Give It Away — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Chords and lyrics for Give It Away by Red Hot Chili Peppers (key of Am).
Intro
[Am7]
Verse
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to give it to your mama
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to give it to your pappa
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to give it to your daughter
You [Am]do a little dance and [C]then you drink a little water
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to get it put it in you
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to get it put it in you
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to get it put it in you
[Am]Reeling with the feeling [C]don't stop continue
[Am] Realize [C]I don't want to be a miser
[Am] Confide [C]with sly you'll be the wiser
[Am] Young blood [C]is the lovin' upriser
[Am]How come everybody [C]want to keep it like the kaiser
Chorus
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am]I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a pauper
Verse
[Am]Greedy little people [C]in a sea of distress
[Am]Keep your more [C]to receive your less
[Am] Unimpressed [C]by material excess
[Am]Love is free [C]love me say hell yes
[Am] Low brow [C]but I rock a little know how
[Am] No time [C]for the piggies or the hoosegow
[Am] Get smart [C]get down with the pow wow
[Am]Never been a better [C]time than right now
[Am] Bob [C]Marley poet and a prophet
[Am] Bob [C]Marley taught me how to off it
[Am] Bob [C]Marley walkin' like he talk it
[Am]Goodness me [C]can't you see I'm gonna cough it
Chorus
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am]Oh, oh yeah
Chorus
N.C.
Give it away give it away give it away now
N.C.
Give it away give it away give it away now
N.C.
Give it away give it away give it away now
N.C.
I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a pauper
Solo
[Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G]
[Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G]
Verse
Lucky [Am]me swimmin' in [C]my ability
Dancin' [Am]down on life [C]with agility
Come and [Am]drink it up from [C]my fertility
[Am]Blessed with a bucket [C]of lucky mobility
[Am] My mom [C]I love her 'cause she love me
[Am] Long gone [C]are the times when she scrub me
[Am] Feelin' good [C]my brother gonna hug me
[Am]Drink my juice [C]young love chug-a-lug me
[Am] There's a river [C]born to be a giver
[Am] Keep you warm [C]won't let you shiver
[Am] His heart [C]is never gonna wither
[Am]Come on everybody [C]time to deliver
Chorus
N.C.
Give it away give it away give it away now
N.C.
Give it away give it away give it away now
N.C.
Give it away give it away give it away now
N.C.
I can't tell if I'm a kingpin or a pauper
Solo
[Em] [G] [Em] [G] [Em] [G]
Verse
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to give it to your mama
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to give it to your pappa
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to give it to your daughter
You [Am]do a little dance and [C]then you drink a little water
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to get it put it in you
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to get it put it in you
[Am] What I've got you've [C]got to get it put it in you
[Am]Reeling with the feeling [C]don't stop continue
[Am] Realize [C]I don't want to be a miser
[Am] Confide [C]with sly you'll be the wiser
[Am] Young blood [C]is the lovin' upriser
[Am]How come everybody [C]want to keep it like the kaiser
Chorus
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
[Am] Give it away give it away give it away now
Outro
[Am] [C] Give it away [Am]now, [C] Give it away now
[Am] [C] Give it away [Am]now, [C] Give it away now
[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now,[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now
[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now,[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now
[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now,[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now
[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now,[Am] [D] [C#] [C] Give it away now
[Am] ...now.
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