Biography:
Harlem Shakes, from Brooklyn, NY as we know it was born in 2006, after an earlier incarnation of the band went to college and went nuts. Lexy still sings lead and Brent still plays the drums, but now Kendrick plays keyboard, Jose plays bass, and Todd plays guitar. Everyone sings. Harlem Shakes have toured with Deerhoof, Vampire Weekend, and Beirut, and have opened for Wire, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arctic Monkeys, and various other famous bands with animal names.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Transcribed by: Evan King
Email: emking522 --at-- gmail --dot-- com
Pretty easy song if you just play the chords. This should be a good jumping-off
point if you want to go all the way and figure out the picking pattern. I'm
surprised this song hadn't been done already. Oh well. A great tune by a band we
didn't get to hear enough of :(
Intro: G (hold until Ooh-oh, you can hear it change) Am (G D Em 2x)
G D
Up from the basement to my best friend's farm
Em
Where we'll work so hard, we can do no harm
G D
We'll till the land and duck our debts
Em
Underneath soft sun, chewing Nicorette
G D Em G
This will be a better year
D Em
This will be a better year
G D
Make a little money, take a lot of shit
Em
Feel real bad, then get over it
G D Em
This will be a better year
C
Oh I keep pushing boulders
G
I stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders
C
Oh, I keep feeling older
G
I stay game, stay game, stay game
G D
The East Coast kids, man, we just don't know
Em
Singing wait, wait, stop, drop me, go, go, go
G D
But I'm taken by the hand to a blue pay phone
Em
We can break blue laws with our skin and bones
G D
And now I'm back in the city, I'm counting frick frick frick
Em
Heard of milk great things, speaking soft and thick
G D
He said, "If life gives you lemons, then thus god bade.
Em
So put a little bit of bitter in your pink lemonade"
C Cmaj7
I'm sick of thee sheep, I'm sick of thou shepherd
G
Sick of dressing like a human when I'm feeling like a leopard
C Cmaj7
I'm sick of slow rock, I'm sick of quick quips
G C
Sick of holding on to nothing when I just want to hold your hips
G D Em G
This will be a better year
D Em
This will be a better year
G D
Make a little money, take a lot of shit
Em
Feel real bad, then get over it
G D Em
This will be a better year
C
Oh I keep pushing boulders
G
I stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders
C
Oh, I keep feeling older
G Am
I stay game, stay game, stay game
Then the nah-nahh part uses the C, Cmaj7, G pattern - you can work it out
easily if you listen to the song.
Email: emking522 --at-- gmail --dot-- com
Pretty easy song if you just play the chords. This should be a good jumping-off
point if you want to go all the way and figure out the picking pattern. I'm
surprised this song hadn't been done already. Oh well. A great tune by a band we
didn't get to hear enough of :(
Intro: G (hold until Ooh-oh, you can hear it change) Am (G D Em 2x)
G D
Up from the basement to my best friend's farm
Em
Where we'll work so hard, we can do no harm
G D
We'll till the land and duck our debts
Em
Underneath soft sun, chewing Nicorette
G D Em G
This will be a better year
D Em
This will be a better year
G D
Make a little money, take a lot of shit
Em
Feel real bad, then get over it
G D Em
This will be a better year
C
Oh I keep pushing boulders
G
I stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders
C
Oh, I keep feeling older
G
I stay game, stay game, stay game
G D
The East Coast kids, man, we just don't know
Em
Singing wait, wait, stop, drop me, go, go, go
G D
But I'm taken by the hand to a blue pay phone
Em
We can break blue laws with our skin and bones
G D
And now I'm back in the city, I'm counting frick frick frick
Em
Heard of milk great things, speaking soft and thick
G D
He said, "If life gives you lemons, then thus god bade.
Em
So put a little bit of bitter in your pink lemonade"
C Cmaj7
I'm sick of thee sheep, I'm sick of thou shepherd
G
Sick of dressing like a human when I'm feeling like a leopard
C Cmaj7
I'm sick of slow rock, I'm sick of quick quips
G C
Sick of holding on to nothing when I just want to hold your hips
G D Em G
This will be a better year
D Em
This will be a better year
G D
Make a little money, take a lot of shit
Em
Feel real bad, then get over it
G D Em
This will be a better year
C
Oh I keep pushing boulders
G
I stay game till sun'll shake my shoulders
C
Oh, I keep feeling older
G Am
I stay game, stay game, stay game
Then the nah-nahh part uses the C, Cmaj7, G pattern - you can work it out
easily if you listen to the song.
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