GuitarTuna Pick
GuitarTuna

Get the full experience in app

Open

The Rap chords by
Millie Jackson
Millie Jackson
Logo

N/A•1 views•
Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

(Hmm)

You see, the terrible thing about
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

being in love with a married man

Is the fact that you can't see him
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

when you really want to

And that can get to you, sometimes
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Verse 2
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Late in the midnight hour
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

When you really feel like

you need a little loving

The man ain't nowhere around
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And that can get to you, sometimes
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Verse 3
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Early in the morning
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

When you really feel like you

need someone to hold onto
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

The man ain't nowhere around

And that can really get to you, sometimes
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 4
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

But what gets to you most of all
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Is when the holidays roll around
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You gotta always be by yourself

'Cause that's the time when
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the families get together
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

All the in- laws come to visit
Verse 5
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So he has to stay home and play the part

of the good and faithful husband
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

But I ain't worried about it

'Cause I found out that when a man
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

starts tipping away from home
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Somebody at home has fallen down
Verse 6

on the home front
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app


That's because when these women
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

marry these men

They have a tendency to take
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

advantage of 'em

They forget about all the sweet

things they say to get 'em
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

That they have to keep on
Verse 7

saying them to keep 'em
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

'Cause you got a whole lot of women

out there these days, just like me
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Who will tell a man anything in the world
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

he feel like he might wanna hear
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I know
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

'Cause I'm going with a married man
Verse 8
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And last New Year's Eve,
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I was lonesome as a micky- ficky

But J1, the man came on in
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

like he was supposed to
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And I did n't mind waiting

that one day
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

'Cause anything worth having

is worth waiting on
Verse 9
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So when the man came in, J1

I was right there waiting on him to tell him
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

All them sweet things I know his wife

haven't told him over the holidays
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And you can think of a whole lot of good stuff

to tell a nigga when you're by yourself
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 10

Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

So the minute my man came in the door,

J1
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I started laying it on him
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I said, "Ooh, baby, ooh, baby"
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

"Ooh, baby, my baby"
Verse 11
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You're the sweetest thing I know,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

yes, you are
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You dim the rainbow's glow,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

yes, you do, baby
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

There ain't no power, no power,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

no power on this Earth
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

To ever, oh, oh, Lord,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

separate us, baby
Verse 12
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

'Cause you are my sunshine
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

My only little sunshine
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You are my sunshine
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

My sunshine
Verse 13
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And I love you, baby
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I can't help but love you, baby
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I love you, baby
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I couldn't give up if

I wanted to
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
Verse 14

C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

You know, I don't wanna leave you with a one-
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

sided conception over this thing

Anyone out there in my shoes this evening? I
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

want you to know what I'm talking about
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I want you to know there's two
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

sides to this thing

There's a good side to being in love
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

with a married man and I like it
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
'Cause, you see,
Verse 15

C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

when you're going with a married man

He can come over two or three times
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

a week and give you a little bit
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

That means you're two up

on the wife already

'Cause once you marry one,
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

you don't get it but once a week
Verse 16
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

'Nother sweet thing is
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

On payday, he can come over and give
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

you a little bread and I like that
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

But the sweetest thing about the
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

whole situation is

The fact that when you go to
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

the Laundromat

You don't have to wash nobody's
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

funky drawers but your own
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

And I like it like that
Verse 17
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I wanna keep my situation
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

just the way it is

And to make sure it stays like that
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

When my man come over here two or three

times a week to give me my piece
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

I set the clock so he can get up and go home on time,
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

don't want him to be late

Sometimes,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

it be kind of hard for me to do
Verse 18

But I force myself anyway, I tell him
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

"Listen to the clock on the wall," hey,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

hey
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

"Listen to the clock on the wall right now,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

baby"
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

Tick on, clock
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

"Listen to the clock on the wall," hey,
C
C

View detailed C chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

hey
Em
Em

View detailed Em chord diagram in our app.

Open in app

"Oh, forget about the clock on the wall"

How did you like the song?

You need to log in to leave a rating.
An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • C

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

0

Autoscroll20%

More songs by Millie Jackson

Discover chords for more songs to play

Millie jackson

When are you gonna tell your woman (about me)?

Millie jackson

An imitation of love

Millie jackson

You knocked the love (right outta my heart)

Millie jackson

Love stinks

Millie jackson

Muffle that fart

Millie jackson

Young man, older woman

Millie jackson

Taking my life back

See More

Related songs

Discover chords for more songs to play

Millie jackson

When are you gonna tell your woman (about me)?

Millie jackson

Kansas

Dust In The Wind

Kansas

Oasis

Wonderwall

Oasis

John Denver

Take Me Home, Country Roads

John Denver

Radiohead

Creep

Radiohead

The Beatles

Let It Be

The Beatles

Millie jackson

You knocked the love (right outta my heart)

Millie jackson

See More

Popular chords globally

Most played chords & tabs across all users

1

Perfect

Ed Sheeran

2

Creep

Radiohead

3

Yellow

Coldplay

4

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Green Day

5

Zombie

The Cranberries

6

Wonderwall

Oasis

7

Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Bob Dylan

Recently added

Recently added chords & tabs

Captivate Us

Watermark

Lonely Fight

Mk.gee

How Many Miles

Mk.gee

Candy

Mk.gee

Earrings

Malcolm Todd

Roommates

Malcolm Todd

4me 4me

Malcolm Todd

Frequently asked questions

The original key of The Rap by Millie Jackson is E minor.

The primary chords used in The Rap are Em, C.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, C, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of The Rap is approximately 130 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of The Rap using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

Yes! Click the Print icon to generate a clean, one-page version of the chords and lyrics for The Rap. This is perfect for practicing offline or adding to a physical songbook.

Yes, we have integrated a Mini-Tuner directly on this page. Use it to quickly check your string pitch (Standard Tuning: E A D G B E) before you start playing along with Millie Jackson.

Absolutely. Click the Save or Heart icon to add The Rap to your account. You can access all your saved songs under My Library at any time.

You can view the full chord sheet and lyrics for The Rap by Millie Jackson on this page for free. We provide high-quality, verified chords to help you start playing immediately.