One Nation Under a Groove

Chords & Lyrics, etc. v1

One Nation Under a Groove
One Nation Under a Groove Chords & Lyrics, etc. by Funkadelic
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Type: Chords & Lyrics, etc.

Version: 1

Created by: Bagus

Created: 3/25/2026

Updated: 4/1/2026

INTRO: bass: aa g g A, E E E G G#.. repeat. 

chords: e in bass Ab d G. then. a in bass, g b db gb  

    Em7                                 A                Em7                    A       
So  wide     you can't get around it,       So low you   can't get under it 
So high you can't get over it  (So high you        can't get over it)
This is a chance, This is a chance   This is is a chance To dance your way
Out of your con - strictions (huh)                        (skip the A here)      

verse: bass: e e F# F# G  B B A A G G.  Chord E in bass with G B D F#. b w/ADF#, a with GCE

Em7                   Bm7       Am7      Em7                     Bm7       Am7                 
Here's a chance to    dance our way      Out of our constrictions
Gonna be freakin' Up  and     down the   Hang-up alley way                       With the 
groove our only guide We shall all be moved

 

Em7          Bm7     Am7       Em7          Bm7    Am           A7 (start chorus here)    
Ready or not here we come,     Gettin' down on The one which we believe in 

 

A A G G A G    Am7   Bm C   D       A A G G A G               Am7  Bm   C   D
One nation     under a groove       Gettin' down just         for the funk of it 
                             Gonna get in on my good foot,    good God.              bout time i got down     

one nation and we're on the move, Nothin' can stop us now)     ay, ay, ay

 

Em7                   Bm7       Am7                Em7                     Bm7       Am7                 
                                Feet don't fail me now
Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for         Feet don't fail me now
Do you promise to funk? The whole funk, nothin' but the funk


Em7                 Bm7     Am7   Em7          Bm7    Am           Am9     Am7
Ready or not        here we come, Gettin' down on The one which we believe in 
Here's my chance to dance my way       Out of my constrictions.  Em Am Bm..

 

bridge:  play 2x. (bdg/adf# chords)
Em Dsus2       Cmaj7   Bm7       Cmaj7 Em/B       Fsus2
doh doh dee oh doh,    doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh.
Em Dsus2       Cmaj7   Bm7       Cmaj7 Em/B       A
doh doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh.  You can dance away


Link 1:    Em Bm Am x3.   Feet don't fail me now (ha ha) 

 

Em7                   Bm7       Am7      Em7                              Bm7       Am7                 
Here's a chance to    dance our way        Out of our                constrictions
                   Gonna be freakin'     Up  and     down the Hang-up alley way
              With the   
groove our only guide                        We shall all be moved  
Feet don't fail me now (ha ha).   Givin' you more of what we're funkin' for,    Feet don't fail me now

 

Link 2:  Em Bm Am x2. 

 

Here's my            chance    to                       dance my way         Out of my
constrictions                  Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for 
(feet don't fail me now)        Do you promise to funk, the whole funk, Nothin' but the funk

 

One nation under a groove, Gettin' down just for the funk of it
One nation and we're on the move, Nothin' can stop us now (Nothin' can stop us now) (one nation)
One nation under a groove, Gettin' down just for the funk of it (One nation)
One nation (one nation) and we're on the move, Nothin' can stop us now

                  Em.                             Bm7 Am7. Em                         Bm7 Am7 
Do you promise to funk? Do you promise to funk? Hah.           
Do you promise to funk?
Hah Do you promise to
funk, the whole funk? 

 

One nation under a groove, Gettin' down just for the funk of it
One nation and we're on the move, Nothin' can stop us now
One nation under a groove, Gettin' down just for the funk of it
One nation and we're on the move, Nothin' can stop us now (Nothin' can stop us now)

One nation under a groove.  Gettin' down just for the funk of it 
                   (here's my chance to dance my way).                    (out of my constriction)

One nation and we're on the move, Nothin' can stop us now.

 

Uh hah hah hah (new groove b cc dd cc dd ee?)
Do you promise to funk, the whole funk?, Nothin' but the funk

 

Chorus etc

You can't stop us now +
etc nothing can stop us now..
Giving you more of what we're looking for
Feet don't fail me now
Gotta keep it on the good foot, good God, ha!