Samuel Cooke (born January 22, 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi; died December 11, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) was a popular and influential American gospel, R&B, soul and pop singer-songwriter recognized as one of the true founders of soul music. Often referred to as The King of Soul, Cooke had 29 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1957 and 1964 including major hits You Send Me, A Change Is Gonna Come, Chain Gang and Wonderful World. Cooke was also
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
...GOOD TIMES... by Sam Cooke ----------------.............
*from 'Ain't That Good News' (1964)*
Intro:
DGDA7 Woah, ah la ta da, woah, ah la ta da. BmD La da da, all night long. Yeah!
DGDA7 La ah, la la ta da, la da la la, la ta da. BmD La da da, all night long. Yeah!
Chorus 1:
DG Come on and let the good times roll, DA7 We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls, BmD If it take all night long. One more time...
DG Come on and let the good times roll, DA7 We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls, BmD If it take all night long. Gotta tell you...
Verse 1:
DG The evenin' sun is sinkin' low, DA7 The clock on the wall say it's time to go. DG I got my plans, I don't know about you, A7D I'll tell you exactly what I'm gonna do.
Chorus 2:
DG Get in the groove and let the good times roll, DA7 I'm gonna stay here 'till I soothe my soul, BmD If it take all night long. Yeah!
DG Everybody let the good times roll, DA7 We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls, BmD If it take all night long. Yeah!
Verse 2:
DG It might be one o'clock, and it might be three; A7 Time don't mean that much to me. DG I aint felt this good since I don't know when, A7D And I might not feel this good again.
Chorus 3:
DG So come on and let the good times roll, DA7 We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls, BmD If it take all night long.
Bridge:
DBm And all night, (all night), and all night, (all night). DBm And all night, (all night), and all night long, (all night). DBm Somebody said it might take all night long, DBm And all night, (all night), and all night, (all night), so...
Chorus 4:
DG Come on and let the good times roll, DA7 We're gonna stay here 'till we soothe our souls, BmD If it take all night long.