FOUR BROTHERS
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[Verse #1]
[Bbm9] [Eb7]
Take a seat and cool it 'cause un less you overrule it
[Abmaj7] [F9]
We are ready to show you some blowin'
[Bbm7] [Cm7] [F9]
A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun
^ ^ ^ ^
[Bbm7] [Eb7] [Ab6] [Ab6] [F9] [F7-9]
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
[Verse #2]
[Bbm9] [Eb9]
So settle down an' listen 'cause you don't know what you're missin'
[Abmaj7] [F9]
And we're ready to give you a showin'
[Bbm7] [Cm7] [F9]
A movin' it 'n groovin' it has just be gun
[Bbm7] [Eb7] [Ab6]
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
[ Bridge ]
[Dbm7] [Gb7] [Bmaj7]
We got a little message that you're gonna enjoy
[Bm7] [E7] [A6]
Ain't no sense in dodgin' the facts
[Dm7] [G7] [Cmaj7] [Dbo] [Dm7]
So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care - for get it
[Cm7] [F11]
It's time to re lax
[Verse #3]
[Bbm9] [Eb7] [Eb7-9]
You might as well admit it, we're the best that ever did it
[Abmaj7] [F9]
But in case you ain't too sure o' knowin'
[Bbm9] [Cm7] [F9]
We're gonna let you listen to us one by one
[Bbm7] [Eb7] [Ab6]
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns
[Verse #4]
[Bbm7] [Eb7]
How'd ya do, I'm talkin' about you
[Abmaj7] [F7] [F7+5] [Bbm7]
It's very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blow
[Eb9] [Ab6]
'Cause as sure as I'm born, I'm blowin' my horsn
[Bbm7] [Eb7]
Listen't'me baby, I'm blowin', zootin' it up
[Abmaj7] [Ao] [Bbm7]
And I hope you dig the sounds I'm makin' more'n any other
[Eb6] [Bbm7] [Eb7] [Ab6]
Now I must go for it's time for you to listen to my other brother
Bridge
[Dbm7] [Gb7] [Bmaj7] [B6] [Em9] [A9] [Dmaj7] [D6]
I think the chick's talkin' 'bout me so I'd better go 'n see
[Dm7] [G7-9] [Cmaj7] [Dbo]
I'm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you
[Dm7] [G7-9] [Cm7]
That's the reason I'm blowin' so snappily
[Bb9] [Eb11] [Eb7-9] [Abmaj7]
I don't know what ya got, but it thrills me an' I hope to have a lot
[F9]
'Cause it puts me in clover
[Bbm7] [Cm7] [F7]
So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother
[Bbm7] [Eb7-9] [Ab6]
You're gonna have to turn the record over
[F9] [E9] [Ebmaj7]
Hey hey hey Who ya talkin' about, say who ya talkin' about
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhh
[Ab7+5] [Fm7]
Did I hear you say you'd intron duce your other brother
( pow! 0
[Gb9] [Fm7] [Ebmaj7]
'Cause in case I heard you talkin' about three, that's me
[E9] [F9] [F9] [E9] [D9] [Ebmaj7]
Pleased to meet you, how'd you do, how are you, nothin's new
[C7+5-9]
How is everything with you?
[Fm7] [C7-9] [Fm7] [Bb7-9] [Eb6]
Whattya say I leave this jazz up to my brother --
[Verse #5]
[Abm7] [Db7] [Gbmaj7]
Dig dig dig my Long Island sound
[Bm7] [E7] [Amaj7]
I hope you're puttin' it down
[Am7] [D9]
You got me in a mood that's so ro mantic
[Gmaj7] [Em7] [Am7] [D9]
If you noticed you can take this silly old actin'
[Dm7] [A7-9] [Fm9] [Bb7-9]
'Cause I'm actin' so dis tracted when I dig you
[Verse #6]
[Cm7] [C13] [C7-13] [Fm7]
Pretty baby you will never know how much I really dig you
[Eb7-9] [Fm7] [Bb7-9] [Eb6]
You have got me so excited that I goofed blowin' my horn
[Fm9] [Bb7-9]
Boop bop the news is gettin' around, we're really puttin' it down
[Eb6] [G7] [Cm7]
We're glad, in fact, to know that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to give you more
[Bb6] [G7-9]
Thank you for the compli ment
[Cm7] [Eb6] [Bb6] [G7]
You told us we were better just as though we didn't know it
[Cm7] [Eb6] [F11]
We're hip that we're the best, we're over all the rest
[Bb6] [G9]
We're in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the fool
[Eb6] [Bb9] [G9]
The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show
[Cm7] [F11] [Bb6]
But we don't go for that, so while we blow
Bridge
[Eb9] [Ab6] [Db] [Gb] [B] [E6]
Hi -ho, lacka day, boy it's a natural fact
[E] [Eb] [D] [Eb] [Em7] [A7-5] [Dm7] [G7]
I ain't no kin, but I would like to get in the act!
[G7] [Ab7-5] [G7] [Ab7-5] [G7] [Ab7-5]
Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here now
[Ab13] [G13] [Gb13] [F13]
Fellas we ap preciate it makin' you mad
[Dm7] [G7]
But we must ask you to apolo gize
[F11] [Bb]
Because after all he's in our band
Chorus
[Fm9] [Bb9] [Eb6] [C9] [Fm9]
Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
[Abmaj7] [Ao] [Eb/Bb]
Al though we sound like more
[Fm9] [Bb9] [Eb6] [C9] [Fm9]
Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
[Ab6] [Ao] [Eb/Bb]
We're real ly only four
[ Verse #7]
[Ab11] [Db7] [Gbmaj7] [Bm7] [E7] [Amaj7] [A6]
We like to blow but we don't know how time can fly and how an hour can pass a way
[Am7] [D7] [Gmaj7] [Abo] [Am7] [D11]
We wish the time would never go so we could take our time an' blow 'til judgement day
Chorus
[Fm9] [Bb13] [Eb6] [C9] [Fm9] [Bb9]
Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
[Fm7] [Gbo] [Eb/G] [Eb6]
That just one final word:
Coda
[Abmaj7]
I'm happy to know you and I hope I don't forget you
[Abm7]
It's really a pleasure and I hope I don't look silly to you
[Eb/G]
I'm hopin' the story that I told did not upset you
[Gb9]
Sorry, now in conclusion we are hoping that you heard four
[Dbmaj7/Eb]
So just before we go we want you to know ---
We're glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz
(We don't go for braggin' but we're blowin' our own...)
[Eb13-5]
Ho-- -ooorn!
