Number One chords by Portugal. The Man

Chords with lyrics

Number One (feat. Richie Havens & Son Little) - Portugal. The Man

The bassline riff over the C minorCm chords is just a hammer on from Bb majorBb -> C majorC so you can either
slide from Bb5Bb5 into
 C minorCm or play Cm7Cm7 and hammer on to Cm.
Listen to the song for the rhythm and timing.

Intro:
C minorCm
 Freedom
C minorCm
 Freedom
C minorCm
 Freedom
C minorCm
 Freedom

C minorCm
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
C minorCm
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
 Bb majorBb  Bb/B    C minorCm
A augmentedA long way from my home

C minorCm           Bb majorBb    AbAb
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
C minorCm           Bb majorBb    AbAb
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone

Verse 1:
     C minorCm
When the morning came
    C minorCm
Like another's pain
      Bb majorBb
But didn't know to fade
     AbAb
Like the sound it made

     C minorCm
Let's go down the drain
     C minorCm
With the falling rain
    Bb majorBb
Wash away the stains
    AbAb
In the evening shade


Pre-Chorus:
     C minorCm
It's that sufferin'
    Eb MajorEb
Don't know why it brings
      Bb majorBb
Such sweet memories
      F minorFm
Will be the end of me

Chorus:
            C minorCm
But you'll come out all right
     C minorCm
(Yeah) I know it seems there's no end in sight
       C minorCm               F minorFm
(Yeah) But it doesn't mean you can't put up a fight
    G minorGm
But ya don't, no, no
    C minorCm
But ya don't, no, no


Post-Chorus:
C minorCm
No, no, no
C minorCm
No, no, no
C minorCm      C minorCm
No, no, no


Verse 2:
    C minorCm
All the trails we blazed
     C minorCm
Have long since been paved
      Bb majorBb
Leadin' the modern age
      AbAb
On down memory lane

   C minorCm
Can't turn the page
     C minorCm
Like it's just a phase
       Bb majorBb
Somehow still be amazed
     AbAb
That the leaves had changed


Pre-Chorus:
     C minorCm
It's that sufferin'
    Eb MajorEb
Don't know why it brings
      Bb majorBb
Such sweet memories
      F minorFm
Will be the end of me


Chorus:
            C minorCm
But you'll come out all right
     C minorCm
(Yeah) I know it seems there's no end in sight
       C minorCm               F minorFm
(Yeah) But it doesn't mean you can't put up a fight
    G minorGm
But ya don't, no, no
    C minorCm
But ya don't, no, no


            C minorCm
But you'll come out all right
     C minorCm
(Yeah) I know it seems there's no end in sight
       C minorCm               F minorFm
(Yeah) But it doesn't mean you can't put up a fight
    G minorGm
But ya don't, no, no
    C minorCm
But ya don't, no, no


interlude:

C minorCm           Bb majorBb    AbAb
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
C minorCm           Bb majorBb    AbAb
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
        C minorCm
When I need my brother (yeah)
C minorCm
Father (yeah)
C minorCm
Sister (yeah)
C minorCm
Mother (yeah)
C minorCm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah


Outro:

DbDb BbmBbm F minorFm AbAb

       DbDb
It's gonna be all right
    BbmBbm
Telling white lies
  F minorFm
Of late nights
     AbAb
'Til the sunrise
   DbDb              BbmBbm
Cause when we rise up we rise up above
      F minorFm
All of the chaos
  AbAb
To get lost
                 DbDb
Don't make me don't make me wake up
             BbmBbm
Cause I'm gonna be like a drug
      F minorFm
That never gets old
  AbAb
Or gives hope
              DbDb   BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb F minorFm   AbAb
But baby you make me feel loved