Take Care Of Your Homework chords by Johnnie Taylor

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E MajorE    G+G     F#F#     A augmentedA  BB
        Got to tell you the truth, I got to tell you the truth

Verse 1:
E MajorE
Oh brother Jack you goin' with sister Sadie
E MajorE
When you ought to be at home with your old lady
E MajorE
But your heart is divided in so many pieces
E MajorE
Tryin' to please them both
E MajorE
Never pleasing neither

C majorC    BB
Oh Jack, take it on back
 F#F#           E MajorE
Before your good thing is gone
      C majorC      BB
Because the downfall of too many men
    F#F#         BB
Is the upkeep of too many women, so

Chorus:
E MajorE
Take care of your homework, fella
E MajorE
If you don't somebody will, oh yeah
E MajorE
You better take care of your homework, fella
E MajorE
If you don't somebody will, Now wait a minute here!

Verse 2:
E MajorE
Oh brother Fred how he used to run
E MajorE
Staying out all night leaving his homework undone
E MajorE
Now Fred's old lady took as much as she could stand
E MajorE
Then one night the next-door neighbor
E MajorE
Gave her a helping hand

C majorC     BB
Oh fellas, take it on home
 F#F#           E MajorE
Before your good thing is gone
      C majorC      BB
Because the downfall of too many men
    F#F#         BB
Is the upkeep of too many women, so

Chorus:
E MajorE
Take care of your homework fella
E MajorE
If you don't somebody will, oh you’d better hear me now, I’m back
E MajorE
You better take care of your homework, fella
E MajorE
If you don't somebody will, Listen to me, y’all!

Bridge:
      E MajorE
Bring it on home
      G+G
Get off the streets, y’all
     F#F#
Take it on home
A augmentedA  BB       E MajorE
Ahhhhhhhh, all right

Outro:
E MajorE
Oh fellas let me tell you
E MajorE
These girls are gettin’ hip
E MajorE
You can only slide so long
E MajorE
Before you make a slip
E MajorE
Take care of your homework, fella
E MajorE
If you don't somebody will
E MajorE
You better take care of your homework, fella
E MajorE
If you don't somebody will
E MajorE
Take it, take it on home
E MajorE
Get off the streets