Chorus:
GbEmD
Turn the beat around
DEmGb
Love to hear the percussion
GbEmD
Turn it upside down
DEmGb
Love to hear the percussion
DEm
Love to hear it
GbEm
Blow horns you sure sound pretty
GbEm
Your violins keep movin' to the nitty gritty
GbEm
When you hear the scratch of the guitars scratchin'
GbEm
Then you'll know that rhythm carries all the action, so
Chorus (see above)
GbEm
Flute player play your flute 'cause
GbEm
I know that you want to get your thing off
GbEm
But you see I've made up my mind about it
GbEm
It's got to be the rhythm, no doubt about it, woah woah
Bridge THING:
Gb
'Cause when the guitar player start playing
Em
With the syncopated rhythm, with the scratch, scratch, scratch
GbEm
Makes me wanna move my body yeah, yeah, yeah
Gb
And when the drummer starts beating that beat
Em
He nails that beat with the syncopated rhythm
GbGbGbGbGbEm
With the rat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat on the drums, hey
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