13th Floor Growing Old chords by OutKast

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

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

♫ Intro:
E MajorE
Conceive true deception multiplied a million fold
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Visualize the yin and yang in a battle so intense
E MajorE
That we get em confused
F# minorF#m
The resident evil specialize in misconstruing
E MajorE
We wanna be at a presidential level—what are we doing?
DMaj9Dmaj9
Fooling ourselves, clowning ourselves, playing ourselves
E MajorE
By not being ourselves
F#m7F#m7
We can't babble no more than we can bob our head offbeat
E MajorE
Nimrod by the time we forty cause we can't get off meat
Dmaj7Dmaj7
While we ask no reason for the misplacement of the season
E MajorE
Look at the picture that's painted
F# minorF#m
Tainted as the mind who's blinded to the point
E MajorE
Where Sodomites get all the rights
DMaj9Dmaj9
We fall for fights with fisticuffs
E MajorE
Get pissed enough to miss the bus
F#m9F#m9
It disgusts me to see my folks run up on
E MajorE
I say stand upon this section of time marked Revelations
Dmaj7Dmaj7
And recognize this mind-numbing reality of horror
E MajorE
Known as mankind
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Jesus and his twelve disciples make thirteen
E MajorE
A augmentedA righteous number of righteous men
DMaj9Dmaj9
Even Judas the Betrayer came true in the end
E MajorE
The Devil say the end is the beginning
F#m7F#m7
They teach that we were the product of incest
E MajorE
Invest no level of self into their system of Paganomics
DMaj9Dmaj9
Stand with us and don't look back upon it
E MajorE
Just face this mindstate
F#m7F#m7
Otherwise Babylon

♫ Interlude:
N.C.
Like memories of yesterday

E MajorE Dmaj7Dmaj7 E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE DMaj9Dmaj9 E MajorE F#m7F#m7 E MajorE Dmaj7Dmaj7 E MajorE F# minorF#m E MajorE DMaj9Dmaj9 E MajorE F#m9F#m9

♫ Verse 1:
E MajorE
I bet you never heard of a playa with no game
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Told the truth to get what I want, but shot it with no shame
E MajorE
Take this music dead serious while others entertain
F# minorF#m
I see they're making their paper so I guess I can't complain
E MajorE
Or can I? I feel they're disrespecting the whole thang
DMaj9Dmaj9
Them hooks like selling dope to black folks
E MajorE
And I choke when the food they serving ain't tasting right
F#m7F#m7
My stomach can't digest it even when I bless it
E MajorE
I'm confessing one more lesson from the South, we in the house tonight
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Now hootie who wants to oppose? Suppose
E MajorE
We rolls through Headland and Delowe
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Where me and my niggas would pass the flow
E MajorE
And got down for ours like hind catchers
DMaj9Dmaj9
My mind catches flashbacks to the black past
E MajorE
While mind close niggas laugh at
F#m9F#m9
The Southern slang, finger waves and Mojo chicken wangs
E MajorE
I grew up on booty shake we did not know no better thang
Dmaj7Dmaj7
So go 'head and, diss it, while real hop-hippers listen
E MajorE
Started by Afrika Bambaata, so you and your partner
F#m7F#m7
Gather your thoughts


Hook:
E MajorE
Something's gotta change
            DMaj9Dmaj9               E MajorE
Sounds of laughter and happiness turn my teardrops to rain
         F# minorF#m              E MajorE
Been bearing this burden for too many of my days
           Dmaj7Dmaj7             E MajorE
Looks like breezes of Autumn done finally blew my way
F#m7F#m7
Like memories of yesterday


♫ Verse 2:
E MajorE
Uhh, born Antwan Patton but my partners they call me Big Boi
Dmaj7Dmaj7
It's the nigga the B-I-G, be speaking the truth not talking that shit boy
E MajorE
I'm thinking of checking my traps and busting my raps
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And throwing them craps
E MajorE
7 Eleven is no convenience, you pumping your gas but watching your back
DMaj9Dmaj9
For the robbing crew; thinking they're robbing you, you must be cautious
E MajorE
To staying up on your game and pimping these crows, you must be flawless
F#m7F#m7
Like Mortal Kombat, but fucking these wombats got you dizzy
E MajorE
My nigga you know if I wanna be playin
Dmaj7Dmaj7
But runnin up on me like you miss me
E MajorE
You catching the wrong vibe, packing your shit and rolling your eyes back
F# minorF#m
Flexin up on the corner tossin your dice and rollin your Cadillac
E MajorE
But man it seems I'm reaching out and touching the wrong nigga
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Don't expect it to be pimping get your index off the trigger
E MajorE
As we bust, us, we leavin em in the dust
F#m7F#m7
So keep that caine up out of your nose
E MajorE
I said my piece and then I hush
DMaj9Dmaj9
As the calendar keeps flippin', niggas dippin'


Hook:
E MajorE
Something's gotta change
            DMaj9Dmaj9               E MajorE
Sounds of laughter and happiness turn my teardrops to rain
         F# minorF#m              E MajorE
Been bearing this burden for too many of my days
           Dmaj7Dmaj7             E MajorE
Looks like breezes of Autumn done finally blew my way
F#m7F#m7
Like memories of yesterday


♫ Verse 3:
E MajorE
Our dearly beloved, we are gathered like soap is to lather we come clean
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Some issues need to be addressed like envelopes I mean
E MajorE
Oh, like Liberty Bells, yes them bullets keep on ringing
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On fire like the Georgia Mass Choir, we keep on sanging
E MajorE
Bringing our folks closer together cause they severed us from the get green
DMaj9Dmaj9
Light and we ain't gon' stop until we hit the big screen
E MajorE
Psych, because no one is free when others are oppressed
F#m7F#m7
So, we hit the stage and then we fly back to our nest
E MajorE
Like some eagles, people don't understand
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Just like their parents don't be caring
E MajorE
I'm speaking bout you playing with that phony stuff you sharing
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In your raps Mercedes Benz and all your riches
E MajorE
Thinking you got it but get it, get it but you ain't pimping no bitches
DMaj9Dmaj9
'Cause you flauging; falling like leaves into driveways
E MajorE
Isn't it lovely smoking good and sloppy head on highways
F#m9F#m9
Fridays are tight but Saturday just makes it old
E MajorE
Winter nights are hot warm enough to feed your soul
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Growing old


Hook:
E MajorE
Something's gotta change
            DMaj9Dmaj9               E MajorE
Sounds of laughter and happiness turn my teardrops to rain
         F# minorF#m              E MajorE
Been bearing this burden for too many of my days
           Dmaj7Dmaj7             E MajorE
Looks like breezes of Autumn done finally blew my way
F#m7F#m7
Like memories of yesterdayx


♫ Outro:
E MajorE
See all them leaves must fall down, growing old
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat ass turns to flab
E MajorE
Sores that was open wounds eventually turn to scab
F# minorF#m
Trees bright and green turn yellow-brown
E MajorE
Autumn caught em, see all them leaves must fall down, growin' old
DMaj9Dmaj9
See all them leaves must fall down, growing old
E MajorE
Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat ass turns to flab
F#m7F#m7
Sores that was open wounds eventually turn to scab
E MajorE
Trees bright and green turn yellow-brown
Dmaj7Dmaj7
Autumn caught em, see all them leaves must fall down, growin' old
E MajorE
See all them leaves must fall down, growing old
F# minorF#m
Fat titties turn to teardrops as fat ass turns to flab
E MajorE
Sores that was open wounds eventually turn to scab
DMaj9Dmaj9
Trees bright and green turn yellow-brown
E MajorE                          F#m9F#m9
Autumn caught em, see all them leaves must fall down, growin' old