Chords for Brother John / Iko Iko
Tempo:
81.15 bpm
Chords used:
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F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Chaka Mofi Nahe, Mofi Nahe
You [F#m] don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
Chaka Mofi Nahe, [C] Chaka Mofi [N] Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
One more time boss
Chaka Mofi Nahe
[Em] Chaka Mofi Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
[D#] Chaka Mofi Nahe [A] Brother, [G] brother
Brother John is [D] gone
Well brother, brother
Brother John [G] is gone
I remember that morning
I remember it well
Brother John [D] is gone
I remember that morning
My brother John is gone
Brother John [Em] is gone
Well [G] I told her he [E] died on the battlefield
Brother [D] John is gone
The rest of his gang won't bow, they won't kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
[D] Brother John is gone Yeah brother Brother
Brother [G] John is gone
Even if Manny Cooney by your mind did cry
Brother [D] John is gone
And whoever was in bed and took it out the way
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he was a mighty mighty brave with a heart of steel
Brother [D] John is gone
But he never would fly when he never would kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
Brother John [D] is gone Yeah brother Brother
Brother John [A#] is [G] gone
I don't see Molly no not at all
Brother [D] John is gone
He was a wild Jabba Doodle everywhere he go
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he shook him up and he took him on down
Brother John [D] is gone
Well he took his gang all over town Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
Brother [D] John is gone Yeah brother [Am] Brother
[D] Brother John is [G] gone
Koochie balle Koochie balle
[D] She can't know me oldie man
She was wrong long time ago
[G] Koochie balle Koochie balle Koochie balle
[D] Koochie balle
Everybody married
[G] Been in a house and seen Ike go Ike go
Ike go [D] Ike go Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Sing it one more time
Sing Ike go Ike go
Ike go
[D] Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Might be grand coming and it won't be long Ike go [D] Ike go
Money man, rapper too, is gonna carry on
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna bring him on down Ike go
[D] We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Everybody talking about him now Him now Ike [D] go Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red Ike go
[D] That girl on the ferry, your hat didn't fit in your head
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Woman washed in my smile, dressed in that brown Ike [D] go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [Em] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about [G] him now Him now
[D] Ike go Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino Chucky Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna [D] bring him on down
[G] [E] Ike [G] go
We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red [Em] Ike go
[D] Be [F#] the money, be the power, you could [D] hold it in your palm Chucky [Gm] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red
[G] No one can keep me from my God tonight
[Em] [D] Ike go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about him now Him now Ike go
[D] Chucky Mofino Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Lady in a hoonah low Ike [D] go Ike go Ike go Chucky [G] Mofino
Chucky Mofino
[N]
You [F#m] don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
Chaka Mofi Nahe, [C] Chaka Mofi [N] Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
One more time boss
Chaka Mofi Nahe
[Em] Chaka Mofi Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
[D#] Chaka Mofi Nahe [A] Brother, [G] brother
Brother John is [D] gone
Well brother, brother
Brother John [G] is gone
I remember that morning
I remember it well
Brother John [D] is gone
I remember that morning
My brother John is gone
Brother John [Em] is gone
Well [G] I told her he [E] died on the battlefield
Brother [D] John is gone
The rest of his gang won't bow, they won't kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
[D] Brother John is gone Yeah brother Brother
Brother [G] John is gone
Even if Manny Cooney by your mind did cry
Brother [D] John is gone
And whoever was in bed and took it out the way
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he was a mighty mighty brave with a heart of steel
Brother [D] John is gone
But he never would fly when he never would kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
Brother John [D] is gone Yeah brother Brother
Brother John [A#] is [G] gone
I don't see Molly no not at all
Brother [D] John is gone
He was a wild Jabba Doodle everywhere he go
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he shook him up and he took him on down
Brother John [D] is gone
Well he took his gang all over town Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
Brother [D] John is gone Yeah brother [Am] Brother
[D] Brother John is [G] gone
Koochie balle Koochie balle
[D] She can't know me oldie man
She was wrong long time ago
[G] Koochie balle Koochie balle Koochie balle
[D] Koochie balle
Everybody married
[G] Been in a house and seen Ike go Ike go
Ike go [D] Ike go Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Sing it one more time
Sing Ike go Ike go
Ike go
[D] Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Might be grand coming and it won't be long Ike go [D] Ike go
Money man, rapper too, is gonna carry on
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna bring him on down Ike go
[D] We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Everybody talking about him now Him now Ike [D] go Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red Ike go
[D] That girl on the ferry, your hat didn't fit in your head
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Woman washed in my smile, dressed in that brown Ike [D] go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [Em] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about [G] him now Him now
[D] Ike go Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino Chucky Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna [D] bring him on down
[G] [E] Ike [G] go
We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red [Em] Ike go
[D] Be [F#] the money, be the power, you could [D] hold it in your palm Chucky [Gm] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red
[G] No one can keep me from my God tonight
[Em] [D] Ike go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about him now Him now Ike go
[D] Chucky Mofino Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino
Lady in a hoonah low Ike [D] go Ike go Ike go Chucky [G] Mofino
Chucky Mofino
[N]
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Chaka Mofi Nahe, _ Mofi Nahe
You [F#m] don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
Chaka Mofi Nahe, [C] Chaka Mofi [N] Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
One more time boss
Chaka Mofi Nahe
_ [Em] Chaka Mofi Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
[D#] Chaka Mofi Nahe [A] Brother, [G] brother
_ Brother John is [D] gone
Well brother, brother
_ Brother John [G] is gone
I remember that morning
I remember it well
Brother John [D] is gone
I remember that morning
My brother John is gone
Brother John [Em] is gone
Well [G] I told her he [E] died on the battlefield
Brother [D] John is gone
The rest of his gang won't bow, they won't kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
_ [D] Brother John is gone Yeah brother Brother
Brother [G] John is gone
Even if Manny Cooney by your mind did cry
Brother [D] John is gone
And whoever was in bed and took it out the way
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he was a mighty mighty brave with a heart of steel
Brother [D] John is gone
But he never would fly when he never would kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
Brother John [D] is gone Yeah brother Brother
_ Brother John [A#] is [G] gone
I don't see Molly no not at all
Brother [D] John is gone
He was a wild Jabba Doodle everywhere he go
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he shook him up and he took him on down
Brother John [D] is gone
Well he took his gang all over town Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
_ Brother [D] John is gone Yeah brother [Am] Brother
[D] Brother John is [G] gone
Koochie balle Koochie balle
[D] She can't know me oldie man
She was wrong long time ago
[G] Koochie balle Koochie balle Koochie balle
_ [D] Koochie balle _
_ Everybody married
_ [G] Been in a house and seen Ike go Ike go
Ike go [D] Ike go _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino
Sing it one more time
Sing Ike go Ike go
Ike go
[D] _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino _
Might be grand coming and it won't be long Ike go [D] Ike go
Money man, rapper too, is gonna carry on
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna bring him on down Ike go
[D] We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Everybody talking about him now Him now _ Ike [D] go _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red Ike go
[D] That girl on the ferry, your hat didn't fit in your head
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Woman washed in my smile, dressed in that brown Ike [D] go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [Em] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about [G] him now Him now
_ _ [D] Ike go Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino _ Chucky Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna [D] _ bring him on down
_ _ _ _ [G] [E] Ike [G] go
We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red [Em] Ike go
[D] Be [F#] the money, be the power, you could [D] hold it in your palm Chucky [Gm] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red
[G] No one can keep me from my God tonight
[Em] [D] Ike go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about him now Him now Ike go
[D] _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino _
Lady in a hoonah low Ike [D] go Ike go Ike go _ _ _ _ Chucky [G] Mofino _ _
_ _ Chucky Mofino
_ _ [N] _ _
You [F#m] don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
Chaka Mofi Nahe, [C] Chaka Mofi [N] Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
Chaka Mofi Nahe
One more time boss
Chaka Mofi Nahe
_ [Em] Chaka Mofi Nahe
But you don't like what the big chief say
[D#] Chaka Mofi Nahe [A] Brother, [G] brother
_ Brother John is [D] gone
Well brother, brother
_ Brother John [G] is gone
I remember that morning
I remember it well
Brother John [D] is gone
I remember that morning
My brother John is gone
Brother John [Em] is gone
Well [G] I told her he [E] died on the battlefield
Brother [D] John is gone
The rest of his gang won't bow, they won't kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
_ [D] Brother John is gone Yeah brother Brother
Brother [G] John is gone
Even if Manny Cooney by your mind did cry
Brother [D] John is gone
And whoever was in bed and took it out the way
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he was a mighty mighty brave with a heart of steel
Brother [D] John is gone
But he never would fly when he never would kneel Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
Brother John [D] is gone Yeah brother Brother
_ Brother John [A#] is [G] gone
I don't see Molly no not at all
Brother [D] John is gone
He was a wild Jabba Doodle everywhere he go
Brother John [G] is gone
Well he shook him up and he took him on down
Brother John [D] is gone
Well he took his gang all over town Brother John
[G] Keep on singing about brother Brother
_ Brother [D] John is gone Yeah brother [Am] Brother
[D] Brother John is [G] gone
Koochie balle Koochie balle
[D] She can't know me oldie man
She was wrong long time ago
[G] Koochie balle Koochie balle Koochie balle
_ [D] Koochie balle _
_ Everybody married
_ [G] Been in a house and seen Ike go Ike go
Ike go [D] Ike go _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino
Sing it one more time
Sing Ike go Ike go
Ike go
[D] _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino _
Might be grand coming and it won't be long Ike go [D] Ike go
Money man, rapper too, is gonna carry on
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna bring him on down Ike go
[D] We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Everybody talking about him now Him now _ Ike [D] go _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red Ike go
[D] That girl on the ferry, your hat didn't fit in your head
Sing it Chucky [G] Mofino
Woman washed in my smile, dressed in that brown Ike [D] go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [Em] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about [G] him now Him now
_ _ [D] Ike go Chucky Mofino _ Chucky [G] Mofino _ Chucky Mofino
Boy we gonna bring him up
We gonna [D] _ bring him on down
_ _ _ _ [G] [E] Ike [G] go
We gonna bleed in the boy till the sun go down
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red [Em] Ike go
[D] Be [F#] the money, be the power, you could [D] hold it in your palm Chucky [Gm] Mofino
Boy we got Queen all dressed in red
[G] No one can keep me from my God tonight
[Em] [D] Ike go
Be the money, be the power, you could hold it in your palm Chucky [G] Mofino
Boy everybody talking about him now Him now Ike go
[D] _ Chucky Mofino _ Chucky Mofino Chucky [G] Mofino _
Lady in a hoonah low Ike [D] go Ike go Ike go _ _ _ _ Chucky [G] Mofino _ _
_ _ Chucky Mofino
_ _ [N] _ _