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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

James Brown
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 
E :-------7--------|--------3-------|--------5-------|--------7-------|
B :-------7--------|--------2-------|--------4-------|--------7-------|
G :-------7--------|--------2-------|--------4-------|--------7-------|
D :-------6--------|--------2-------|--------4-------|--------6-------|
A :----------------|--------0-------|-------(2)------|--------7-------|
E :----------------|----------------|----------------|--------7-------|
 -song structure
 (I) fade out
 -lyrics
 Come here sister.....Papa's in the swing
 He ain't too hip...about that new breed babe
 He ain't no drag
 Papa's got a brand new bag
 Come here mama....and dig this crazy scene
 He's not too fancy....but his line is pretty clean
 He ain't no drag
 Papa's got a brand new bag
 He's doing the Jerk....
 He's doing the Fly
 Don't play him cheap 'cause you know he ain't shy
 He's doing the Monkey, the Mashed Potatoes, Jump back Jack, See you
 later
 alligator
 Come here sister
 Papa's in the swing
 He ain't too hip now
 but I can dig that new breed babe;
 He ain't no drag
 He's got a brand new bag
 Oh papa! He's doing the Jerk
 Papa...he's doing the Jerk
 He's doing the twist ... just like this,
 He's doing the Fly ev'ry day and ev'ry night
 The thing's....like the Boomerang
 Hey....come on
 Hey! Hey.....come on
 Hey! Hey....he's put tight...out of sight...
 Come on. Hey! Hey! (fade out)

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Readable chord sheet for Papa's Got A Brand New Bag by James Brown

[E9]                [A7]               [B7]               [E9]

E :-------7--------|--------3-------|--------5-------|--------7-------|
B :-------7--------|--------2-------|--------4-------|--------7-------|
G :-------7--------|--------2-------|--------4-------|--------7-------|
D :-------6--------|--------2-------|--------4-------|--------6-------|
A :----------------|--------0-------|-------(2)------|--------7-------|
E :----------------|----------------|----------------|--------7-------|

-song structure

[B7]

[E9]      [A7]    [E9]    [B7]    [A7]

[E9]      [B7]

[E9]      [A7]    [E9]    [B7]    [A7]

[E9]      [B7]

[E9]

[E9]      [A7]    [E9]    [B7]    [A7]

[E9]      [B7]

[E9]      [A7]    [E9]    [B7]    [A7]

[E9]      [B7]

[E9] (I) fade out

-lyrics

Come here sister.....Papa's in the swing
He ain't too hip...about that new breed babe
He ain't no drag

Papa's got a brand new bag

Come here mama....and dig this crazy scene
He's not too fancy....but his line is pretty clean
He ain't no drag

Papa's got a brand new bag

He's doing the Jerk....
He's doing the Fly
Don't play him cheap 'cause you know he ain't shy
He's doing the Monkey, the Mashed Potatoes, Jump back Jack, See you
later
alligator

Come here sister
Papa's in the swing
He ain't too hip now
but I can dig that new breed babe;
He ain't no drag

He's got a brand new bag

Oh papa! He's doing the Jerk
Papa...he's doing the Jerk
He's doing the twist ... just like this,
He's doing the Fly ev'ry day and ev'ry night

The thing's....like the Boomerang

Hey....come on
Hey! Hey.....come on
Hey! Hey....he's put tight...out of sight...
Come on. Hey! Hey! (fade out)

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