your feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd let it change up to a dance called the freak[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when you finally do come into your rhythmic beat,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A13[/ch]\r\nRest a little while so you don't get weak.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI know a man named Hank[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nHe has more rhymes than a serious bank[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo come on, Hank, sing that song,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nTo the rhythm of the boogie, the bang bang da bong![/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nWell, I'm Imp the Dimp, the ladies' pimp, the women fight for my delight.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut I'm the grandmaster with the three MCs that shock the house for the young ladies[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nAnd when you come inside, into the front, you do the freak, spank, and do the bump[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when the sucker MC try to prove a point, we're a treacherous trio, we're the serious joint![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFrom sun to sun and from day to day[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nI sit down and write a brand new rhyme[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBecause they say that miracles never cease[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nI've created a devastating masterpiece[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm gonna rock the mic 'til you can't resist,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nEverybody, I say it goes like this[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell, I was coming home late one afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nA reporter stopped me for an interview[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nShe said she's heard stories and she's heard fables that I'm vicious on the mic and the turntable[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis young reporter I did adore, so I rocked some vicious rhymes like I never did before[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nShe said, \"Damn, fly guy, I'm in love with you. the Casanova legend must have been true.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said, \"By the way, baby, what's your name?\" said, \"I go by name of Lois Lane.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd you could be my boyfriend, you surely can,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nJust let me quit my boyfriend called Superman.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said, \"He's a fairy, I do suppose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A13[/ch]\r\nFlyin' through the air in pantyhose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe may be very sexy, or even cute,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nBut he looks like a sucker in a blue and red suit,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI said, \"You need a man man who's got finesse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A13[/ch]\r\nAnd his whole name across his chest.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nHe may be able to fly all through the night, but can he rock a party 'til the early light?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe can't satisfy you with his little worm, but I can bust you out with my super sperm!\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E5[/ch]\r\nI go do it, I go do it, I go do it, do it, do it.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm here and I'm there, I'm Big Ban Hank, I'm everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nJust throw your hands up in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd party hardy like you just don't care[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]A13[/ch]\r\nLet's do it, don't stop, y'all, a tick tock, y'all, you don't stop![/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nN.C.\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nN.C.\n\n[Verse 2]","chords":["C","E5","A","Em","E7sus4","A13","F","Esus4","E","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,2,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}