Show Business

Show Business easy guitar chords by A Tribe Called Quest

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Fret 1

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  • Gm

    3
  • Bm

    2
  • A

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    2
  • A##m

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  • A#

  • F

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  • C

  • Bb#

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  • Bb

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    4
  • Eb#

  • Gm

    3
  • Bm

    2
  • A

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    2
  • A##m

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  • A#

  • F

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  • C

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  • Eb#

  • Verse 1
    Gm

    Let me tell you 'bout the snakes,

    the fakes, the lies

    The highs at all of these
    Bm
    Gm

    industry shing-dings
    Bm

    Where Where you see the pretty girls
    A
    B
    Bm

    In the high animated world
    Gm

    Checkin' for a rapper with all the dough
    Bm

    If you take a shit they want to know
    Gm

    And if you're gonna fall,

    they won't be around, y'all
    A##m
    A##

    So you still wanna do the show business?
    A#

    And you think that you
    Gm

    got what it takes?

    I mean you really gotta rap

    and be all that

    And prepare yourself for the breaks
    A#

    Check it out
    Verse 2
    F
    A#

    Do you wanna be in the business?

    (the business)

    The ups and downs with the hoes

    (the business)
    Gm
    A#

    Always gettin' fronted on at shows
    Gm

    (the business)
    A#
    Gm

    People gotta stick their nose
    A#

    (in the business)
    Gm
    Yo, I gotta speak on the cesspool It's the
    Verse 3
    Gm


    rap industry and it
    B
    Bm

    ain't that cool
    G
    B

    Only if you're on stage or if you're
    G
    Gm
    G

    speakin' to your people
    A#

    Ain't no one your equal
    Gm
    A##m

    Especially on the industry side
    Gm
    A##

    Don't let the games just glide
    Gm

    Right through your fingers,
    A##m
    Gm

    you gotta know the deal

    So Lord Jamar speak,
    A#

    because you're real
    Verse 4
    Gm

    They're givin' you the business
    A#

    and puttin' on a show
    Gm

    You're a mil lion dollar man
    A##m
    A#

    that ain't got no dough
    Gm

    But you got a ho tickets

    backstage to a show
    A##
    Gm

    Sedated an d at that fact they elated
    A##

    Time pass and your ass say,

    "Where's my loot?"
    Gm
    A##

    The reply is a kick in the ass
    C

    from a leg and a boot
    A#
    A##

    All you wanna do is taste the fruit
    Gm
    A#
    A##

    But in the back they're makin' fruit juice
    A#
    F

    You ask for slack and wanna
    Gm

    get cut loose from the label
    A##m
    A##

    Not able 'cause you signed at the table
    Gm
    B

    For a pretty cash advance,
    Gm

    now they got a song and dance

    That you didn't recoup,
    Bb#
    Gm

    more soup wit' ya meal?
    F
    Bb#

    'Cause this is the real when you
    Bb#m
    Gm

    get a record deal
    Bb

    And I say
    Verse 5
    Gm
    Bb#
    Bb

    Shucks, look what the cat hauled in
    Bm

    It's Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest,
    Gm

    let me begin

    Like Chuck D,
    Bb#
    Bb#m
    Gm

    I got so much trouble on my mind
    Ab

    'Bout these no-talent artists artists gettin' signed,

    they can't rhyme
    Gm

    And if that ain't bad,
    Bb#m

    you got bootleggers
    A#
    Bm
    B

    Goin' out like suckers, motherfuckers
    A#
    Bm
    B

    Feel it's time that I let loose the lion
    G
    B

    And if not that then I'll commence
    A#

    to head fly in'
    B
    Bm

    Seems in '91 everybody
    B

    want a rhyme
    A#

    And then you go and sell my
    Bm
    A#

    tape for only $5.99?
    F
    A##

    Please nigga, I've worked too hard for this
    G
    A##m

    No more will I take the
    A#

    booty end of the stick
    Gm
    A#

    Bogus brothers makin' albums when
    A##m
    A#

    they know they can't hack it
    A##

    Cos they lyrics is played
    Gm

    like 8-Ball jackets
    A##

    Now tell me I can 't tear it up
    A#

    Go get yourself some toilet paper
    C

    'cause your lyrics is butt
    Verse 6
    A#

    Do you wanna be in

    the business? (the business)

    People can't walk a straight

    line in (the business)
    F
    A#

    Some of these brothers can't rhyme

    in (the business)
    Gm

    Ayo, I'm tryna get mine (the business) The party scene is cool,
    G

    but then again it's all the same
    A##

    You see the same faces,
    Gm

    but at different places
    A##

    When you're up and ridin' high

    everything is palsy-palsy
    Gm
    A#
    A##

    Get Get a million pounds and all
    A#

    the skins give you hugs
    F
    A#

    Well that's cool, I can dig it,
    A##m
    G

    it really ain't my bag
    B

    Prefer to max on the side
    G

    and let my pants sag
    Bb#m
    B

    "Oh, he's a cutie", yeah, real cute
    Bb

    But I wasn't that cute when

    I didn't have no loot
    G

    Although I hit a pound of herbs

    I'm still nice with the verbs

    So fuck what you heard

    The born cipher,
    A##
    Bb

    cipher master makes me think much faster
    Bb#m
    Bb

    But critics still continue to plaster
    Bb#

    My name and dis credit my fame
    Bb

    All that shit is game

    And I don't really give a damn

    Eat from the tree of life and throw
    A##
    Bb

    away the verbal ham
    Verse 7
    Bb
    Eb#

    Well, excuse me,
    Bb

    I gotta add my two cents in

    Don't be alarmed,
    Bm
    Bb

    the rhyme was con densed in
    Bm

    A matter of minutes so it must be told

    All that glitters, not gold
    B

    Everybody wants a deal,

    help me make a demo
    A
    A#

    See my name in bright lights,

    ride around in a limo

    My moms keeps beefin'

    (boy, get a job)
    Ab
    B

    But I wanna make jams,
    Bb#m

    dam n, I know I'll slam

    Huh, well it's not that easy
    Bm

    You gotta get a label that's

    willin' and able

    To market and promote,

    and you better hope
    Gm

    (For what?) That the product is dope
    A#
    Bm

    Take it from Diamond,

    it's like mountain climbin'
    G
    Bb

    When it comes to rhymin'
    Bb#m

    you gotta put your time in

    Get a good lawyer so problems

    won't pile

    You don't wanna make a pitch
    Ab

    that's wild
    Outro 1
    Bb

    F

    Bb
    Bb
    Ab


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