Rock Your Body | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
Chorus 1
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (dance with me).
I wanna rock your body, please stay (dance with me).
You don’t have to admit you, wanna play (dance with me).
Just let me rock you (ah), ’til the break of day (dance with me).
Verse 1
| F N.C | Em |
Guy time, but I don’t mind, just wanna rock you, girl.
| F/G G/A | Em |
I’ll have whatever you have, come on just give it a whirl.
| F/G G/A | Em |
See I’ve been watchin’ you, and I like the way you move.
| F/G G/A | Em |
So go ahead, girl just do, that ass-shakin’ thing you do.
Pre-chorus 1
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
So you grab your girls and you grab a couple more, and you all come meet me in the middle of the floor.
Said the air is thick, it’s smellin’ right, so you pass to the left and you sail to the right.
Chorus 2
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (dance with me).
I wanna rock your body, please stay (dance with me).
You don’t have to admit you, wanna play (dance with me).
Just let me rock you, ’til the break of day (dance with me).
Verse 2
| F/G G/A | Em N.C |
I don’t mean no harm, just wanna rock you, girl.
| F/G G/A | Em |
You can move, but be calm, let’s go, let’s give it a whirl.
| F/G G/A | Em |
See it appears to me, you like the way I move.
| F/G G/A | Em |
I’ll tell you what I’m gonna do, pull you close, and share my groove.
Pre-chorus 2
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
So you grab your girls and you grab a couple more, and you all come meet me in the middle of the floor.
Said the air is thick, it’s smellin’ right, so you pass to the left and you sail to the right.
Chorus 3
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (dance with me).
I wanna rock your body, please stay (dance with me).
You don’t have to admit you, wanna play (dance with me).
Just let me rock you, ’til the break of day (dance with me).
Bridge 1
| F/G G/A | Em |
(Talk to me, boy) No disrespect, I don’t mean no harm.
| F/G G/A | Em |
(Talk to me, boy) I can’t wait to have you in my arms.
| F/G G/A | Em |
(Talk to me, boy) Hurry up ’cause you’re takin’ too long.
| F/G G/A | Em N.C |
(Talk to me, boy) Bet I’ll have you naked by the end of this song.
Middle 8
| Gmaj9/B Cmaj7 | D Em7 A7sus4 |
So what did you come for? (I came to dance with you).
| Gmaj9/B Cmaj7 | D Em7 Fmaj7 |
And you know that you don’t want to hit the floor (I came to romance with you).
| Gmaj9/B Cmaj7 | D Em7 A7sus4 |
You’re searchin’ for love forever more (It’s time to take a chance)
| C7sus4 | D11 |
If love is here on the floor, girl.
Breakdown 1
||: N.C (bass only) :|| x4
Hey. Dance with me. Yeah. Come on, baby.
Chorus 4
||: F/G G/A | Em :||
Don’t be so quick to, don’t walk away (come on and dance with me).
I wanna rock your body, please stay (I wanna rock your body, come on and dance with me).
You don’t have to admit you, wanna play (you don’t have to admit to, wanna play just dance with me)
Just let me rock you, ’til the break of day (do, do, do-doh, come on and dance with me)
Bridge 2
| F/G G/A | Em |
(Talk to me, boy). No disrespect, I don’t mean no harm.
| F/G G/A | Em |
(Talk to me, boy). I can’t wait to have you in my arms.
| F/G G/A | Em |
(Talk to me, boy). Hurry up, ’cause you’re takin’ too long.
| F/G G/A | Em N.C |
Oh, baby (talk to me, boy). Bet I’ll have you naked by the end of this song.
Breakdown 2
||: N.C :|| x4
||: Boom boom bomm… :||
||: N.C (bass only) :|| x4
||: Boom boom bomm… :||
Chorus 5
||: N.C (bass only) :||
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (just think of me and you).
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (we could do somethin’).
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (I like the way you look right now).
Don’t be so quick to, walk away (come over here, baby).
Breakdown 3
||: N.C :||
(Boom boom boom…) Are you feelin’ me?
(Boom boom boom…) Let’s do somethin’.
(Boom boom boom…) Let’s make a bet.
(Boom boom boom…) ‘Cause I gotta have you naked by the end of this song.
(Boom boom boom…)
Rock Your Body’s chords, progressions, and TAB
As a guitarist, you could just think of Rock Your Body’s chorus chords as F – G – Em, since that’s what you’ll play using A shapes and an Am shape in the chorus.
It’s the bass that plays the F/G and G/A. However, if you don’t know this is what is happening, you’re missing out on understanding the sound that is being created here.
Using TAB, the shapes, and rhythm look like this for the chorus (and bridge):
For the verse and pre-chorus, it’s the same chords although the F/G and G/A are held (notice how I’m only playing two notes for the F). The Em is played in a lower shape, I like the Cm shape .
The rhythm for the Em is now more sparse as well. Here it is in TAB.
Finally, the middle 8 section. There’s a lot going on here and I’m pretty sure if you hooked me up with a couple of keyboard players, we could talk about these chords all day. And, I’m sure they’d win!
However, at the end of the day, you need a part that works, is consistent rhythmically, and is relatively easy to understand for the listener. You also need to be able to remember it yourself!
With all that in mind, here’s what I came up with for Rock Your Body’s middle 8 chords.
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Justin Timberlake
Starting out on Disney alongside Britney and Christina, Justin moved on to NSYNC before he on the advice of Michael Jackson, launched a solo career.
Tunes include Like I Love You, Cry Me A River, Rock Your Body, Senorita, Mirrors, and Can’t Stop The Feeling!
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