Brick House - The Commodores (1977)
Written By: William King, Ronald LaPread, Thomas McClary,
Walter Orange, Lionel Richie and Milan Williams.
Chorded By: Skidaddy, Esq., G.Q.
4/4 TIME @ 108 BPM (3 Min. 52 Sec.) in 'C'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYS
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
------------------ ---------------
[Am7] - x 0 5 5 5 5 A A-C-E-G
[GM7] - x x 5 7 7 7 G G-B-D-F#
[Am/G#] - x x 6 5 5 5 G# A-C-E
[Am] - 5 7 7 5 5 5 A A-C-E
[D] - x 5 7 7 7 5 D A-D-F#
[C] - x 3 5 5 5 3 C G-C-E
[Em7/A] - x 0 0 0 0 0 A G-B-D-E
Intro
[8 M] Bass TAB for 1 Guitar -
NC… (0-2-0) (0-2-0)
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--020---------02|----------------|--020---------02|
D|------0---------|------0-02------|------0---------|------0-02------|
A|0---3---------0-|-----------3----|0---3---------0-|-----------3----|
E|--------3--4----|----------------|--------3--4----|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
NC… (0-2-0) (1-0)
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------------1-|----------------|-----10---------|
G|----------------|--020-----------|----------------|--0-----2-0-----|
D|------0---------|------0-02------|------0---------|------------2-0-|
A|0---3---------0-|-----------3----|0---3---------0-|----------------|
E|--------3--4----|----------------|--------3--4----|----------------|
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Ow, she's a
Chorus 1
[12 M]
|[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |[Am] [D] [C] |[Am] |
brick… house… She's might-y, might-y,… just
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
let-tin' it all hang out… Ah, she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am]|
… Ah, that la-dy's stacked,… and that's a fact,…
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
ain't hold-in' noth-in' back. Ow,… she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am]|
… Well,… we're to-geth-er, ev-'ry-bo-dy knows…
|[Am] [D] |
this is how the sto-ry goes…
Verse 1
[8 M]
|[Am7] |[Am7] |[Am7] |
She knows she got ev-'ry-thing… that a wo-man needs… to get a man,…
|[Am7] |[Am7] |
… yeah,… yeah… How can she lose… with the
|[Am7] |[Am7] |
stuff she use?… Thir-ty-six,… twen-ty-four,… thir-ty-six…
|[Am7] |
Oh, what a win-ning hand,… 'cause she's a
Chorus 2
[12 M]
|[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |[Am] [D] [C] |[Am] |
brick… house… She's might-y, might-y,… just
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
let-tin' it all hang out… Ah, she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am]|
… Ow,… that la-dy's stacked,… and that's a fact,…
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
ain't hold-in' noth-in' back. Oh,… she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] |
… Yeah,… she's the one,… the on-ly one,…
|[Am] [D] |
built like an Am-a-zon…
Verse 2
[8 M]
|[Am7] |[Am7] |[Am7] |
The clothes she wears,… her sex-y ways,… make an… old… man… wish… for
|[Am7] |[Am7] |
youn-ger days,… yeah,… yeah… She knows she's built,… and
|[Am7] |[Am7] |
knows how to please… Sho' 'nough can knock a strong…
|[Am7] |
man to his knees,… 'cause she's a
Chorus 3
[8 M]
|[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |[Am] [D] [C] |[Am] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
brick… house… Yeah,… she's might-y, might-y,… just
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
let-tin' it all hang out… Ah, she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am]|
… That la-dy's stacked,… and that's a fact,…
|[Am] [D] |
ain't hold-in' noth-in' back. Ow…
Refrain 1
[8 M]
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, da-dow…
Chorus 4
[8 M]
|[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |[Am] [D] [C] |[Am] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
Brick… house… Yeah,… she's might-y, might-y,… just
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
let-tin' it all hang out… Ah, she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] |
… Yeah,… she's the one,… the on-ly one,…
|[Am] [D] |
built like an Am-a-zon,… yeah…
Refrain 2
[8 M]
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow…
Chorus 5
[8 M]
|[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |[Am] [D] [C] |[Am] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
Brick… house… Yeah,… she's might-y, might-y,… just
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
let-tin' it all hang out… Ah, she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am]|
… That la-dy's stacked,… and that's a fact,…
|[Am] [D] |
ain't hold-in' noth-in' back. Ow…
Refrain 3
[8 M]
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow…
|[Em7/A] |[Am7] |
… Shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow-dow, shook-a-dow, shook-a-dow…
Chorus 6
[8 M]
|[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |[Am] [D] [C] |[Am] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
Brick… house… Yeah,… she's might-y, might-y,… just
|[Am] [D] |[Am7] [GM7] [Am/G#] [Am] |
let-tin' it all hang out… Ah, she's a brick… house…
|[Am] [D] [C] |[Am7] |
… Yeah,… she's the one,… the on-ly one,…
|[Am] [D] |
built like an Am-a-zon,… yeah!…
