Celebration chords by Kool & The Gang

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

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		Celebration - Kool & The Gang
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Kool & The Gang
Celebration (1980)
(Kool & The Gang)
From: "Celebrate!"

It doesn't seem to make much sense to write the chords of the riff
over the lyrics, so I tabbed these parts out.
Come on and celebrate - you can even do it on an acoustic. Enjoy!

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The song is in Ab, so: capo 1st fret

Brass Lick
e|1---0-----------|----------------|
BB|1---1---3---1---|0h1h3-----------|
G+G|2---0---4---0---|0-----0---------|
D MajorD|--------5---2---|0-----0---------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|

*INTRO
 C/GC/G  F/GF/G  C/GC/G F/GF/G C/GC/G G+G     C/GC/G  F/GF/G  C/GC/G F/GF/G C/GC/G G+G
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|--1-1-1-1---1---|1--1---0--------|--1-1-1-1---1---|1--1---0--------|
G+G|--0-0-2-2---0---|2--0---0--------|--0-0-2-2---0---|2--0---0--------|
D MajorD|--2-2-3-3---2---|3--2---0--------|--2-2-3-3---2---|3--2---0--------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3---------------|--------3-------|3---------------|--------3-------|
                Ya - hoo!      (It's a celebration)

**CHORUS
 C/GC/G  F/GF/G  C/GC/G F/GF/G C/GC/G G+G     C/GC/G  F/GF/G  C/GC/G F/GF/G C/GC/G G+G
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|--1-1-1-1---1---|1--1---0--------|--1-1-1-1---1---|1--1---0--------|
G+G|--0-0-2-2---0---|2--0---0--------|--0-0-2-2---0---|2--0---0--------|
D MajorD|--2-2-3-3---2---|3--2---0--------|--2-2-3-3---2---|3--2---0--------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E MajorE|3---------------|--------3-------|3---------------|--------3-------|
   Celebrate   good times, come on      (It's a celebration/
                         (Let's celebrate)

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CHORDS (capo 1st fret)

e-B-G-D-A-E
F/GF/G    1-1-2-3-x-3
C/GC/G    0-1-0-2-x-3
G+G     x-0-0-0-x-3
Cmaj7Cmaj7   0-0-0-2-3-x
Bm7Bm7    2-3-2-4-2-x
Esus4/7/9 2-3-2-2-2-0
E MajorE     0-0-1-2-2-0
C/DC/D    0-1-0-0-x-x

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capo 1st fret

INTRO (drums + brass lick)

*INTRO (2x)

**CHORUS
Celebrate good times, come on
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on
Let's celebrate

F/GF/G         C/GC/G   G+G
There's a party goin' on right here
   F/GF/G              C/GC/G   G+G
A augmentedA celebration to last throughout the years
       F/GF/G         C/GC/G   G+G
So bring your good times and your laughter too
F/GF/G              C/GC/G    G+G
  We're gonna celebrate your party with you, come on now
F/GF/G   C/GC/G G+G
  Celebration
F/GF/G            C/GC/G     G+G
  Let's all celebrate and have a good time
F/GF/G   C/GC/G G+G
  Celebration
F/GF/G             C/GC/G     G+G
  We're gonna celebrate and have a good time

Cmaj7Cmaj7    Bm7Bm7
It's time to come together
Esus4/7/9    E MajorE
It's up to you, what's your pleasure?
A minorAm    C/DC/D
Everyone around the world, come on

*INTRO (2x)

**CHORUS
Celebrate good times, come on
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on
Let's celebrate

F/GF/G             C/GC/G   G+G
We're gonna have a good time tonight
     F/GF/G        C/GC/G   G+G
Let's celebrate, it's all right
F/GF/G             C/GC/G   G+G
We're gonna have a good time tonight
     F/GF/G        C/GC/G   G+G
Let's celebrate, it's all right, baby

F/GF/G             C/GC/G   G+G
We're gonna have a good time tonight
 (Ce-         le- bra-  tion)
     F/GF/G        C/GC/G   G+G
Let's celebrate, it's all right

F/GF/G             C/GC/G   G+G
We're gonna have a good time tonight
 (Ce-         le- bra-  tion)
     F/GF/G        C/GC/G   G+G
Let's celebrate, it's all right

*INTRO (2x)

**CHORUS
Celebrate good times, come on
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on
Let's celebrate

**CHORUS
Celebrate good times, come on
It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on
Let's celebrate

(repeat **CHORUS ad lib)
Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight
(Celebrate good times, come on)
'Cause everything's gonna be all right
Let's celebrate
(Celebrate good times, come on)
(Let's celebrate)...