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Gmixolydian
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G13 x-10-9-11-12-12
D13 10-12-12-11-12-10
F13 x-8-10-8-10-10
N.C means No Chord
[Intro: James Brown, The J.B.'s]
N.C.
Can we do it again? (Yeah, yeah)
Can we do it again? (Yeah, yeah)
Can we do it again? (Yeah, yeah)
I need to do it again (Yeah, yeah)
G13Do it!
G13
[Refrain: The J.B.'s, James Brown]
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas" Gimme some horns!
[Instrumental break]
G13(x14)
[Refrain: The J.B.'s, James Brown]
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas" Peas, Fred!
(Fred Wesley trombone solo)
G13(x40)
[solo keyboard]
G13(x60)
[Refrain: The J.B.'s]
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
G13I don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
[Bridge: James Brown, The J.B.'s, John "Jabo" Starks]
G13Fellas (Yeah!) Fellas (Yeah!)
Can we gG13ive the bass some? (Yeah!)
They gave G13Watergate some. Gave the people some.
Can we give the G13bass some? (Yeah!) Bass
you ain't G13had none!
Can we give the G13bass some? (Yeah!) When we give the baG13ss some,
let's take it to G13F! Hey Friendly Fred,
can we take it to FG13?
Can we take it to G13F? (Take it to F)Bass,
G13we gon' give you a little;
we gon' giG13ve you a—what they call it? How they say it, Jab, down home? (A little bitty bit)
G13We gon' give him a little bitty bit, we'll give you a small portion (Yeah)
G13But now don't you want no more, boy You better get away from there if you start asking for too much
G13Fred, now Jab, you better stay in there heavy
We'll let him go a little bit by himsG13elf, but if he lose the funk, we got to chunk him out
You got it, Fred!
[Fred Thomas bass solo]
N.C. (x36)
That's that Washington Road—Washington, Georgia I mean, not D.C
Chunk, Jab; Jab, chunk
You know, if we go to F right here, we give Friendly Fred a break
Now when you think of F—I'm not gon' ask you what you think of 'cause you told me that already
Fred think of somethin' friendly—ol' Friendly Fred
Like a—Friendly Fred is like a cheese box (How is that?) Square *laughs*
Excuse me, Friendly
Cheese, can you play in the key of F?
I don't ask the drummer can he play in the key of F; I hope he can
Fred, I hate to say it, can you find the key of F on there?
Can you find the key of F? Okay. On my count—
I'm not gonna count it off, I'm just gonna drop my hand
And then when you hit F, I'ma pick it up off the floor
I mean *laughs* I'm sorry, F, now hit it,
[Key of F]
F13uh, ah, in the pocket,
F13in the pocket
Fred, F13can I ask the man with the little horn to play a little bit for us?
F13No that's alright, you can use that little one, ol' Sherlock, I mean,
F13Maceo
F13Now, get down!
[Maceo Parker saxophone solo]
F13(x30)
Now
Excuse me while I go back to the organ and play it like I play a piano
[Refrain: The J.B.'s]
F13We don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas"
F13We don't need no "Pass the Peas"—"More Peas" Wait a minute, now,
[Outro: James Brown, Charles Sherrell]
F13Fred, we need to go to D,
F13we gotta go to D, We goin' to D
F13dog drag,
F13done Got to cook!
Got to cook! Make it done!
F13Down D, Mobile D,
F13New York D (Georgia D) Greasy D (The home D),
F13Kinston D (The funky D) Washington D (What's your favorite D?)
F13Abilene D (Funky D) Texas D, uh
F13Mr. Bobbit, where you from?
F13Oh, I know you're from North Carolina but where?
F13Cheese from La Grange
F13Johnny Griggs, you still over there, huh?
F13Say he from Newark, Spartanburg, Sumpter
Now he from Harlem in New F13York
I ain't gonna call Ike no more 'cause F13Ike done told me he from Philadelphia by the way of Augusta
F13mm! Charles, I guess I better mention you—you from Nashville,
F13right? Yeah—
F13Nashville, Johnny Cashville—ah,
I got that togF13ether
Jimmy, can F13you play in D? You can?
F13You can play in D? Okay, well, you wait, I'ma put Cheese in D
F13Fred, you can play in D, too, right?
F13I need some D Greasy D (Funky D),
F13Cornbread D (Fancy D) Molasses D (Neckbone D),
F13Cabbage D Pancake D Sausage D (Grits and D)
F13*laughs*
F13Eggs and D, Fatback D Oxtail D,
F13Fatback D (Oxtail D)Fatback D (Hog maws D)
F13Fatback D, Fatback D (Greasy D)
[D section]
DD! Ah, woo
D13(Funky D) Jimmy, you can play in D?
D13
D13Cage your mess and gimme some West
[Jimmy Nolen guitar solo]
D13(x17)
[Outro]
D13Gimme some West! Gimme some West!
D13Gimme some West! Gimme some West!
D13Gimme some West! Gimme some West!
D13Gimme some West! Wait a minute,
v
wait a minute, we gotta go on a Jesus crusade like the rest of 'em
Yeah, that's rD13ight, that's right, yeah
Start preachin' about the tD13hang, you understand
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