Chord/Tab song: Get On Up

Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 15:28:14 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
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]Ooh, ooh ooh, [D/E]dit-dit-d[A]it-do[D/E]
[A]Ooh, ooh ooh, [D/E]dit-dit-d[A]it-do[D/E]

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

Chorus:

How can you [Bm]sit yourself [C#m]down for a r[D]est
When you k[Bm]now that I'm [C#m]trying my b[D/E]est
To dance with y[A]ou, [D/E]girl (get on [A]up)[D/E]
To dance with y[A]ou, [D/E]girl (get on [A]up)[D/E]

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)
We gonna d[Bm]ance, d[C#m]ance, d[D]ance
We gonna d[D]ance, d[C#m]ance, d[Bm]ance[Bm7/E]
The boogal[A]oo (get on[D/E] up)
T[A]oo (get on [D/E]up)

Verse 4:

We're gonna do the Monkey (the Philly Dog too)
We're gonna do the Jerk (just me and you)
We're gonna d[D]ance, d[C#m]ance, d[Bm]ance
We're gonna [Bm]Shing-a-l[C#m]ing
We're gonna [D]do the T[Bm]hing[Bm7/E]
[A]Tonight
[D/E]Dit-dit-d[A]it-do[D/E]

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