Right on for the Darkness Chords by Curtis Mayfield
Tempo:
107 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
Bm
F#
C#m
G#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#m]
[Bm]
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
And I [Bm] cannot see you [F#m] out there
[C#m]
You're pitiful, [Bm] don't bother [A#] me
[Bm] [F#m] Playing on clothes you wear
[Bm] Laughing at me, pressing me
And oh [F#m] yeah, right on for the darkness
Right on [Bm] for the darkness
[F#m] You're pitiful, [F#] you're pitiful
You [B] better have some self -consciousness
[Bm] Yeah, [F#m] cause it's the educated people
[C#m] Running the lives [Bm] of our society
[F#m]
Making up the rules, holding [C#m] back the [Bm] schools
A lot of greed, a lot of temptation
Proving one thing, we're hell of [F#m] a nation
Right on for the darkness
[B]
Right on, right [Bm] on
[F#m]
Right on, right on
[F#] Right on, right on
Right on, [C#m] right on [F#] for the darkness
[C#m] Right on for the [G#] darkness
[F#m] I [F#]
[F#m] am blind and I can't [Bm] see
What [E]
[F#m] will make me the darkness
Is there [C#m] really [Bm] no one who could live
[E]
[F#m] Or make you go from this
[Bm] The game or your children's church
Right [F#m] on for the darkness
Right [Bm] on for the darkness
Right on for the [F#m] darkness
Right [F#] on, right on
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
Right on
[Bm]
[F#m] When I'm messing with the tears
I [Bm] sense that everyone will see
I
[A] can hear the fingers [C#m] fingers
[F#m] Why [Bm] I'm putting down every little move
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
Right on, right on
Right on for the darkness
What [Bm] can I [G#] say?
[Bm]
[F#m] You out there, you're pretty
You [Bm] know how to be
[B]
[F#m] Straight on, the floor's the wall
[Bm] Let me be, fresh and clean
And I don't [C#] care
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
[C#m] Right on, [Bm] right on for the [Em] darkness
[F#m] Right on, right on
Right
[F#] [C#] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[F#] [B]
on, [A#] [F#]
[B]
[C#m] [F#m]
[Bm]
[F#m] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [B]
[F#]
[Bm]
[B] [F#]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[F#]
[G#] [F#m]
[C#m]
[G#]
[A] [G#m]
[B] [A]
[G#] [G#m]
[C#m] [G#]
[A]
[G#] right on
[F#m]
[G#] [F#m] [G#]
[F#] [C#m]
[B]
[D] [G#]
[F#m]
[A] [G#m]
[G#]
[F#m] [C#m]
[F#m]
[G#]
Right [F#]
on
[Bm]
[F#]
[Bm]
[F#]
And I [Bm] cannot see you [F#m] out there
[C#m]
You're pitiful, [Bm] don't bother [A#] me
[Bm] [F#m] Playing on clothes you wear
[Bm] Laughing at me, pressing me
And oh [F#m] yeah, right on for the darkness
Right on [Bm] for the darkness
[F#m] You're pitiful, [F#] you're pitiful
You [B] better have some self -consciousness
[Bm] Yeah, [F#m] cause it's the educated people
[C#m] Running the lives [Bm] of our society
[F#m]
Making up the rules, holding [C#m] back the [Bm] schools
A lot of greed, a lot of temptation
Proving one thing, we're hell of [F#m] a nation
Right on for the darkness
[B]
Right on, right [Bm] on
[F#m]
Right on, right on
[F#] Right on, right on
Right on, [C#m] right on [F#] for the darkness
[C#m] Right on for the [G#] darkness
[F#m] I [F#]
[F#m] am blind and I can't [Bm] see
What [E]
[F#m] will make me the darkness
Is there [C#m] really [Bm] no one who could live
[E]
[F#m] Or make you go from this
[Bm] The game or your children's church
Right [F#m] on for the darkness
Right [Bm] on for the darkness
Right on for the [F#m] darkness
Right [F#] on, right on
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
Right on
[Bm]
[F#m] When I'm messing with the tears
I [Bm] sense that everyone will see
I
[A] can hear the fingers [C#m] fingers
[F#m] Why [Bm] I'm putting down every little move
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
Right on, right on
Right on for the darkness
What [Bm] can I [G#] say?
[Bm]
[F#m] You out there, you're pretty
You [Bm] know how to be
[B]
[F#m] Straight on, the floor's the wall
[Bm] Let me be, fresh and clean
And I don't [C#] care
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
[C#m] Right on, [Bm] right on for the [Em] darkness
[F#m] Right on, right on
Right
[F#] [C#] [F#m]
[D] [E] [F#m]
[F#] [B]
on, [A#] [F#]
[B]
[C#m] [F#m]
[Bm]
[F#m] [F#]
[Bm] [A] [B]
[F#]
[Bm]
[B] [F#]
[Bm]
[F#m]
[F#]
[G#] [F#m]
[C#m]
[G#]
[A] [G#m]
[B] [A]
[G#] [G#m]
[C#m] [G#]
[A]
[G#] right on
[F#m]
[G#] [F#m] [G#]
[F#] [C#m]
[B]
[D] [G#]
[F#m]
[A] [G#m]
[G#]
[F#m] [C#m]
[F#m]
[G#]
Right [F#]
on
Key:
F#m
Bm
F#
C#m
G#
F#m
Bm
F#
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And I [Bm] cannot see _ you _ _ _ [F#m] _ out there
[C#m] _
_ You're pitiful, [Bm] don't bother [A#] me
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] Playing on clothes you wear
_ [Bm] Laughing at me, pressing me
And oh [F#m] yeah, right on for the darkness
_ _ Right on [Bm] for the darkness
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] You're pitiful, [F#] you're pitiful
You [B] better have some self _ -consciousness
[Bm] Yeah, _ [F#m] cause it's the educated people
_ [C#m] Running the lives [Bm] of our society
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
Making up the rules, holding [C#m] back the [Bm] schools
A lot of greed, a lot of temptation
Proving one thing, we're hell of [F#m] a nation
_ Right on for the darkness
_ _ [B]
Right on, right _ _ [Bm] on
[F#m] _
_ _ Right _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on, right on
[F#] Right on, right on
Right on, [C#m] right on [F#] for the darkness _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] Right on for the [G#] darkness
[F#m] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[F#m] _ am blind _ and I can't [Bm] see
What _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] will make me the darkness
Is there [C#m] really [Bm] no one who could live
_ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] Or make you go from _ this
[Bm] The game or your _ children's church
Right [F#m] on for the darkness
_ Right _ _ [Bm] on for the darkness
_ Right on for the [F#m] darkness _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Right _ _ _ [F#] on, _ right on
[F#m] Right on for the darkness _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Right on _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[F#m] When I'm messing with the tears
I _ [Bm] sense that everyone will see
_ I _
[A] can hear the fingers [C#m] _ fingers
[F#m] Why [Bm] I'm putting down every little move _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ Right on for the darkness _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Right on, _ right on
_ Right on for the darkness
What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] can I [G#] say?
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] You out there, you're pretty
You [Bm] know how to be
_ _ _ _ [B] _
[F#m] Straight on, the floor's the wall _
[Bm] Let me be, fresh and clean
And I don't [C#] care
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
_ _ [C#m] Right on, [Bm] _ _ _ _ right on for the [Em] darkness
[F#m] _ Right on, _ _ right on
Right _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
on, _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ right on
[F#m] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
Right _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ on _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And I [Bm] cannot see _ you _ _ _ [F#m] _ out there
[C#m] _
_ You're pitiful, [Bm] don't bother [A#] me
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] Playing on clothes you wear
_ [Bm] Laughing at me, pressing me
And oh [F#m] yeah, right on for the darkness
_ _ Right on [Bm] for the darkness
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] You're pitiful, [F#] you're pitiful
You [B] better have some self _ -consciousness
[Bm] Yeah, _ [F#m] cause it's the educated people
_ [C#m] Running the lives [Bm] of our society
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m]
Making up the rules, holding [C#m] back the [Bm] schools
A lot of greed, a lot of temptation
Proving one thing, we're hell of [F#m] a nation
_ Right on for the darkness
_ _ [B]
Right on, right _ _ [Bm] on
[F#m] _
_ _ Right _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ on, right on
[F#] Right on, right on
Right on, [C#m] right on [F#] for the darkness _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] Right on for the [G#] darkness
[F#m] I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[F#m] _ am blind _ and I can't [Bm] see
What _ _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] will make me the darkness
Is there [C#m] really [Bm] no one who could live
_ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] Or make you go from _ this
[Bm] The game or your _ children's church
Right [F#m] on for the darkness
_ Right _ _ [Bm] on for the darkness
_ Right on for the [F#m] darkness _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Right _ _ _ [F#] on, _ right on
[F#m] Right on for the darkness _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Right on _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
[F#m] When I'm messing with the tears
I _ [Bm] sense that everyone will see
_ I _
[A] can hear the fingers [C#m] _ fingers
[F#m] Why [Bm] I'm putting down every little move _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ Right on for the darkness _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Right on, _ right on
_ Right on for the darkness
What _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] can I [G#] say?
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[F#m] You out there, you're pretty
You [Bm] know how to be
_ _ _ _ [B] _
[F#m] Straight on, the floor's the wall _
[Bm] Let me be, fresh and clean
And I don't [C#] care
[F#m] Right on for the darkness
_ _ [C#m] Right on, [Bm] _ _ _ _ right on for the [Em] darkness
[F#m] _ Right on, _ _ right on
Right _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
on, _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ right on
[F#m] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
Right _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ on _ _ _ _ _