Biography:
Rob Parissi (lead vocals & guitar) was raised in the tough, diverse steel mill town of Mingo Junction, Ohio. Parissi graduated from Mingo High School in 1968. Rob formed his first band in 1970 in Steubenville, Ohio, one mile north of Mingo Jct. along the Ohio River. The band's name "Wild Cherry" was selected off a box of cough drops while Rob was recuperating from a brief hospital stay. The band played the Ohio Valley region, the West Virginia panhandle, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The original lineup is not known.
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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!
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Hey once I was a boogie singer playin' in a rock and roll band
I never had no problems burning down them one night stands
E9
And everything around me got to stop to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly yes I did to disco down and check out the show
[Chorus]
D9
Yeah they was dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
D9
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
[Post Chorus]
E9
Play that funky music white boy play that funky music right
Bbm
Play that funky music white boy
Em D Bm A7 D E9
Lay down a boogie and play that funky music till you die
[Verse 2]
E9
I tried to understand this I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish how could I to not see I was the one behind
E9
So still I kept on fighting well loosing every step of the way
I said I must go back there I got to go back and check to see if things still the same
[Chorus]
D9
Yeah they was dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
D9
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
[Post Chorus]
E9
Play that funky music white boy play that funky music right
Bbm
Play that funky music white boy
Em D Bm A7 D E9
Lay down a boogie and play that funky music till you die
[Solo]
E9
[Verse 3]
E9
Now first it wasn't easy changin' rock and roll and minds
And things were getting shaky I thought I'd have to leave it behind
E9
But now its so much better it's so much better I'm funking out in every way
But I'll never lose that feelin' no I won't of how I learned my lesson that day
[Chorus]
D9
When they was dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
D9
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
[Post Chorus]
E9
Play that funky music white boy play that funky music right
Bbm
Play that funky music white boy
Em D Bm A7 D E9
Lay down a boogie and play that funky music till you die
[Outro]
E9
'Til you die
Oh' till you die
D9
They shouted play that funky music
(Play that funky music)
D9
Play that funky music
(You Gotta keep on playin' funky music)
Play that funky music
(Play that funky music)
D9
Play that funky music
(Come and take you higher, ya)
E9
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right, yeah
E9
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
E9
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
(Main riff)
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B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|-----2--0-2------0-2-|
A|---------------------|
E|-0-0--------3/5------|
[Verse 1]
E9
Hey once I was a boogie singer playin' in a rock and roll band
I never had no problems burning down them one night stands
E9
And everything around me got to stop to feelin' so low
And I decided quickly yes I did to disco down and check out the show
[Chorus]
D9
Yeah they was dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
D9
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
[Post Chorus]
E9
Play that funky music white boy play that funky music right
Bbm
Play that funky music white boy
Em D Bm A7 D E9
Lay down a boogie and play that funky music till you die
[Verse 2]
E9
I tried to understand this I thought that they were out of their minds
How could I be so foolish how could I to not see I was the one behind
E9
So still I kept on fighting well loosing every step of the way
I said I must go back there I got to go back and check to see if things still the same
[Chorus]
D9
Yeah they was dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
D9
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
[Post Chorus]
E9
Play that funky music white boy play that funky music right
Bbm
Play that funky music white boy
Em D Bm A7 D E9
Lay down a boogie and play that funky music till you die
[Solo]
E9
[Verse 3]
E9
Now first it wasn't easy changin' rock and roll and minds
And things were getting shaky I thought I'd have to leave it behind
E9
But now its so much better it's so much better I'm funking out in every way
But I'll never lose that feelin' no I won't of how I learned my lesson that day
[Chorus]
D9
When they was dancin' and singin' and movin' to the groovin'
D9
And just when it hit me somebody turned around and shouted
[Post Chorus]
E9
Play that funky music white boy play that funky music right
Bbm
Play that funky music white boy
Em D Bm A7 D E9
Lay down a boogie and play that funky music till you die
[Outro]
E9
'Til you die
Oh' till you die
D9
They shouted play that funky music
(Play that funky music)
D9
Play that funky music
(You Gotta keep on playin' funky music)
Play that funky music
(Play that funky music)
D9
Play that funky music
(Come and take you higher, ya)
E9
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right, yeah
E9
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
E9
Play that funky music white boy
Play that funky music right
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