Grow Some Funk Of Your Own chords by Elton John

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

A D/A A D/A A D/A A7 D/A
A D/A A D/A A D/A A7 D/A
A D/A A D/A A D/A A7 D/A
A D/A A D/A A D/A A7 D/A
G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C
G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C

Verse 1:
    G                C/G    G
Yeah I looked at my watch and it said a quarter to five
       C          Cm  C
The headlines screamed that I was still alive
 Cm C
I couldn't understand it
 F            G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C
I thought I died last night

   G           C/G  G
Oh I dreamed I'd been in a border town
        C       Cm  C
In a little cantina that the boys had found
   Cm C
I was desperate to dance
F              G C/G G C/G G C/G F/G F/G C/G
Just to dig the local sounds

Bridge 1:
Dm7        G
When along came a señorita
Dm7            G/F
She looked so good that I had to meet her
   C/G          D/A        G/B
I was ready to approach her with my English charm
     C   Bb    F/A Gm   F C/E Dm C      G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C
When her brass knuckled boy-friend grabbed me by the arm
          G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C

Chorus:
      A7  D/A A      A  A A/C# A/E
And he said grow some funk of your own a-mi__-go
A7  D/A A      A
Grow some funk of your own
D
We no like to with the gringo fight
     E
But there might be a death in Mexico tonight
       A7  D/A A      A  A A/C# A/E
If you can't grow some funk of your own a-mi__-go
A7  D/A A      A
Grow some funk of your own
F#
Take my advice, take the next flight
  E        E7sus   E9   D
And grow your funk, grow your funk at home
                 (*) G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C

Verse 2:
    G              C/G    G
Well I looked for support from the rest of my friends
          C         Cm   C
For their vanishing trick they get ten out of ten
 C
I knelt to pray

    F        C/F  G/F G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C
Just to see if he would comprehend
   G           C/G  G
Oh I dreamed I'd been in a border town
        C       Cm  C
In a little cantina that the boys had found

Bridge:
   Cm C
I was desperate to dance
F              G C/G G C/G G C/G F/G F/G C/G
Just to dig the local sounds
Dm7        G
When along came a señorita
Dm7            G/F
She looked so good that I had to meet her
   C/G          D/A        G/B
I was ready to approach her with my English charm
     C   Bb    F/A Gm   F C/E Dm C      G F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C
When her brass knuckled boy-friend grabbed me by the arm
    G    F/A Gdim/Bb G/B F/C C

Chorus:
      A7  D/A A      A  A A/C# A/E
And he said grow some funk of your own a-mi__-go
A7  D/A A      A
Grow some funk of your own
D
We no like to with the gringo fight
     E
But there might be a death in Mexico tonight
       A7  D/A A      A  A A/C# A/E
If you can't grow some funk of your own a-mi__-go
A7  D/A A      A
Grow some funk of your own
F#
Take my advice, take the next flight
  E        E7sus   E9   D
And grow your funk, grow your funk at home

Outro:
        G  F/A Gdim/Bb G/B
I'll grow some funk,
F/C            C
Yeah, I'll grow some funk of my own.

      A7  D/A A      A  A A/C# A/E
And he said grow some funk of your own a-mi__-go
A7  D/A A      A
Grow some funk of your own
D
We no like to with the gringo fight
     E
But there might be a death in Mexico tonight
       A7  D/A A      A  A A/C# A/E
If you can't grow some funk of your own a-mi__-go
A7  D/A A      A
Grow some funk of your own
F#
Take my advice, take the next flight
  E        E7sus   E9   D
And grow your funk, grow your funk at home