Biography:
Carlton George Douglas (born Oct 10th 1942) is a Jamaican-born, UK-resident singer. He is most famous for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one on both the US Billboard Chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1974. In the wake of his #1, Douglas released other hit tracks including "Dance The Kung Fu" and "Run Back", but the fame of his homage to martial arts films overshadowed the rest of the singer's career.
Kung Fu Fighting has been the subject of numerous remixes,and Carl has made appearances on cover versions of the song.
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Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting - Uke
-Intro-
D | Em
oh whoa oh whoa
D | Em
oh whoa oh whoa
D | Em
oh whoa oh whoa
-chorous-
N.C. | D
Everybody was kung-fu fighting
| Em
those kicks were fast as lighting
| D
in fact it was a little bit frightening
| Em
but they fought with expert timing
| D | Em
They were funky china man from funky china town
| D | Em
They were chopping men up they were chopping men down
| D | Em
It's an ancient chinese art and every body knew their part
| D | Em
From a fainting to a slip and a kicking from the hip
-chorous-
Everybody was kung-fu fighting spoken - huh
those kicks were fast as lighting
in fact it was a little bit frightening spoken -yeah yeah
but they fought with expert timing
There was funky Billy Chen and little Sammy Chong
He said here comes the big boss spoken -Where lets get it on
We took them all and made a stand started swaying with the hands
Sudden motion made me skip now were into a brand new trick
-chorous-
Everybody was kung-fu fighting spoken - huh
those kicks were fast as lighting spoken -hah
in fact it was a little bit frightening spoken -huh
but they fought with expert timing spoken -hah
oh whoa spoken -hah oh whoa spoken -hah
oh whoa spoken -huh oh whoa spoken -hah
this is continued through final verse fades out
Kung-fu fighting, It's as fast as lighting (repeat then fade out)
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