Green Light

John Legend

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Intro
Bb F C Bb Bb Bb Gm Bb Gm Gm Gm 
                   


Chorus
        Gm              Gm 
Give me the green light  

        Gm             Gm 
Give me just one night  

Gm 
I'm ready to go right now 

Gm 
I'm ready to go right now 

Gm CM7 Bm7 CM7 Am CM7 
              

    CM7      Em       Bm7 
I'm ready to go right now 

    CM7               Bm7 
I'm ready to go right now 


Verse
Am7 
I see you move I'm checking your smile 

Am7                                           Em7 
Workin your back like it's going out of style  

             Bm                CM7 
Shake just a little bit faster  

             Bm 
Shake just a little now girl 

Am7                             G 
Dying to meet you so let's mess around 

Am7              C                  Em 
Got an obsession of us getting down  

            Bm                CM7 
Come just a little bit closer  

            Bm 
I just need permission soooo 


Chorus
            Am          Am 
Give me the green light  

G            Am7 Am  Am Em7 
Give me just    one   night 

          Em CM7 D 
I'm ready to go   right now 

          D           Am  Am 
I'm ready to go right now  

G            Am7      C Em7 
I'm ready to go right     now 

CM7 D                   Bm7 
I'm  ready to go right now 

Am7           CM7 
One two three green light 

CM7 
Well if it's what it seems like 

CM7 
They way you're movin' baby let's me know that's it's gon' be right 

CM7 
I'm Ah ah 

             CM7 
I'm Aone two three red light 

                      Bm7   Am7 CM7 
I wanna see what your bed's       like 

       G Am7     CM7                               Em7 
But if I be your buddy get you studied is yo' head right 

    G CM7    D 
I'm     Ah ah 


Verse
D7     Am7                                  GM7 
I'm Do I have a girlfriend Well technically no 

   Am7                                    C  Em7 
If you be my girlfriend then I'll make it so  

       Em    Bm              CM7 
You'll be my only true lover  

               Bm 
No competition   no other 

Am7                              GM7 
Baby it's just the thrill of the chase 

Am7                    C       CM7       Em7 
I've got a feeling I'm winning this race  

         Bm 
Baby I'm in much closer 

C           Bm 
I just need permission so 


Chorus
            Am          Am 
Give me the green light  

G            Am7           Am 
Give me just    one night  

    Em7               CM7 Bm7 CM7 
I'm ready to go right now     

          D           Am  Am 
I'm ready to go right now  

G            Am7          Am7 C 
I'm ready to go right now     

    Em7               CM7 D CM7 
I'm ready to go right now   

              CM7 D Am7 CM7 
One two three        green light 

CM7 
Well if it's what it seems like 

     CM7 
They way you're movin' baby let's me know that's it's gon' be right 

    CM7 
I'm Ah ah 

    Bm7 CM7 Bm7      Am7       CM7 
I'm          Aone two three red light 

  CM7 
I wanna see what your bed's like 

Am7                            CM7 
But if I be your buddy get you studied is yo' head right 

    Em7   G CM7 
I'm Ah ah   


Verse
    D           Am7 
I'm  So I went hard like Medusa starin at me 

                 Am7 
I told her Let's go let's blow this lame nigga factory 

                      Em 
She said What kind of girl do you think that I are 

    Bm7 
The kind that you meet in a bar 

    CM7                                       Bm7 
You think you can get whatever you want cause you some kind of star 

         Am7 
No I'm a comet I just want you woman 

G             Am7 
Hey if I were you then it would be me that I'd go home with 

                  Em7 
Three the one and only one thing you ain't considered 

  Bm7                CM7                       Bm7 
I heard you when you told your girl Ooh he can get it admit it 

Am7                        G            Am7 
You did it Let's hop a cab and split it  

                   Am7 
I'm kiddin We both goin' to where you livin' 

      CM7 Em7                       Bm7                         CM7 
Ehhah    I got you giggling like a piglet oh that's the ticket  

                     Bm7                    Am7 
I hope you more like Anita Baker than Robin Givens 

                     Am7            GM7 
No I don't know that lady so let me quit it 

Am7                                       G 
I'm just stylefreein' freestylin' which I seldom do 


Chorus
Em7                          Bm7 
This is what I'm tellin' you to the bed I'm nailin' you 

CM7                                  Bm7 
Like I've been in jail for two years and then they let me loose 

Am7     G 
Give me  the green light 

Am7          CM7 
Give me just    one night 

             Em7 
I'm ready to go right now 

          CM7         D 
I'm ready to go right  now 

    CM7 
I'm ready to go right now 

Bm7 
I'm ready to go right now 

Am7 CM7 G 
You     got you one Legend 

          Am7 CM7 Em7                CM7 
Sometimes          you gotta step from behind that piano 

    CM7          Bm7              Am7 G Am7 CM7 Em7 
And let 'em know    what's going           on 


Outro
     D      CM7            Am7 G Am7 CM7 Em7                      Bm7 
Even Stevie    Wonder got              down sometimesHahaha  

    CM7                    Bm7 D Am7       D7 G Am7 G GM7 G 
I'm ready to go My mandate        can't            wait 

F           F                         F 
Participate  Give me the green light  

        G7       G 
Give me just one night 

             D7          G 
I'm ready to   go right  now 

GM7 G 
I'm  ready to go right now 

    G                 F 
I'm ready to go right now 

    C        F Bb       C7  D7 G7 
I'm ready to  go right now    


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