Chords for Soulive - Tighten Up - 8/10/2008 - Newport Jazz Festival (Official)

_ [Eb] _ [G] Good evening [Bb] ladies and gentlemen.
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_ _ [G] My name is [Cm] Nigel Hall. _
_ [Ebm] _ [Gm] And I'm here with the mighty, mighty [Cm] soul, Nigel.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] And we're also here with the [Eb] mighty, mighty [Gm] legendary, the Fred Wesley.
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_ [Eb] _ Anytime [Bb] that Fred can possibly play [Eb] with us, that we are absolutely here to do [Cm] anything to make it happen.
[Eb] And anytime [Bb] I can't play, it doesn't matter.
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[Eb] I'm going to tighten up, [Cm] _ tighten up.
I'm going [Eb] to tighten up, [Cm] _ tighten up.
This [Eb] is _ [Cm] old music, but you put a new spin [Eb] on it, you know.
How did [Cm] you come to do that?
I mean, because I had given [Eb] it away.
You know, we [Gm] had not done this [Eb] in years, you know.
A lot of my friends were busy [Cm] playing [Db] baseball or [Eb] video games.
And I was playing, listening to these records.
And all of a sudden I met these guys.
And they [D] were listening to some of the [Cm] same records, but then, you know, he [Eb] introduced me to all the Earth, Wind & Fire and stuff.
And he introduced me to the [Gm] Tower of Power.
[Cm] We also grew up with [Eb] listening to Run DMC [Cm] and _ hip hop.
[A] And then we all realized that [Gm] all those bands we listened to were [Cm] all influenced [Eb] by the whole J.D. Collective, the New York Collective.
And it's like, you know, and then we go back to that, [Cm] you know.
And the point is it's timeless music.
[Eb] [G] We're going to break it down a little bit.
[A] _ [Bb] Go ahead, Al.
[Db] _ [Gm] _ We're going [Bb] to break it down, sir.
[Db] Break it down in movement [G] so you understand what this [Ebm] funky soul is all about.
_ [G] [Db] Introducing guys to you, [Gm] ladies and [Bb] gentlemen, on drums, Mr.
Allen Evans.
Break it down.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [G] Ladies [A] and gentlemen, _ [Eb] on [G] bass keys, _ _ _ [B] Hammond B3, [G] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [G] Clavinet [Eb] D6. _ _
Among other things, put your hands together, _ _ Mr.
Neil Evans.
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and gentlemen, on guitar.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] I said ladies and gentlemen on guitar, _ _ _ put your hands together for my good friend, Mr.
Eric Gransnow.
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_ [Gm] _ _ Eric [Bb] Gransnow, y'all. _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ Ladies and [Eb] gentlemen, on tenor [Gm] saxophone, _ [Cm] give it up for [Eb] another really good friend of [Gm] mine, [Cm] Mr.
Roy Ensoites, y'all.
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ Don't it feel [Eb] good, y'all?
[Gm] _ I [Ebm] said don't it feel good, y'all? _
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[G] _ _ _ [A] _ [Bb] Ladies and gentlemen, [G] _
last but not least, [Bb] _ please put your hands together [G] for a living [A] legend.
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[G] Okay.
_ I've been waiting [Eb] this.
I told somebody earlier, [G] I told somebody earlier, I said [Bb] I've been waiting all my life to do this.
[G] So I want y'all to be a part of it.
[A] Y'all ready?
Y'all ready?
_ [G] Now [A] watch me.
Check it out.
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_ [G] _ _ [Ab] Get [Eb] it. _ _
_ [G] Ladies and gentlemen, [Am] [Eb] Fred Wesley.
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Fred.
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Fred.
[G] _ Fred [B] Wesley, y'all.
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[Gm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ We're going to [Gm] China.
_ _ [Cm] China.
We're going to [Gm] China.
_ [Cm] _ China.
We're [Eb] going to China.
_ _ China.
We're going to [Gm] China.
_ _ [Bb] China.
[Eb] We're going to China, [Gm] yeah.
[Cm] _ Yeah.
_ [Eb] We're going to China.
[Gm] _ Yeah.
_ We're [Eb] going to China.
[Gm] Yeah.
[C] So hot. _
That [Gm] was the first [Cm] _ arrangement I [Eb] did for Jazz Brown.
_ [Bb] Well, you know, [Eb] the bass line and the [Gm] guitar line, they were [Cm] already there.
And some horns and [Bb] a bridge, you know.
[Cm] That was my bridge.
[Eb] _ You know.
[Fm] And a_
[G] _ _ _ [Bb] That was mine. _
_ _ _ [Ab] But, you know, the rest of it [Dm] was_
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[Bb] That was my first [Fm] experience _ doing [Gm] an arrangement for Jazz Brown.
You know, he told me, [Eb] son, _ _ all right, I'll give you the [Fm] $125 for an arrangement of [Gm] a piece of the song.
I said, [Eb] I need some money.
He [Eb] said, I have no money.
_ _ _ [Fm] I said, [Gm] well, give me the $125.
[Bb] He said, [Ab] now see, son, you should have took [Gm] _ _ the [Fm] piece of the thing.
Because _ [Gm] that would have taken [Ab] care of your family for the rest of your life, you know.
[Eb] $125 would be gone tomorrow.
I'm going [Cm] to give you both. _
I said, [Gm] well, that's what I [Bb] get.
And [Eb] you know what, the soul power [Bb] on the raw of this thing, [Eb] most money I ever [Gm] made.
_ Soul power.
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