The Break Down chords by Rufus Thomas

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Hon (D major) ey,
babe, I've been told
You know how to shake a butter bowl
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I got to see for  (G major)  (D major) myself,
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if you got any  (G major)  (D major) butter left
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Break  (C major) down to the  (D major) left,
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break  (C major) down to  (D major) the right
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Break  (C major) down to the  (D major) one,
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I'm gonna  (C major) love tonight
D 
 (D major) Do the breakdown children,
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break on down  (G major)  (D major) 
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Break down  (C major) for  (D major) me, break down for you
Break
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Break  (C major) down to the  (D major) one, gonna  (C major) give it to  (D major) you
Do the breakdown children, break on down
Do the breakdown children,
break on down
Yeah, just now
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D 
Whoo!  (G major)  (D major) 
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Come on children, look  (G major)  (D major) at me
I'm showing you how it's supposed to be
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Do it in the evening,  (G major) late  (D major) at night
I'm gonna show you, break down the line
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Do  (G major) the  (D major) breakdown children,
break on down
Do the breakdown children,
break on down
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D 
Listen,  (G major) it's a  (D major) brand new dance
that's going around
It ain't the funky chicken,
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 (G major) it's called a breakdown
D 
It's a  (D major) brand new dance
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that's  (G major)  (D major) going around
It ain't push and pull,
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it's called a breakdown  (G major) 
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Now break  (D major) down children,
break on down
Break down children, break on down
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 (G major) Mama  (D major) can do it, papa too
Grandma can't walk, they doin' it too
Mama, mama, just look at sis
She's in the backyard,
breakin' down like this
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Break (G major) down  (D major) 2, break on down
Breakdown 2, break on down