The Breaks

Kurtis Blow

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[Chorus] N.C. Clap your hands everybody N.C. If you got what it takes N.C. Cause I'm Kurtis Blow and I want you to know N.C. That these are the breaks
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Bm7 Bm7 A [Verse]
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm Brakes on a bus, brakes on a car
Bm7 Bm7 A Breaks to make you a superstar
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm Breaks to win and breaks to lose
Bm7 Bm7 A But these here breaks will rock your shoes [Bridge]
G A And these are the breaks
G A Break it up, break it up, break it up [Verse]
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm If your woman steps out with another man
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And she runs off with him to Japan
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And the IRS says they want to chat
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And you can't explain why you claimed your cat
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!) [Verse]
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And Ma Bell sends you a whopping bill
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm With 18 phone calls to Brazil
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And you borrowed money from the mob
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And yesterday you lost your job
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!) [Bridge]
G A Well, these are the breaks
G A Break it up, break it up, break it up [Chorus] N.C. Throw your hands up in the sky N.C. And wave em round from side to side N.C. And if you deserve a break tonight N.C. Somebody say alright! N.C. (All right) Say ho-oo! N.C. (Ho-oo!) And you don't stop N.C. Keep on, somebody scream! N.C. (Owwwww!) Break down!
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[Interlude]
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Bm G A 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Verse]
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm Breaks on a stage, breaks on a screen
Bm7 Bm7 A Breaks to make your wallet lean
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm Breaks run cold and breaks run hot
Bm7 Bm7 A Some folks got 'em and some have not [Bridge]
G A But these are the breaks
G A Break it up, break it up, break it up! Break down! [Interlude]
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Bm Bm7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + [Verse] N.C. To the girl in brown, stop messing around N.C. (Break it up, break it up!) N.C. To the guy in blue, whatcha gonna do? N.C. To the girl in green, don't be so mean N.C. And the guy in red, say what I said N.C. Break down! [Interlude]
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Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm Brakes on a plane, brakes on a train
Bm7 Bm7 A Breaks to make you go insane
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm Breaks in love, breaks in war
Bm7 Bm7 A But we got the breaks to get you on the floor [Bridge]
G A And these are the breaks
G A Break it up, break it up, break it up! Break down! Yo! [Interlude]
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Bm Bm7 Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Bm Bm7 Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Bm Bm7 Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Bm Bm7 Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it!
Bm G A Just do it, just do it, just do it, do it, do it! [Verse]
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm You say last week you met the perfect guy
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And he promised you the stars in the sky
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm He said his Cadillac was gold
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm But he didn't say it was 10 years old
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm He took you out to the Red Coach grill
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm But he forgot the cash and you paid the bill
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm And he told you the story of his life
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!)
Bm7 Bm7 Bm6 Bm But he forgot the part about...his wife!
Bm7 Bm7 A (That's the breaks, that's the breaks!) [Bridge]
G A Well these are the breaks
G A Break it up, break it up, break it up! [Other]
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Composition: Blow Kurtis, Lawrence Smith, James B Moore, Rush Russell, and Robert Arthur Ford

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