54 46 Was My Number chords by Toots And The Maytals

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Title:54-46 Was My Number (Modern Version)

Intro:
           G7G7
Stick it up, mister!
                 G7G7
Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah (Mufflin Eh no no no)
                G7G7
Get your hands in the air, sir!     (Uhhh...Yeah..)

And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no

Chorus 1:
    G7G7      C7C7
I said yeah (I said yeah)
         G7G7          C7C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
           G7G7       C7C7
Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah)
         G7G7          C7C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)

Verse 1:
     G7G7                  C7C7
Do you believe I would take such a thing with me
  G7G7         C7C7
And give it to a police man?
      G7G7     C7C7
I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh)
      G7G7      C7C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

     G7G7        C7C7
And if I do that, I would say "Sir
     G7G7            C7C7
  Come on and put the charge on me"
      G7G7      C7C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)
      G7G7      C7C7
I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

     G7G7       C7C7
I'm not a fool to hurt myself
     G7G7              C7C7
So I was innocent of what they done to me
      G7G7      C7C7
They were wrong (give it to me one more time)
      G7G7  C7C7
They were wrong (ooh yeah)
pre chorus:
              C7C7
You give it to me one time (huh)
               C7C7 C7C7
You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
                C7C7 C7C7 C7C7
You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)
               C7C7 C7C7 C7C7 C7C7
You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)

Chorus 2:

G7G7 C7C7     G7G7    C7C7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh
   G7G7      C7C7      G7G7
Right now, someone else has that number (one more time)
G7G7 C7C7     G7G7    C7C7
54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah)
   G7G7      C7C7      G7G7
Right now, someone else has that number

Chorus 1:
    G7G7      C7C7
I said yeah (I said yeah)
         G7G7          C7C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
     G7G7        C7C7
Can you hear me now? (yeah yeah)
         G7G7          C7C7
Listen what they say (listen what they say)
Solo:
G7G7  C7C7
I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...(Scat)

Bridge:
              C7C7
You give it to me one time (huh)
               C7C7 C7C7
You give it to me two times (huh-huh)
D7D7   D7D7   D7D7   D7D7
Give it Give it Give it Give it
D7D7   D7D7   D7D7   D7D7
Give it Give it Give it Give it
D7D7   D7D7   D7D7   D7D7
Give it Noh   Noh   Noh
D7D7   D7D7   D7D7   D7D7
Noh   Oh

Solo:
G7G7  C7C7
I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...(Scat)

Chorus 2:
G7G7 C7C7     G7G7    C7C7
54-46 was my number, eeeeehh
   G7G7      C7C7      G7G7
Right now, someone else has that number

(Fade Out)