**Title: ** Redbone **Artist:** Childish Gambino **Album:** "Awaken, My Love!" **Released in:** 2016 <iframe width="100%" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kp7eSUU9oy8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ## Chords The music was composed out of western tune, using a higher A as reference (something around 450hZ instead of 440). **Original key:** `F` I like to play it in `B` to have the low E string at the guitar as the main bass, starting with `E` instead of `Bb`. **Verse and chorus** | E | F# | G#m | % | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | IV | V | VI | % | **Bridge** | G#m | C#m - - /B | A#7 | G#m | C#m - - /B | A#7 D# | | --- | ---------- | ---- | --- | ---------- | --------- | | VI | II - - /I | VII7 | VI | II - - /I | V -> III | ## Lyrics `Verse` Daylight I wake up feeling like you won't play right I used to know, but now that shit don't feel right It made me put away my pride So long You made a nigga wait for some, so long You make it hard for a boy like that to go wrong I'm wishing I could make this mine, oh `Bridge` If you want it, yeah You can have it, oh, oh, oh If you need it, oooh We can make it, oh If you want it You can have it `Chorus` But stay woke Niggas creepin' They gon' find you Gon' catch you sleepin' (Oooh) Now stay woke Niggas creepin' Now don't you close your eyes `Verse` Too late You wanna make it right, but now it's too late My peanut butter chocolate cake with Kool-Aid I'm trying not to waste my time `Bridge` If you want it, oh You can have it, you can have it If you need it You better believe in something We can make it If you want it You can have it, aaaaah! `Chorus` But stay woke Niggas creepin' They gon' find you Gon' catch you sleepin' Put your hands up on me Now stay woke Niggas creepin' Now, don't you close your eyes But stay woke Niggas creepin' They gon' find you Gon' catch you sleepin', ooh Now stay woke Niggas creepin' Now, don't you close your eyes `Bridge + synth solo/riff (kind of)` Baby get so scandalous, oh How'd it get so scandalous? Oh, oh, baby, you... How'd it get... How'd it get so scandalous? Ooh, we get so scandalous But stay woke But stay woke ## Sheet and/or tab The main line in the intro and the chorus is mostly on `G#` natural minor scale, with an accentued B in it (as the `2M`) from the major scale. ## Other versions Obviously the awesome cover from The Main Squeeze with a mind blowing guitar solo, on the bridges chords, taking support on the dominant chords to raise the tension : <iframe width="100%" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CTA71Mb5pJo" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> The intimate loop cover from Angus Sr Watson, playing it in the key of Bb (half step down guitar tuning), playing the main riff using octaves and the voice melody with smooth bends : <iframe width="100%" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8JWpnonT8Fg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> I like the way he play the main riff with chords with his sweet hollow body stratocaster sound : <iframe width="100%" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/N5qixzB0BAs" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> ## Related songs I like to play it in this key and connect it to songs like : - Slow Dancing in Burning Room - John Mayer - Let's get it on - Marvin Gaye - I want you back - Jackson Five ## Notes Main song of the horror movie Get Out. The lyrics are deeply related to the movie. What is interesting, is how [contrapuntal](Contrapuntal%20music%20(in%20film).md) the music is compared to the film. <iframe width="100%" height="415" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OZTnJiH97pM" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>