Straighten Up and Fly Right chords by Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Will.i.am

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Intro 1

The buzzard took the monkey for

Verse 1
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a ride in  (C sharpdim) the air
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The  (D major) monkey thought that
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 (E minor) ev'rything was on the  (D major) square
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The  (G major) buzzard tried to throw the
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 (C major) monkey off his back (C sharpdim) 
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The  (E minor) monkey  (D major) grabbed his  (E minor) neck and said,
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"Now, listen,  (D major) Jack
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 (G major) Straighten  (E minor) up  and fly right,
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 (C major) straighten up  (E minor) an  d fly  (C major) right  (A minor)  (C major) 
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 (G major) Straighten  (E minor) up and fly right,  (G major)  (C major) cool down papa,
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 (E minor) don't you  (C major) blow  (D major) your top  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) Ain't no  (E minor) use in divin'.  (C major) What's
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the use  (E minor) of jiv (A minor) in'?  (C major) 
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 (E minor) Straighten up and fly right,  (C major) cool down papa,
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 (E minor) don't you  (D major) blow your top"  (G major) 
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The  (E minor) buzzard  (B major) told the monkey,
"You're choking me
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 (E minor) Re  lease your hold and I'll
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set  (D major) you  (E minor) free"
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The monkey  (B major) looked the  (E minor) buzzard  (C major) right
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dead  (E minor) in the  (C sharpdim) eye      and said
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"Your  (D sharpdim) story's   (C major) touching,
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 (F major) but is  (F minor) sounds  (D major) like a lie"
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 (E minor) Straighten up and fly right,
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 (C major) straighten  (E minor) up  and stay  (C major) right  (D major)  (C major) 
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 (G major) Straighten  (E minor) up and fly right,  (C major) cool down  (E minor) papa, don't you  (B major) blow  (D major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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 (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major) 
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 (C major)  (D major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major)  (D major) 
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 (E minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
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 (D major) your top  (E minor)  (D major) 