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Papa's Got A Brand New Bag

by James Brown · posted by WaltP

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Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
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Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab
PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG
By: James Brown
Key: G

  4    4  -3*  3   3    2  3   3    2
Come here sis-ter..Pa-pa's in the swing 
4    4    4  -3*  3   3    2   3    3    2
He ain't too hip..a-bout that new breed babe 
4    4   4 -3*32-1
He ain't no drag 
3   2    3  2   3    3  2-1
Pa-pa's got a brand new bag 

  4    4  -3* 3   3   3    2   3   3   -4
Come here ma-ma..and dig this cra-zy scene 
 4    4   4  -3* 3 
He's not too fan-cy
 3   2    3  3   3   3    2
but his line is pret-ty clean 
4    4   4 -3*32-1 
He ain't no drag. 
3   2    3  2   3    3  2-1
Pa-pa's got a brand new bag 

 -1  3   3   3   3
He's do-ing the Jerk 
 -1  3   3   3  -3
He's do-ing the Fly 
 -3*   -3   3    -3
Don't play him cheap 
   3    2    3  3   3     2
'cause you know he ain't shy 
 -1  4   4   4  -3*  3
He's do-ing the Mon-key, 
 2    3    2  3    2     3    3   -3
the Mashed Po-ta-toes, Jump back Jack, 
 3   2   3  2  3  2  3   2 
See you la-ter al-li-ga-tor. 

  4    4  -3*  3
Come here sis-ter 
3   2   3   3    2
Pa-pa's in the swing 
4    4    4  -3*  3 
He ain't too hip now 
 3  3  2   3   3    3    3    2
but I can dig that new breed babe; 
4    4   4 -3*32-1
He ain't no drag 
  3   3  2   3    3  2-1
He's got a brand new bag 

3 -3* -4    3  3   3   2    3 
Oh pa-pa! He's do-ing the Jerk 
-3*-4     3  3   3   2    3
Pa-pa...he's do-ing the Jerk 
  2  3   3   2    3       -3*   3   -3  
He's do-ing the twist .. just like this, 
-3*  -3  3   3   3
He's do-ing the Fly 
3   2   3   3  3   3    2
Ev-'ry day and ev-'ry night 
 3   -5 5       3    2   3   3  2-1
The thing's....like the Boom-er-ang. 
-5      -4  3
Hey....come on 
-4   -5       3   2
Hey! Hey.....come on 
-4   -3*    3   3   -3      3  3   -3
Hey! Hey...he's up tight...out of sight... 
 4   -3*  3    3
Come on. Hey! Hey! 

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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