Move On Up Cifras

Song: Move on up
Artist: Curtis Mayfield
Composer: Curtis Mayfield
Album: Curtis
 
Tabbed by: DJ  14th Nov 2012
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
F#m7 = 242222  or  x-9-11-9-10-9
Em7  = 022030  or  x-7-9-7-8-7
A    = 577655  or  5-7-7-6-5-5
Bm   = x24432  or  7-9-9-7-7-7
 
^ = Emphasise the beats  x = snare beats
 
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[Intro]
  x x F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
 
[Verse 1]
F#m7     Em7           A         Bm
Hush now child, ...and don't you cry,
F#m7       Em7                      A      Bm
Your folks might understand you, ...by and by,
     F#m7    Em7             A       Bm
Just move on up, toward your desti - nation,
       F#m7    Em7
Though you may find, from time to time,
A        Bm
Compli - cation
 
[Brass break]
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
 
[Verse 2]
F#m7      Em7         A      Bm
Bite your lip, ...and take a trip,
       F#m7      Em7
Though there may be wet road ahead,
        A      Bm
And you cannot slip,
     F#m7    Em7        A            Bm
Just move on up, ...and peace you'll find,
F#m7     Em7
Into the steeple of beautiful people,
              A        Bm
Where there's only one kind
 
[Verse 3]
    F#m7      Em7        A         Bm
So, hush now, child, and don't you cry,
F#m7       Em7                      A      Bm
Your folks might understand you, ...by and by,
F#m7    Em7        A       Bm
Move on up, ...and keep on wishing,
     F#m7        Em7
Re - member your dream is your only scheme,
   A       Bm
So keep on pushing
 
[Brass break]
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
     F#m7  Em7            A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
 
[Verse 4]
     F#m7    Em7              A       Bm
Take nothing less ...than the supreme best,
   F#m7    Em7
Do not o - bey, "You must!", people say,
               A        Bm
"...So you can pass the test!",
     F#m7    Em7        A      Bm
Just move on up ...to a greater day,
     F#m7           Em7
With just a load of faith you can put your mind to it
        A      Bm
You can surely do it
 
[Brass break]
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
[Verse 5]
    F#m7     Em7    A       Bm
Just move on up, ...move on up,
   F#m7    Em7                           A       Bm
We move on up, ...watch out but just a - move on up,
   F#m7    Em7     A      Bm
We move on up,  ...move on up!
 
[Brass break]
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
      ^ ^
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After the starting two drum beats, from research
I think the horn section treated the brass riff as
starting on beat 3 of the four bar sequence,
and emphasising beats 3 and 4...
      F#m7  Em7           A     Bm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
  1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4   1 2 3 4
However, after the two drum beats the string arranger
interpreted it simply as starting on beat 1,
with the emphasis on beats 1 and 2...
  F#m7  Em7                 A     Bm
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4   1  2  3  4
Either option works, and each way of thinking of it
has been used on various cover versions.
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