Chords for Rare Gems Odyssey - What Is Funk - 1977
Tempo:
119.9 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
G
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [C] [E]
[E]
[Em] Yeah, yeah, what's funk?
What?
What's [Am] funk?
[A] What?
I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Em] Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [E] that?
Well, uh, funk is when you jam down [G] to a big-time [Bm] hardware store, cop about $500 worth of [F#] clothes
and the man say, [A] I'm [Em] sorry, but your, uh, credit stick goes [G] through.
[F#]
Yeah, [B] yeah, [E] what's funk?
What?
[F#]
[C] What's funk?
What?
[A] I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Am] Funk is [E] going outside to get in your car, turn around, pull your keys out your pocket, [Em] turn
around, and your car ain't where you left [B] it.
[F#]
[Am] [G] [F#]
[Am] Yeah, yeah, what's funk? [G] What?
[A] What's funk?
What?
[G] Uh, I know what funk is.
What's that?
Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [F#] that?
[A]
Movin' with the tape jack.
[G] [E] [F#] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah.
[F#]
[C] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey fellas.
[B] Yeah.
[G] Yeah.
[E] What's funk?
What's funk?
I [F#] know what funk is.
[Am] What's that?
[A] Funk is down here hearing all this hey fellas [F#] stuff.
And here [B] I am standing here 36, 24, [F#] 36.
[Am] Woo!
[G] Yeah!
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take [Am] it to the [Em] D.
Let's take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
Hey fellas.
[G] Yeah. [Am] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
Hey fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[C] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Bm] Men.
[Em] Yeah.
Ladies.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey Johnny.
[G] Hey.
What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
What?
What's funk, John?
I know what funk is.
Funk's going down the aisle with your rhymes.
[Am] [F#] And then the preacher man say, do you take this woman to be [Am] your lawful wed?
What?
[F#]
And then [Am] you [Em] say, I [A] got second thoughts.
[F#m] And I got third [G] thoughts too.
[Bm] [F#m]
Hey [Am] fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[Em] Hey fellas.
[F#] Yeah.
[A] Men.
Yeah.
[E] Boys.
[C#] Ain't no calling them boys.
You see a boy shine and shoot.
And a boy's an ass.
Kill the boy.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
But can we take it to the [F] D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take it to the [B] D.
Take it to the [F#] D.
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all [Dm] about.
[E]
[A]
Hey fellas.
Hey fellas.
[E] Hey. DC.
DC.
[Am] [Em] Yeah?
[E] DC.
Yeah.
DC.
[E] What's funk?
I know what funk is.
[C] What's that?
[E] [F#]
[D] [Am] Funk is [E] never having a day.
It's never having a day.
[G] Hey Johnny.
[A] What?
Hey Johnny.
What?
[Am] What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
I know what's funk.
Funk is when you're going to the zoo and you see a monkey and he reads you loud and grabs
you and bites you on the [A] neck.
[D] And you come home with a monkey.
[F#m] [G]
[E]
[Am] [B]
[A] [B]
[C] [C#] [D]
[C] [E] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am]
[G] [D]
[A]
[Am]
[A] [E]
You're a monkey, baby.
If you've got a [Am] good party going on.
Come on and party, yo.
Come on and party, [E] [Am]
yo.
Come on [E] and party, yo.
Come on and party, yo.
[E]
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[E]
[Em] Yeah, yeah, what's funk?
What?
What's [Am] funk?
[A] What?
I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Em] Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [E] that?
Well, uh, funk is when you jam down [G] to a big-time [Bm] hardware store, cop about $500 worth of [F#] clothes
and the man say, [A] I'm [Em] sorry, but your, uh, credit stick goes [G] through.
[F#]
Yeah, [B] yeah, [E] what's funk?
What?
[F#]
[C] What's funk?
What?
[A] I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Am] Funk is [E] going outside to get in your car, turn around, pull your keys out your pocket, [Em] turn
around, and your car ain't where you left [B] it.
[F#]
[Am] [G] [F#]
[Am] Yeah, yeah, what's funk? [G] What?
[A] What's funk?
What?
[G] Uh, I know what funk is.
What's that?
Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [F#] that?
[A]
Movin' with the tape jack.
[G] [E] [F#] Yeah, yeah, [A] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah.
[F#]
[C] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey fellas.
[B] Yeah.
[G] Yeah.
[E] What's funk?
What's funk?
I [F#] know what funk is.
[Am] What's that?
[A] Funk is down here hearing all this hey fellas [F#] stuff.
And here [B] I am standing here 36, 24, [F#] 36.
[Am] Woo!
[G] Yeah!
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take [Am] it to the [Em] D.
Let's take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
Hey fellas.
[G] Yeah. [Am] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
Hey fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[C] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Bm] Men.
[Em] Yeah.
Ladies.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey Johnny.
[G] Hey.
What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
What?
What's funk, John?
I know what funk is.
Funk's going down the aisle with your rhymes.
[Am] [F#] And then the preacher man say, do you take this woman to be [Am] your lawful wed?
What?
[F#]
And then [Am] you [Em] say, I [A] got second thoughts.
[F#m] And I got third [G] thoughts too.
[Bm] [F#m]
Hey [Am] fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[Em] Hey fellas.
[F#] Yeah.
[A] Men.
Yeah.
[E] Boys.
[C#] Ain't no calling them boys.
You see a boy shine and shoot.
And a boy's an ass.
Kill the boy.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
But can we take it to the [F] D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take it to the [B] D.
Take it to the [F#] D.
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all about.
That's what funk is all [Dm] about.
[E]
[A]
Hey fellas.
Hey fellas.
[E] Hey. DC.
DC.
[Am] [Em] Yeah?
[E] DC.
Yeah.
DC.
[E] What's funk?
I know what funk is.
[C] What's that?
[E] [F#]
[D] [Am] Funk is [E] never having a day.
It's never having a day.
[G] Hey Johnny.
[A] What?
Hey Johnny.
What?
[Am] What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
I know what's funk.
Funk is when you're going to the zoo and you see a monkey and he reads you loud and grabs
you and bites you on the [A] neck.
[D] And you come home with a monkey.
[F#m] [G]
[E]
[Am] [B]
[A] [B]
[C] [C#] [D]
[C] [E] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am]
[G] [D]
[A]
[Am]
[A] [E]
You're a monkey, baby.
If you've got a [Am] good party going on.
Come on and party, yo.
Come on and party, [E] [Am]
yo.
Come on [E] and party, yo.
Come on and party, yo.
[E]
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_ [Em] Yeah, yeah, what's funk?
What?
What's [Am] funk?
[A] What?
_ I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Em] _ Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [E] that?
Well, uh, funk is when you jam down [G] to a big-time [Bm] hardware store, cop about $500 worth of [F#] clothes
and the man say, [A] I'm [Em] sorry, but your, uh, credit stick goes [G] through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Yeah, [B] yeah, _ [E] what's funk?
What?
[F#] _
[C] What's funk?
What?
_ [A] I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Am] Funk is [E] going outside to get in your car, turn around, pull your keys out your pocket, [Em] turn
around, and your car ain't where you left [B] it.
_ [F#] _
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_ [Am] Yeah, yeah, what's funk? [G] What? _
[A] What's funk?
What?
_ _ [G] Uh, I know what funk is.
What's that?
_ Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [F#] that?
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
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Movin' with the tape jack. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] Yeah, yeah, [A] _ yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah.
_ [F#] _
_ [C] _ _ _ Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey fellas.
[B] Yeah.
_ _ [G] Yeah.
[E] What's funk?
What's funk?
I [F#] know what funk is.
[Am] What's that?
[A] Funk is down here hearing all this hey fellas [F#] stuff.
And here [B] I am standing here 36, 24, [F#] 36.
[Am] Woo!
_ [G] Yeah!
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take [Am] it to the [Em] D.
Let's take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ Hey fellas.
[G] Yeah. [Am] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
Hey fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[C] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Bm] _ Men.
[Em] Yeah.
Ladies.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey Johnny.
[G] Hey.
What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
What?
What's funk, John?
I know what funk is.
Funk's going down the aisle with your rhymes.
[Am] _ [F#] And then the preacher man say, do you take this woman to be [Am] your lawful wed?
What?
[F#]
And then [Am] you [Em] say, I [A] got second thoughts.
[F#m] And I got third [G] thoughts too.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
Hey [Am] fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[Em] Hey fellas.
[F#] Yeah.
[A] Men.
Yeah.
[E] Boys.
[C#] Ain't no calling them boys.
You see a boy shine and shoot.
And a boy's an ass.
Kill the boy.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
But can we take it to the [F] D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take it to the [B] D.
Take it to the [F#] D.
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ That's what funk is all [Dm] about.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey fellas.
Hey fellas.
[E] Hey. DC. _ _
DC.
[Am] [Em] Yeah?
[E] DC.
Yeah.
DC.
_ _ [E] What's funk?
_ I know what funk is.
[C] What's that?
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] Funk is [E] never having a day.
It's never having a day. _
_ [G] _ _ Hey Johnny.
[A] What?
Hey Johnny.
What?
[Am] What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
I know what's funk.
_ Funk is when you're going to the zoo and you see a monkey and he reads you loud and grabs
you and bites you on the [A] neck.
[D] And you come home with a monkey.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ You're a monkey, baby.
If you've got a [Am] good party going on.
Come on and party, yo.
Come on and party, _ [E] _ _ [Am]
yo.
Come on [E] _ _ _ and party, yo.
Come on and party, yo. _ _ _
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_ [Em] Yeah, yeah, what's funk?
What?
What's [Am] funk?
[A] What?
_ I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Em] _ Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [E] that?
Well, uh, funk is when you jam down [G] to a big-time [Bm] hardware store, cop about $500 worth of [F#] clothes
and the man say, [A] I'm [Em] sorry, but your, uh, credit stick goes [G] through.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#]
Yeah, [B] yeah, _ [E] what's funk?
What?
[F#] _
[C] What's funk?
What?
_ [A] I know what funk [F#] is.
What's that?
[Am] Funk is [E] going outside to get in your car, turn around, pull your keys out your pocket, [Em] turn
around, and your car ain't where you left [B] it.
_ [F#] _
_ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ [Am] Yeah, yeah, what's funk? [G] What? _
[A] What's funk?
What?
_ _ [G] Uh, I know what funk is.
What's that?
_ Uh, I know what funk is.
What's [F#] that?
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Movin' with the tape jack. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] Yeah, yeah, [A] _ yeah, yeah, yeah, [Am] yeah.
_ [F#] _
_ [C] _ _ _ Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey fellas.
[B] Yeah.
_ _ [G] Yeah.
[E] What's funk?
What's funk?
I [F#] know what funk is.
[Am] What's that?
[A] Funk is down here hearing all this hey fellas [F#] stuff.
And here [B] I am standing here 36, 24, [F#] 36.
[Am] Woo!
_ [G] Yeah!
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take [Am] it to the [Em] D.
Let's take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ Hey fellas.
[G] Yeah. [Am] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
Hey fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[C] Hey fellas.
Yeah.
[Bm] _ Men.
[Em] Yeah.
Ladies.
Yeah.
[Am] Hey Johnny.
[G] Hey.
What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
What?
What's funk, John?
I know what funk is.
Funk's going down the aisle with your rhymes.
[Am] _ [F#] And then the preacher man say, do you take this woman to be [Am] your lawful wed?
What?
[F#]
And then [Am] you [Em] say, I [A] got second thoughts.
[F#m] And I got third [G] thoughts too.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _
Hey [Am] fellas.
[Em] Yeah.
[Em] Hey fellas.
[F#] Yeah.
[A] Men.
Yeah.
[E] Boys.
[C#] Ain't no calling them boys.
You see a boy shine and shoot.
And a boy's an ass.
Kill the boy.
I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
But can we take it to the [F] D?
Take it to the D.
Let's take it to the [B] D.
Take it to the [F#] D.
Can we take it to the D?
Take it to the D.
[D] That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ That's what funk is all about.
_ _ _ That's what funk is all [Dm] about.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
Hey fellas.
Hey fellas.
[E] Hey. DC. _ _
DC.
[Am] [Em] Yeah?
[E] DC.
Yeah.
DC.
_ _ [E] What's funk?
_ I know what funk is.
[C] What's that?
[E] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] Funk is [E] never having a day.
It's never having a day. _
_ [G] _ _ Hey Johnny.
[A] What?
Hey Johnny.
What?
[Am] What's funk?
[G] What?
What's funk?
I know what's funk.
_ Funk is when you're going to the zoo and you see a monkey and he reads you loud and grabs
you and bites you on the [A] neck.
[D] And you come home with a monkey.
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_ _ _ You're a monkey, baby.
If you've got a [Am] good party going on.
Come on and party, yo.
Come on and party, _ [E] _ _ [Am]
yo.
Come on [E] _ _ _ and party, yo.
Come on and party, yo. _ _ _
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