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[Chorus]
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
Express D#yourselfG#  A#  
You don't D#never need help from G#nobody A#else
D#All you got to do nowG#  A#  
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
[VERSE ONE]
Whatever D#you doG#  A#  
Do it gooD#dG#  A#  
Whatever you D#do, do, do, Lord, G#LordA#  
Do it D#good, aG#ll rA#ight
[MIDDLE 8 ONE]
It's G#not what you G#look like
When you're G#doin', what you're G#doin'
It's what you're G#doin', when you're G#doin'
What you A#look like you're doin'
[Chorus]
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
[VERSE TWO]
They're doin' it on the mD#oonG#  A#  
In the jungle D#tooG#  A#  
Everybody on the D#floor nowG#  A#  
Jumpin' like a kangaD#roo,   so let the G#horns do the thing they A#do
[MUSICAL BREAK]
D#          G#  A#
D#          G#  A#
D#          G#  A#
D#          G#  A#
[MIDDLE 8 TWO]
G#Some people have everything
And G#other people don't
But G#everything don't mean a thing
If it A#ain't the thing you want
[CHORUS - OUTRO]
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
Oh, D#do it, oh, G#do itA#  
Do it D#to it, go on and G#do itA#  
Yo, D#do it, giveG#  A#  
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
Express yourD#selfG#  A#  
[Then he starts scatting ("do-do-do-do", "fi-for-feer", "express yourself") and freaking out.
You know what chords to play by now.]

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Express Yourself

by Charles Wright

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[Chorus]

D# G# A#

Express yourself

D# G# A#

Express yourself

D# G# A#

You don't never need help from nobody else

D# G# A#

All you got to do now

D# G# A#

Express yourself

[VERSE ONE]

D# G# A#

Whatever you do

D# G# A#

Do it good

D# G# A#

Whatever you do, do, do, Lord, Lord

D# G# A#

Do it good, all right

[MIDDLE 8 ONE]

G# G#

It's not what you look like

G# G#

When you're doin', what you're doin'

G# G#

It's what you're doin', when you're doin'

What you look like you're doin'

[Chorus]

D# G# A#

Express yourself

D# G# A#

Express yourself

[VERSE TWO]

D# G# A#

They're doin' it on the moon

D# G# A#

In the jungle too

D# G# A#

Everybody on the floor now

D# G# A#

Jumpin' like a kangaroo, so let the horns do the thing they do

[MUSICAL BREAK]

D# G# A#

[MIDDLE 8 TWO]

Some people have everything

And other people don't

But everything don't mean a thing

If it ain't the thing you want

[CHORUS - OUTRO]

D# G# A#

Express yourself

D# G# A#

Express yourself

D# G# A#

Oh, do it, oh, do it

D# G# A#

Do it to it, go on and do it

D# G# A#

Yo, do it, give

D# G# A#

Express yourself

D# G# A#

Express yourself

[Then he starts scatting ("do-do-do-do", "fi-for-feer", "express yourself") and freaking out.

You know what chords to play by now.]

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