Both Cm and Gm are played barred on the 3rd fret.
[Gm]It was a stormy night
[Cm]You know the kind where the lightening strike
[Gm]and i was hanging out with some of my [Cm]artsy friends
oo wee oo wee oo weeeeeeee
[Gm]The night was long the night went on
[Cm]people coolin' out until the break of dawn
[Gm]incense was burnin' so I'm feelin r[Cm]ight, aight.
[Gm]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[Cm]My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
[Gm]I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
[Cm]I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
[Gm]I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
[Cm]and that's why I do what I do
[Gm]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[Cm]doo wee doo wee do wee
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You just don't want to be down
[Gm]I have a ho
[Cm]and I take it everywhere I go
[Gm]Cause I'm planting seeds
so I reaps What I sow, ya kn[Cm]ow, ya know
[Gm]Oh on & on & on & on
[Cm]my cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
[Gm]I can't control the soul flowin' in me
[Cm]ooh wee
[Gm]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[Cm]My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
[Gm]I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
[Cm]I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
[Gm]I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
[Cm]and that's why I do what I do
[Gm]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[Cm]doo wee doo wee do wee
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You just don't want to be down
(x3)
[Gm]It was a stormy night
[Cm]You know the kind where the lightening strike
[Gm]and i was hanging out with some of my [Cm]artsy friends
oo wee oo wee oo weeeeeeee
[Gm]The night was long the night went on
[Cm]people coolin' out until the break of dawn
[Gm]incense was burnin' so I'm feelin r[Cm]ight, aight.
[Gm]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[Cm]My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
[Gm]I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
[Cm]I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
[Gm]I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
[Cm]and that's why I do what I do
[Gm]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[Cm]doo wee doo wee do wee
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You just don't want to be down
[Gm]I have a ho
[Cm]and I take it everywhere I go
[Gm]Cause I'm planting seeds
so I reaps What I sow, ya kn[Cm]ow, ya know
[Gm]Oh on & on & on & on
[Cm]my cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
[Gm]I can't control the soul flowin' in me
[Cm]ooh wee
[Gm]See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
[Cm]My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
[Gm]I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
[Cm]I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
[Gm]I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
[Cm]and that's why I do what I do
[Gm]My soul flies free like a willow tree
[Cm]doo wee doo wee do wee
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree
[Gm]And if you don't want to be down with me
[Cm]You just don't want to be down
(x3)