Boney M - Everybody Wants To Dance Like Josephine Baker Chords

[Opening]
Am                               G                          Dm
 Josephine, you're the queen, ah-ah, Josephine Baker, ah-ah-ah
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What a scene, Josephine, on the stage, let it go, Josephine,  you're the queen
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 Josephine, you're the queen, born in St. Louis 1906, died in Paris 1974
Am            G
Ambition: the world
 
[Verse 1]
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 Way back in the thirties, long before you were born
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 There was a girl called Josephine (Josephine, Josephine)
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 Just a skinny little black girl, 'cause when she danced, she shook the world
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Never heard of self-control, but to the floor, in bed just slow
                                 G
Everybody stopped and stared but Josephine, she didn't care
 
[Chorus 1]
Am                            G                F                       G
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, lose your self-control, feel it in your soul
Am                            G                F                        G
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, s'il vous plaît ma sœur, vous êtes très, très belle
 
[Verse 2]
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Josephine arrived in Paris, she took to the stage
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Mouths fell open and hearts were broken and many a word were spoken in rage
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Who is that skinny little black girl?  Does anybody know her name?
    Dm                                                Am                     G
She dances like she doesn't have a care in the world, dances like she has no shame
 
[Chorus 1]
Am                            G                F                       G
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, lose your self-control, feel it in your soul
Am                            G                F                        G
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, s'il vous plaît ma sœur, vous êtes très, très belle
 
[Chorus 2]
Am                            G                F                       G               Am
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, lose your self-control, feel it in your soul
                      G             F                                G                       Am
Everybody wants to da-ance like Josephine Baker, oh la la ç'est bon, dansons tous ensemble
 
[Break]
| Dm Am | C F | Dm Am | C F |
| Dm Am | C F | Dm Am | C F |
 
[Bridge]
Am                                              G
 Josephine, just after war broke out in Europe, Josephine disappeared
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For two years, no-one knew her whereabouts, when she returned, she was awarded the Purple Heart
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For service to her country
 
[Chorus 1]
Am                            G                F                       G
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, lose your self-control, feel it in your soul
Am                            G                F                        G
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, s'il vous plaît ma sœur, vous êtes très, très belle
 
[Chorus 2]
Am                            G                F                       G               Am
Everybody wants to dance like Josephine Baker, lose your self-control, feel it in your soul
                      G             F                                G                       A
Everybody wants to da-ance like Josephine Baker, oh la la ç'est bon, dansons tous ensemble