bass: E E E · g aa gg A
intro: Em / A / Em / 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 to dance your way
Out of your constrictions (huh) (skip the A here)

main bass: e e f# f# g · bb aa gg

(1) Here's a chance to dance our way · out of our constrictions
(2) Gonna be freakin' up and down the hang-up alley way with the
(3) groove our only guide · we shall all be moved
(4) 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

(5) Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for · feet don't fail me now
(6) Do you promise to funk? · the whole funk, nothin' but the funk
(4) Ready or not here we come · gettin' down on the one which we believe in
(1′) Here's my chance to dance my way · out of my constrictions · Em Am Bm…

Bass E D C B C B F,  E D C B C B A x2. (beg/adf# keys chords)
Em  Dsus2          CM7  Bm7        CM7     Em/B  Fsus2 or A
Doh doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh.
Doh doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh, doh dee oh doh. You can dance away

(1) Here's a chance to dance our way · out of our constrictions
(2) Gonna be freakin' up and down the hang-up alley way
(3) With the groove our only guide · we shall all be moved
(5) Feet don't fail me now (ha ha) · givin' you more of what we're funkin' for, feet don't fail me now

(1′) Here's my chance to dance my way · out of my constrictions
(5) Givin' you more of what you're funkin' for (feet don't fail me now)
(6) Do you promise to funk, the whole funk · nothin' but the funk

bass: a bb cc / cc dd ee g a
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

(6) Do you promise to funk? Do you promise to funk? Hah. Do you promise to funk?
(6) Hah — do you promise to funk, the whole funk?

  One nation under a groove · gettin' down just for the funk of it (no bass)
  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 C# D# …)
Do you promise to funk, the whole funk? · nothin' but the funk

Chorus etc

You can't stop us now +
… nothin' can stop us now…
Givin' you more of what we're lookin' for
Feet don't fail me now
Gotta keep it on the good foot, good God, ha!