Chords for Parliament Funkadelic - Swing Down Sweet Chariot - Mothership Connection - Houston 1976

Tempo:
89.1 bpm
Chords used:

Bm

D

F#m

E

F#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Parliament Funkadelic - Swing Down Sweet Chariot - Mothership Connection - Houston 1976 chords
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[F#] [D] [E] SWING DOWN SWEET CHERRY AND [D] DAMPEN.
LET ME RIDE.
[E] SWING [B] DOWN SWEET CHERRY AND DAMPEN.
[D] LET ME [C#m] RIDE.
[F#] SWING DOWN SWEET [B] CHERRY AND DAMPEN.
[D] LET ME RIDE.
[E] Swing down [F#m] sweet cherry
[B]
[D] [E] Swing [F#m] down sweet cherry [B]
dampen
Let [D] me ride.
[E] [B]
[D] We're going to see if we [C#m] can't get the mothership in here.
[F#] Keep some movement [Bm] y'all!
[D] And [E] say swing [Bm] down, [D]
[E] sweet [F#m] [Bm] cherry and stout bed.
[A]
[D] I [E] want to hear y'all [F#m] sing it.
[D]
[Bm] [F#] I [A] [Bm]
want you to [E] swing [F#m] down.
[Bm]
[C#m] I [E] said swing [Bm] down, sweet cherry and stout bed.
[E] Oh everybody raise your hand [F#] and move them back and forth across [Bm] the room.
[D] Then [F#m] move your body.
[Bm] Everybody [E] move your body.
[F#] [D] [F#m] Everybody swing down.
Hey y'all can do better [Bm] than that because we got to get the mothership in here [F#m] tonight.
[G] It's going to take energy to get the [D] mothership in here tonight.
[F#m] Raise your hand.
[B] [F#m] [Bm] Just [C#m]
raise your [B] hand.
[A] [D] [A] I said [E] swing down, [B] sweet cherry and stout bed.
[Dm] [Bm] I'm going to [F#m] swing down.
Sweet cherry and stout bed.
[G] Let [D#] me ride.
[F#m] Swing down.
[B] Sweet cherry and stout bed.
[A] [Bm] I said [F#m] swing down.
[Bm] [F#] Do you want to [Em] fly?
Do [D] [G] y [F#]'all want to fly this evening?
[D] Do you [Em] want to ride the [A] mothership?
[D] Do [F#] you want to fly?
[D] Bring it down y'all.
Swing [F#m] down.
Sweet cherry and [Em] stout bed.
Let [E] me ride.
Put [F#m] your hands together y'all.
Sweet cherry [A] and stout bed.
Let [D] me [C#] ride.
Swing [F#m] down.
Sweet cherry and [Bm] stout bed.
Let me [E] ride.
Somebody [F#m] help me sing y'all.
[Bm] Sweet cherry and stout bed.
Let me ride.
[F#] After the mothership comes.
[F#m] Let me ride.
There will be no second coming.
Let me [E] ride.
When [F#] the [Bm] mothership comes, [E] [F#]
[Bm] Houston.
[D] [E] [F#m]
[D] Let me ride.
Do you [C#m] want to ride tonight, [F#m] child?
[D] [F#m] Do you want to ride?
[Bm] Let me ride.
Do you [F#m] want to ride?
Bring it [Bm] down one more time.
I want [F#m] to ride tonight.
[G] Let me ride.
[F#] I want to ride tonight.
[G] Let me [F#m] ride.
I want the mothership [B] to land right in [E] here.
[Bm] And when it comes, [Em] [F#m] yeah.
[Bm] [D] Let me ride.
Somebody help me [Em] sing swing down.
[F#] Come on, Houston.
[B] [D] Let me ride.
Come [F#m] on, sing, y'all.
Let [C#m] [Bm] [D] me ride.
[C#] Somebody [E] help me, Lord.
[F#]
[Bm] Yeah.
[F#m] Swing down.
[E] Yeah.
[Bm] Wait a minute.
[D] I think [F#m] I see the mothership coming.
[Bm] I think [F#] I hear the [A] mothership coming.
[Bm] Yeah.
Let me [C#m] ride.
I think [F#] I see the [E] mothership [A] coming.
I [Bm] think [D] I [F#] see the mothership coming.
[B] Yeah.
[Dm] Oh, yeah.
[C#m] I see the mothership coming.
[Bm] Let's go.
[D] [E]
[Bm] Wait a minute.
[C#]
[Bm] Wait a minute.
[E] Swing down.
Swing [A] down.
[D] [C#m] Swing down.
[Bm] [E] [F#]
[Bm] [C#m] [F#m]
[Bm] [D]
[N]
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123111112
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2311
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134211112
Bm
13421112
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[F#] _ [D] _ _ _ [E] SWING DOWN SWEET CHERRY AND [D] DAMPEN.
LET ME RIDE.
[E] SWING [B] DOWN SWEET CHERRY AND DAMPEN.
[D] LET ME [C#m] RIDE.
[F#] SWING DOWN SWEET [B] CHERRY AND DAMPEN.
[D] LET ME RIDE.
[E] Swing down [F#m] sweet cherry_
[B] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] Swing [F#m] down sweet cherry [B]
dampen_
Let [D] me ride.
[E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
[D] We're going to see if we [C#m] can't get the mothership in here.
[F#] Keep some movement [Bm] y'all!
[D] _ And [E] say swing [Bm] down, _ _ [D] _
_ [E] sweet [F#m] _ [Bm] cherry and stout bed.
[A] _
[D] I [E] want to hear y'all [F#m] sing it.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#] I [A] _ [Bm] _
want you to [E] swing [F#m] down.
_ [Bm] _
[C#m] I [E] said swing [Bm] down, sweet cherry and stout bed. _ _
[E] Oh everybody raise your hand [F#] and move them back and forth across [Bm] the room.
[D] Then [F#m] move your body.
_ _ _ [Bm] Everybody [E] move your body.
[F#] _ _ _ _ [D] [F#m] Everybody swing down.
Hey y'all can do better [Bm] than that because we got to get the mothership in here [F#m] tonight.
[G] It's going to take energy to get the [D] mothership in here tonight.
[F#m] Raise your hand.
[B] _ _ _ [F#m] [Bm] Just _ [C#m]
raise your [B] hand.
_ _ [A] _ [D] [A] I said [E] swing down, [B] sweet cherry and stout bed.
[Dm] _ [Bm] I'm going to [F#m] swing down.
Sweet cherry and stout bed.
[G] Let [D#] me ride.
[F#m] Swing down.
[B] Sweet cherry and stout bed.
[A] _ [Bm] I said [F#m] swing down.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#] Do you want to [Em] fly?
Do [D] _ [G] y [F#]'all want to fly this evening?
[D] _ _ _ Do you [Em] want to ride the [A] mothership?
[D] Do [F#] you want to fly?
[D] Bring it down y'all.
Swing [F#m] down.
Sweet cherry and [Em] stout bed.
Let [E] me ride.
Put [F#m] your hands together y'all.
Sweet cherry [A] and stout bed.
Let [D] me [C#] ride.
Swing [F#m] down.
Sweet cherry and [Bm] stout bed.
Let me [E] ride.
Somebody [F#m] help me sing y'all.
[Bm] Sweet cherry and stout bed.
Let me ride.
[F#] After the mothership comes.
[F#m] _ Let me ride.
There will be no second coming.
Let me [E] ride.
When [F#] the [Bm] mothership comes, [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [Bm] Houston.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
[D] Let me ride.
Do you [C#m] want to ride tonight, [F#m] child?
_ [D] _ _ [F#m] Do you want to ride? _
[Bm] Let me ride.
Do you [F#m] want to ride?
Bring it [Bm] down one more time.
_ I want [F#m] to ride tonight. _
[G] Let me ride.
[F#] I want to ride tonight.
[G] Let me [F#m] ride.
I want the mothership [B] to land right in [E] here.
[Bm] And when it comes, _ [Em] _ [F#m] yeah.
[Bm] _ [D] Let me ride.
Somebody help me [Em] sing swing down.
[F#] Come on, Houston.
[B] [D] Let me ride.
Come [F#m] on, sing, y'all.
Let [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [D] me ride.
[C#] Somebody [E] help me, Lord.
[F#] _
[Bm] Yeah.
_ _ [F#m] Swing down.
[E] Yeah.
[Bm] Wait a minute.
_ [D] I think [F#m] I see the mothership coming. _
_ [Bm] _ _ I think [F#] I hear the [A] mothership coming.
[Bm] Yeah.
Let me [C#m] ride.
I think [F#] I see the [E] mothership [A] coming.
I [Bm] think [D] I [F#] see the mothership coming.
[B] Yeah.
[Dm] Oh, yeah.
[C#m] I see the mothership coming. _
[Bm] Let's go.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Bm] Wait a minute.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Wait a minute.
[E] Swing down.
Swing [A] down.
[D] _ _ [C#m] Swing down. _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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