Play That Funky Music chords by
Wild Cherry

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

E

E

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Hey do it now, yeah hey

Verse 1

E

E

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Hey- ah, once I was a boogie singer

Playing in a rock and roll band

I never had no problems, yeah

Burning down the one-night stands

E

E

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Then everything around me, yeah

It got to start to feeling so low

And I decided quickly, yes, I did, heh

To disco down and check out the show

Pre-chorus 1

E

E

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Yeah, they were dancing and singing

And moving to the grooving

And just when it hit me

Chorus 1

Somebody turned around and shouted

G

G

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"Play that funky music, white boy

Play that funky music right

G

G

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Bb

Bb

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Play that funky music, white boy

C

C

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Lay down the boogie

Bm

Bm

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and play that funky music 'til you

Interlude 1

E

E

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(die)"

Verse 2

E

E

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'Til you die I tried to understand this

I thought that they were out of their minds

How could I be so foolish, how could I

To not see I was the one behind?

E

E

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So still I kept on fighting

Well, losing every step of the way

I said, "I must go back there", I got to go back

And check to see if things still the same

Pre-chorus 2

E

E

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Yeah, they were dancing and singing

And moving to the grooving

And just when it hit me

Chorus 2

Somebody turned around and shouted

G

G

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Play that funky music white boy

Play that funky music right

Bb

Bb

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Play that funky music white boy

C

C

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Lay down the boogie

B

B

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and play that funky music till you

Interlude 2

E

E

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(die)"

'Til you die Oh 'til you die

Solo 1

(Gonna play some electrified funky music

E

E

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E

E

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E

E

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E

E

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E

E

View detailed E chord diagram in our app.

E

E

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E

E

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E

E

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Verse 3

E

E

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Now first it wasn't easy

Changin' rock and roll and minds

Yeah, things were getting shaky

I thought I'd have to leave it behind

E

E

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Oh, but now its so much better

(it's so much better)

I'm funking out in every way

But I'll never lose that feelin' (no I won't)

Of how I learned my lesson that day

Pre-chorus 3

E

E

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When they were dancing and singing

And moving to the grooving

And just when it hit me

Chorus 3

Somebody turned around and shouted

G

G

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Play that funky music white boy

Play that funky music right

Bb

Bb

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Play that funky music white boy

C

C

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Lay down the boogie

B

B

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and play that funky music till you

Interlude 3

E

E

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(die)"

'Til you die Oh, 'til you die

Chorus 4

G

G

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They shouted play that funky music

(Play that funky music)

Play that funky music

(You gotta keep on playin' funky music)

Play that funky music

(Play that funky music)

Play that funky music

Chorus 5

(Want to take you higher, ya)

A

A

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Play that funky music white boy

Play that funky music right, yeah

Play that funky music white boy

Play that funky music right

A

A

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Play that funky music white boy

Play that funky music right, yeah

[Fade out]

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