Chords for One Nation under a Groove - 1978 Parliament Funkadelic
Tempo:
122.4 bpm
Chords used:
Am
G
Em
Bm
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [Em] So I can get [A] around it
So low [E] you [Em] can't get under [F#m] it
So high [E] you can't get over it
So [A] I can't [E] get over it
[F#m] This [G] is a chance, this is a chance
[D] To get [E] your [F#m] way
Out of your [Em]
instinctions
[F#m] Out of our constriction
You little [G] [E] sucker!
[G] This is a chance to dance [Am] our way
[E] Out [G] of our [Am] constriction
[Em] Gonna [G] be freakin' [C] up and down
The hangar [Bm] valley way
[Am]
[E] With a groove [G] our only guide
Should [Am] all be [Em] [A#] moved
[Bm] [Am]
Ready [D] or not, here [Am] we come
[Bm] Get in now, Lord
[C]
No one will keep you here
Can I get in on my good foot?
[G] Oh, [Am]
I'm gonna get sour I am I [B] am I am I am
[E] I [Bm] am I am I am
[Am]
[E] Don't tell me now
[G] [B] [Am]
Don't you [Bm] know what you're talkin' [Am] for
[D] [G] Don't tell [A] me [Bm] now
[Am]
[Em] Do [Bm] you fancy a funk?
Oh, [Am]
funk, [Em] nothing but funk
[B] [Am]
[C#] Ready or not, here [D] we [Em] come
[B] Get in now, [Am] Lord
No one will keep you here
[Em] It's [B] my chance to [Am] dance my way
[G#] Out of my [A]
constriction
[Bm] [Am]
[Em] Out [D] of [C]
[Bm] [C] [Bm] [F]
[C] [D] [C] our [Bm] constriction
Out [C] [D] [A]
[Em] [G] of [D] our [C] [Bm] constriction
[Em]
[Bm] Gonna be [Cm] freakin' up and down
The hangar valley way
With a groove [Em] our only guide
Should all be moved
Ready or not, here we come
Come [Bm] on, come on, [C] come [D] on, come on, come on, [A] come on, come on.
[B]
Come [Em] on.
[Bm] [C]
[B] Oh, [D] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Am]
[Em] beat [E] the man up.
[Bm] I suggest we [Am]
dance our [E] way out of our [B] [Am]
constriction.
[E] Gonna [C] be proven up [B] and down, hang up [Am]
alleyways.
[E] [Bm] [Am]
You're the [G] only guy.
[D] We [C] shall all be [E] moving.
Don't fail [Bm] me now.
I'll [Am]
tell you more [E] of what [Bm] we're walking [C]
for.
Please don't fail me now.
[G#] [Am]
[E] [Bm] [Am]
[G] [B] [Am]
[B] It's my [Em] chance to dance [D] my way [Am]
out of [E] my constriction.
[B] [Am]
Don't fail [Em] me now.
[Am]
[G] [B] [Am]
You [E] promised a call.
[D] The whole world's [Am] nothing but a call.
One nation [D#] under [C] a brook, [Am] getting down just [D#] for [C] the fun of it.
[Am] One nation and [D#] we're on [Am] the move, I think it's [D] time to [D#] bounce.
[Em] [Am] One nation under a brook, [B] getting down just for the [Am] fun of it.
One nation and we're on the move, I think it's time to bounce.
[B]
You [G#m] promised a call.
[Am] The whole [Bm] world's nothing but a call.
[C]
You promised [D] a call.
[Am]
You promised a call.
The [Bm] whole world's nothing but a call.
[Am]
[G] [Am]
One nation under a brook, [C] getting down [Am] just for the fun of it.
[F#] [C] One nation [Am] and we're on the move, nothing can stop us [Em] now.
[Am]
[G] One nation [Am] under a brook, [F#m] [G] getting [G#] down [Am] just for the fun of it.
[F#m] [G] One [G#] nation [Am] and we're on the move, [Em] nothing [A] [G#] can stop [Am] us now.
[F#m] [Em] One nation under a brook, [E] getting down just [Am] for the fun of it.
[Em] One nation and we're on the move, [Am] nothing can stop [G] us [G#] [A] now.
[F#m] [G] [Am]
[F#] [G] [G#] [A] Ahhhhhh!
[F#m] You promised [G] a call.
[Am] The whole world's nothing but a [F#m] call.
[Em] [G#] [Am]
You [F#] can't [G] stop [Am] us now.
[G] Getting [F] down just [E] for [C] the fun of it.
One nation under [G] a brook, [E] [Am]
getting down just [F#m] for [G] [G#m] the fun [C] of it.
One nation [Em] under a brook, [G#] getting down just for the fun of it.
[Am]
[F#m] [G] [C] One nation under a brook, getting down just [Am] for the fun of it!
[D] [G] [G#] One [Am]
Nation under [A]
a brook, getting down [Am] just for the fun of [F#m] it.
[G] [Am] [Em]
[A]
[Em] Oh
You [Am] can't [Em]
[Am] stop us now
[Em] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[Em]
[Am] [Em] [Cm]
[A] [G#] Hey
[A] [B] [Cm] [F#m] [G] [Am]
[F#m] [Em] [Am]
[F#m] [G] [G#] [Am]
[B]
[N]
So low [E] you [Em] can't get under [F#m] it
So high [E] you can't get over it
So [A] I can't [E] get over it
[F#m] This [G] is a chance, this is a chance
[D] To get [E] your [F#m] way
Out of your [Em]
instinctions
[F#m] Out of our constriction
You little [G] [E] sucker!
[G] This is a chance to dance [Am] our way
[E] Out [G] of our [Am] constriction
[Em] Gonna [G] be freakin' [C] up and down
The hangar [Bm] valley way
[Am]
[E] With a groove [G] our only guide
Should [Am] all be [Em] [A#] moved
[Bm] [Am]
Ready [D] or not, here [Am] we come
[Bm] Get in now, Lord
[C]
No one will keep you here
Can I get in on my good foot?
[G] Oh, [Am]
I'm gonna get sour I am I [B] am I am I am
[E] I [Bm] am I am I am
[Am]
[E] Don't tell me now
[G] [B] [Am]
Don't you [Bm] know what you're talkin' [Am] for
[D] [G] Don't tell [A] me [Bm] now
[Am]
[Em] Do [Bm] you fancy a funk?
Oh, [Am]
funk, [Em] nothing but funk
[B] [Am]
[C#] Ready or not, here [D] we [Em] come
[B] Get in now, [Am] Lord
No one will keep you here
[Em] It's [B] my chance to [Am] dance my way
[G#] Out of my [A]
constriction
[Bm] [Am]
[Em] Out [D] of [C]
[Bm] [C] [Bm] [F]
[C] [D] [C] our [Bm] constriction
Out [C] [D] [A]
[Em] [G] of [D] our [C] [Bm] constriction
[Em]
[Bm] Gonna be [Cm] freakin' up and down
The hangar valley way
With a groove [Em] our only guide
Should all be moved
Ready or not, here we come
Come [Bm] on, come on, [C] come [D] on, come on, come on, [A] come on, come on.
[B]
Come [Em] on.
[Bm] [C]
[B] Oh, [D] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Am]
[Em] beat [E] the man up.
[Bm] I suggest we [Am]
dance our [E] way out of our [B] [Am]
constriction.
[E] Gonna [C] be proven up [B] and down, hang up [Am]
alleyways.
[E] [Bm] [Am]
You're the [G] only guy.
[D] We [C] shall all be [E] moving.
Don't fail [Bm] me now.
I'll [Am]
tell you more [E] of what [Bm] we're walking [C]
for.
Please don't fail me now.
[G#] [Am]
[E] [Bm] [Am]
[G] [B] [Am]
[B] It's my [Em] chance to dance [D] my way [Am]
out of [E] my constriction.
[B] [Am]
Don't fail [Em] me now.
[Am]
[G] [B] [Am]
You [E] promised a call.
[D] The whole world's [Am] nothing but a call.
One nation [D#] under [C] a brook, [Am] getting down just [D#] for [C] the fun of it.
[Am] One nation and [D#] we're on [Am] the move, I think it's [D] time to [D#] bounce.
[Em] [Am] One nation under a brook, [B] getting down just for the [Am] fun of it.
One nation and we're on the move, I think it's time to bounce.
[B]
You [G#m] promised a call.
[Am] The whole [Bm] world's nothing but a call.
[C]
You promised [D] a call.
[Am]
You promised a call.
The [Bm] whole world's nothing but a call.
[Am]
[G] [Am]
One nation under a brook, [C] getting down [Am] just for the fun of it.
[F#] [C] One nation [Am] and we're on the move, nothing can stop us [Em] now.
[Am]
[G] One nation [Am] under a brook, [F#m] [G] getting [G#] down [Am] just for the fun of it.
[F#m] [G] One [G#] nation [Am] and we're on the move, [Em] nothing [A] [G#] can stop [Am] us now.
[F#m] [Em] One nation under a brook, [E] getting down just [Am] for the fun of it.
[Em] One nation and we're on the move, [Am] nothing can stop [G] us [G#] [A] now.
[F#m] [G] [Am]
[F#] [G] [G#] [A] Ahhhhhh!
[F#m] You promised [G] a call.
[Am] The whole world's nothing but a [F#m] call.
[Em] [G#] [Am]
You [F#] can't [G] stop [Am] us now.
[G] Getting [F] down just [E] for [C] the fun of it.
One nation under [G] a brook, [E] [Am]
getting down just [F#m] for [G] [G#m] the fun [C] of it.
One nation [Em] under a brook, [G#] getting down just for the fun of it.
[Am]
[F#m] [G] [C] One nation under a brook, getting down just [Am] for the fun of it!
[D] [G] [G#] One [Am]
Nation under [A]
a brook, getting down [Am] just for the fun of [F#m] it.
[G] [Am] [Em]
[A]
[Em] Oh
You [Am] can't [Em]
[Am] stop us now
[Em] [Am]
[G] [Am]
[Em]
[Am] [Em] [Cm]
[A] [G#] Hey
[A] [B] [Cm] [F#m] [G] [Am]
[F#m] [Em] [Am]
[F#m] [G] [G#] [Am]
[B]
[N]
Key:
Am
G
Em
Bm
C
Am
G
Em
_ [A] _ _ _ [Em] So I can get [A] around it
So low [E] you [Em] can't get under [F#m] it
So high [E] you can't get over it
So [A] I can't [E] get over it
_ [F#m] _ _ This [G] is a chance, this is a chance
[D] To get [E] your _ _ [F#m] way
_ Out of your [Em] _
instinctions
[F#m] Out of our constriction
You little [G] [E] sucker! _
_ _ [G] This is a chance to dance [Am] our way
[E] Out [G] of our _ _ [Am] constriction
_ [Em] Gonna [G] be freakin' [C] up and down
The hangar [Bm] valley way
[Am] _
[E] With a groove [G] our only guide
Should [Am] all be _ [Em] [A#] moved
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Ready [D] or not, here [Am] we come
[Bm] Get in now, Lord
[C]
No one will keep you here _ _
Can I get in on my good foot?
[G] Oh, [Am] _ _ _
I'm gonna get sour I am _ _ I _ _ _ [B] am I am I am
[E] I [Bm] am I am I am
_ _ _ [Am] _
[E] Don't tell me now
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
Don't you [Bm] know what you're talkin' [Am] for
[D] _ _ [G] Don't tell [A] me [Bm] now
[Am] _
_ [Em] Do [Bm] you fancy a funk?
Oh, [Am]
funk, [Em] nothing but funk
_ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C#] Ready or not, here [D] we [Em] come
[B] Get in now, [Am] Lord
No one will keep you here _ _ _
_ [Em] It's [B] my chance to [Am] dance my way
[G#] _ Out of my _ [A] _
constriction
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] Out [D] of _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ our [Bm] constriction
Out _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ of [D] our [C] _ [Bm] constriction
_ [Em] _ _
[Bm] Gonna be [Cm] freakin' up and down
The hangar valley way
With a groove [Em] our only guide
Should all be moved
Ready or not, here we come
Come [Bm] on, come on, [C] come [D] on, come on, come on, [A] come on, come on.
_ [B]
Come [Em] on.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] Oh, [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _
[Em] beat [E] the man up.
[Bm] I suggest we [Am]
dance our [E] way out of our [B] _ [Am] _
constriction.
[E] _ _ _ Gonna [C] be proven up [B] and down, hang up [Am]
alleyways.
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am]
You're the [G] only guy.
_ [D] We [C] shall all be [E] moving.
Don't fail [Bm] me now.
I'll [Am] _
tell you more [E] of what [Bm] we're walking [C]
for.
Please don't fail me now.
[G#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [B] _ It's my [Em] chance to dance _ [D] my way _ [Am] _
out of [E] my constriction.
_ [B] _ [Am] _
_ _ Don't fail [Em] me now.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
You [E] promised a call.
[D] The whole world's [Am] nothing but a call.
_ _ One nation [D#] under [C] a brook, [Am] getting down just [D#] for [C] the fun of it.
[Am] One nation and [D#] we're on [Am] the move, I think it's [D] time to _ _ [D#] bounce.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ One nation under a _ brook, [B] getting down just for the [Am] fun of it.
One nation and we're on the move, I think it's time to bounce.
_ [B] _ _
You [G#m] promised a call.
_ [Am] The whole [Bm] world's nothing but a call.
[C] _
_ _ You promised [D] a call.
_ _ [Am] _
You promised a call.
The [Bm] whole world's nothing but a call.
_ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ One nation under a brook, [C] getting down [Am] just for the fun of it.
_ [F#] [C] One nation [Am] and we're on the move, nothing can stop us [Em] now.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G] One nation [Am] under a brook, _ [F#m] [G] getting [G#] down [Am] just for the fun of it.
_ [F#m] [G] One [G#] nation [Am] and we're on the move, [Em] nothing _ [A] [G#] can stop [Am] us _ now.
_ [F#m] [Em] One nation under a brook, _ _ [E] getting down just [Am] for the fun of it.
[Em] One nation and we're on the move, [Am] nothing can stop [G] us _ [G#] [A] now. _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [A] Ahhhhhh!
_ _ [F#m] You promised [G] a call.
[Am] The whole world's nothing but a [F#m] call.
[Em] _ [G#] _ [Am] _ _
_ You [F#] can't [G] stop [Am] us now. _
_ _ [G] Getting [F] down just [E] for [C] the fun of it.
One nation under [G] a brook, [E] _ [Am] _
getting down just [F#m] for [G] [G#m] the fun [C] of it.
One nation [Em] under a brook, [G#] getting down just for the fun of it.
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [C] _ One nation under a brook, getting down just [Am] for the fun of it!
_ _ [D] _ [G] [G#] One [Am] _ _
_ _ _ Nation under [A]
a brook, getting down [Am] just for the fun of [F#m] it.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Oh
You _ [Am] can't [Em] _
_ [Am] stop us now _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G#] Hey
[A] _ [B] _ [Cm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
So low [E] you [Em] can't get under [F#m] it
So high [E] you can't get over it
So [A] I can't [E] get over it
_ [F#m] _ _ This [G] is a chance, this is a chance
[D] To get [E] your _ _ [F#m] way
_ Out of your [Em] _
instinctions
[F#m] Out of our constriction
You little [G] [E] sucker! _
_ _ [G] This is a chance to dance [Am] our way
[E] Out [G] of our _ _ [Am] constriction
_ [Em] Gonna [G] be freakin' [C] up and down
The hangar [Bm] valley way
[Am] _
[E] With a groove [G] our only guide
Should [Am] all be _ [Em] [A#] moved
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Ready [D] or not, here [Am] we come
[Bm] Get in now, Lord
[C]
No one will keep you here _ _
Can I get in on my good foot?
[G] Oh, [Am] _ _ _
I'm gonna get sour I am _ _ I _ _ _ [B] am I am I am
[E] I [Bm] am I am I am
_ _ _ [Am] _
[E] Don't tell me now
_ [G] _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
Don't you [Bm] know what you're talkin' [Am] for
[D] _ _ [G] Don't tell [A] me [Bm] now
[Am] _
_ [Em] Do [Bm] you fancy a funk?
Oh, [Am]
funk, [Em] nothing but funk
_ [B] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [C#] Ready or not, here [D] we [Em] come
[B] Get in now, [Am] Lord
No one will keep you here _ _ _
_ [Em] It's [B] my chance to [Am] dance my way
[G#] _ Out of my _ [A] _
constriction
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [Em] Out [D] of _ [C] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ our [Bm] constriction
Out _ [C] _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ of [D] our [C] _ [Bm] constriction
_ [Em] _ _
[Bm] Gonna be [Cm] freakin' up and down
The hangar valley way
With a groove [Em] our only guide
Should all be moved
Ready or not, here we come
Come [Bm] on, come on, [C] come [D] on, come on, come on, [A] come on, come on.
_ [B]
Come [Em] on.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ [B] Oh, [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _
[Em] beat [E] the man up.
[Bm] I suggest we [Am]
dance our [E] way out of our [B] _ [Am] _
constriction.
[E] _ _ _ Gonna [C] be proven up [B] and down, hang up [Am]
alleyways.
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am]
You're the [G] only guy.
_ [D] We [C] shall all be [E] moving.
Don't fail [Bm] me now.
I'll [Am] _
tell you more [E] of what [Bm] we're walking [C]
for.
Please don't fail me now.
[G#] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ [B] _ It's my [Em] chance to dance _ [D] my way _ [Am] _
out of [E] my constriction.
_ [B] _ [Am] _
_ _ Don't fail [Em] me now.
_ _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Am] _
You [E] promised a call.
[D] The whole world's [Am] nothing but a call.
_ _ One nation [D#] under [C] a brook, [Am] getting down just [D#] for [C] the fun of it.
[Am] One nation and [D#] we're on [Am] the move, I think it's [D] time to _ _ [D#] bounce.
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ One nation under a _ brook, [B] getting down just for the [Am] fun of it.
One nation and we're on the move, I think it's time to bounce.
_ [B] _ _
You [G#m] promised a call.
_ [Am] The whole [Bm] world's nothing but a call.
[C] _
_ _ You promised [D] a call.
_ _ [Am] _
You promised a call.
The [Bm] whole world's nothing but a call.
_ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ One nation under a brook, [C] getting down [Am] just for the fun of it.
_ [F#] [C] One nation [Am] and we're on the move, nothing can stop us [Em] now.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [G] One nation [Am] under a brook, _ [F#m] [G] getting [G#] down [Am] just for the fun of it.
_ [F#m] [G] One [G#] nation [Am] and we're on the move, [Em] nothing _ [A] [G#] can stop [Am] us _ now.
_ [F#m] [Em] One nation under a brook, _ _ [E] getting down just [Am] for the fun of it.
[Em] One nation and we're on the move, [Am] nothing can stop [G] us _ [G#] [A] now. _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [G] _ [G#] _ [A] Ahhhhhh!
_ _ [F#m] You promised [G] a call.
[Am] The whole world's nothing but a [F#m] call.
[Em] _ [G#] _ [Am] _ _
_ You [F#] can't [G] stop [Am] us now. _
_ _ [G] Getting [F] down just [E] for [C] the fun of it.
One nation under [G] a brook, [E] _ [Am] _
getting down just [F#m] for [G] [G#m] the fun [C] of it.
One nation [Em] under a brook, [G#] getting down just for the fun of it.
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ [C] _ One nation under a brook, getting down just [Am] for the fun of it!
_ _ [D] _ [G] [G#] One [Am] _ _
_ _ _ Nation under [A]
a brook, getting down [Am] just for the fun of [F#m] it.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Em] Oh
You _ [Am] can't [Em] _
_ [Am] stop us now _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [G#] Hey
[A] _ [B] _ [Cm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
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