Le Freak Words and Music by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards
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c’est Chic.
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Verse
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a - bout the new
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dance craze craze??
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Copyright © 1978 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC and Bernard’s Other Music All Rights on behalf of Sony/ATV Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Administered by Sony/ATV Sony/ATV Music Publishing, 8 Music Music Square West, Nashville, TN 37203 International Copyright Copyright Secured All Rights Reserved
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sure you’ll
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a - mazed.
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be
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it
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to you,
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sure - ly
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fun
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had by
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can be done.
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ev - ’ry - one.
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old
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try
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you too
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will be sold.
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they’re
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do - in’
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night
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T o C oda
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us,
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we’ll
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show you
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the
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c’est
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freak
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Chorus
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Freak
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2.
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out!
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D.S. al Coda
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Coda Outro-Chorus
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out!
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c’est Chic.
freak
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out!
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Play 4 times & fade
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Freak out!
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Additional Lyrics
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2., 3. All that pressure got you down, Has your head spinning all around. Feel the rhythm, chant the rhyme. Come on along and have a real good time. Like the days of stompin’ at the Savoy, Now we Freak. Oh, what a joy. Just come on down to 54, Find a spot out on the floor.
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