Chords for The O'Jays

_ _ _ _ We're off to a city whose music legacy is anything but cheesy _
Philadelphia
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_ _ _ _ [F] There's never an old hate [Am] track that's dominated just by one [C] voice _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F] It is always the OJ's [Am] the OJ's all [G] three together going
_ _ The [F] OJ's have been around for yonks when Kenny Gamble and Leon [Eb] Huff signed them up to [G] their new label Philadelphia records
The OJ's were known [F] as the messengers for gambling up to give out the message [G] social message.
They were
_ songs with good [E] substance and good messages and [A] food thought for people to [F] uplift [Dm] them and during
The 70s it was that [G] time
[D] You know to sing [Dm] those kinds of [C] songs
_ where [D] the little diddle my baby
[F] We spent hours
You know [E] just sitting around
Thinking [D] about the interpretation [Eb] and how to deliver this stuff [B] along with Kenny and Leon, [Gb] you know
And [A] it was it was a [D] great vibe man
_ _ [C] Oh _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Kenny Gamble was [Db] very political and still [D] is a very political [Gb] animal.
There are lots [E] of things that he [A] wants to say
[Db] _ [D] Both to the black [A] community and the white community [E] the messages were messages that people wanted to [D] hear
No [C] _ _
good, no good, no good
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ Such [Dm] great singers [G] they just could sing just any other song.
[F] Eddie LaVert
[E] really had a [Eb] unique sound of voice and
Walter Williams _ [E] I
Thought was probably one of the best [Em] and one of the [B] clearest sounding voices.
So [Gb] we just took our time and just
_ _ [B] thought about
_ _ What would be best for the OJ's I [F] can remember the day I [G] walked into the office and
_ [E] And often [D] John Wayne said say gamble listen to the song [E] we had and soon as I heard the beginning, [Db] you know
They done done done.
[Ebm] I [F] said that's a head right [Cm] there _ _ _ _ _ _
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It was so catchy when [E] when the part [D] came said what they [G] do
_ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb]
My
First [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ impression was
[Dm] What is this?
_ _ [Bb] Jesus [G] I mean, _ _ [Cm] _ I
Still want to [D] do the things that make the girls scream
[E] _ _ What is back [C] stabbers what they doing?
They smiling in your face, but they gave me the sheet music and I was looking at it
I [Fm] meant to put it on the [D] nightstand and it kind of airplaned off and fell on [Ab] the floor.
So
_ _ [Gb] Later [A] they said I threw [Gb] the song on the floor [Eb] because I didn't like it
It wasn't [Cm] true a lot of times [F] when people don't like a [Eb] song, especially when artists don't like [E] a song
That's really [Bb] the song you should do with them _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ They also made their mark on the fashion front
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_ [A] _ _ _ [D] Street clothes, right
We [G] _ spent a lot of [D] money on those clothes those
[Ab] Lot of [G] those suits came [Gb] from [F] anywhere from 1500 to 2000 [Bb] dollars a suit
[B] _
_ [Am] So [Gb] we were [F] very slim we were very we were [D] our figure was right
We could wear a jumpsuit and [C] look like we [Dm] were poured in [A] it
You know what I'm [Gb] saying?
And the girls loved it
But see now the kids they're fat [G] and and eat a lot [Bb] and so they they have to wear fat clothes
to make sure that they not showing that out of shape figure that they
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_ [D] They're gonna get _ a
[C] String of hit albums and a healthy high [F] fiber diet made [D] sure the OJ's were seldom out of the [A] spotlight
_ [Gb] _ _ Philly records is still going strong with gambling half sons [Dbm] on board
They've even signed their first ever rap act as for the OJ's that healthy eating has [Eb] paid dividends
They're still going strong and looking [G] the business
[Bm] _
You know, I once thought that I [B] would want to retire when I was 30 and I really did [Bm] think I would
Well, this is 41 years for any and I [A] cheese I'm old _
I _ _ _ don't see retirement in
[G] _ [Em] the picture at all now [Bm] and I'm 56 [E] I
feed off of the audience's [Bm] response _ to what we do and
[F] As long as I [Bb] am physically [Em] able to do [Db] it
I'm gonna do [B] this until people don't want to see me [E] do it anymore, and then I'll go home and stay there
_ [D] _ _ Don't know about you [C] sisters, but I think they're both [D] still looking good real [C] good
In fact good enough to be my number four