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Papa Don't Take No Mess chords by 
James Brown 
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Key: D minor•BPM: 97
Verse 1
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Papa
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don't take no mess
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa is the man who can understand
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How a man has to do whatever he can,
hit me
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Dm
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Verse 2
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Papa don't, papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't take no mess, no
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He don't take no mess
Verse 3
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Now papa might grin
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Drink a little taste of gin
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Bet his last ten
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On a little game of skins,
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hit me
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Verse 4
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't, papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't take no mess, hey, hey
Verse 5
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Papa digs the chick
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If she look real slick
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Papa rap is very quick
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He definitely ain't no trick
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Oh, yeah
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Papa don't, papa
Verse 6
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don't
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Papa don't, papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't take no mess
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He don't take no
mess
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Verse 7
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Wait, wait a minute, look at here
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Papa, don't take, papa likes
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Caught when one gets up tight
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You know this is right
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You got yourself bang,
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hit me
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Verse 8
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa don't, papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't, papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't take no mess
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Oh, yeah, alright
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Verse 9
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Papa is the man
C
who will take a stand
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa don't, papa don't
Papa don't
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Verse 10
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Look, take this
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Papa didn't cuss
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He didn't raise a whole lotta fuss
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But when we did wrong
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Papa beat the hell out of us
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Verse 11
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Papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't take no mess
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Papa don't take no mess
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Verse 12
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I saw papa cry when he
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thought that I would die
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D
Look at here
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I saw papa cry when he
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thought that I would die
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He says something was in his eye
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I knew it was a lie
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Verse 13
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Mama said, mama said
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papa's smart
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Papa got a whole lotta heart
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And papa would do his part
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When the game get hard,
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hit me
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Verse 14
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Papa don't, papa don't
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Papa don't, papa don't, papa don't
Papa don't
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