ESQUIRES - "get on up" Tablature

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:14 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./e/esquires/get_on_up.crd

Classic Chigago soul from the much-underrated producer, Bunky Sheppard;
a #11 hit for the Esquires in October, 1967:


"Get On Up"
(Moore/Taylor/Sheppard)

Intro [horns arr. for guitar]:

A Bm/A A Bm/A C/A Bm/A C/A Bm/A C/A D/A

A A C C D D/E

Verse 1:

A D/E A D/E
Ooh, ooh ooh, dit-dit-dit-do
A D/E A D/E
Ooh, ooh ooh, dit-dit-dit-do

A D/E
Get on up (get on up)
A D/E
Get on up (get on up)
A D/E
Now get on up (get on up)
A D/E
Now get on up (get on up)

Chorus:

Bm C#m D
How can you sit yourself down for a rest
Bm C#m D/E
When you know that I'm trying my best
A D/E A D/E
To dance with you, girl (get on up)
A D/E A D/E
To dance with you, girl (get on up)

Verse 2:

So get on up (get on up)
On the floor (get on up)
Get on up, now (get on up)
And dance some more (get on up)
Get on up (get on up)
Let's boogaloo (get on up)
Get on up, now (get on up)
Just me and you (get on up)

[repeat chorus]

Break:

A C/A D/A E G/E E
Da da da da da da

Verse 3:

Hey you (get on up)
Over there (get on up)
Get on up, now (get on up)
Don't go nowhere (get on up)
Bm C#m D
We gonna dance, dance, dance
D C#m Bm Bm7/E
We gonna dance, dance, dance
A D/E
The boogaloo (get on up)
A D/E
Too (get on up)

Verse 4:

We're gonna do the Monkey (the Philly Dog too)
We're gonna do the Jerk (just me and you)
D C#m Bm
We're gonna dance, dance, dance
Bm C#m
We're gonna Shing-a-ling
D Bm Bm7/E
We're gonna do the Thing
A
Tonight
D/E A D/E
Dit-dit-dit-do

Verse 5 [fade]:

So get on up (get on up)
And sock it to me (get on up)
Get on up (get on up)
And rock it to me (get on up)
So get on up (get on up)
And sock it to me (get on up)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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