Nikes - Frank Ocean

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Frank Ocean
Nikes
Tabbed by: Tyler W.


NOTE: You can also play this song with a capo on the 3rd fret using these chords instead: C, Em, Am/Bb, Am7
This also makes the acoustic part at the end easier to play.


[Intro]

        x2


[Verse 1]

              
These bitches 

           
want Nikes
              
They looking f

     
or a check 
              
Tell em it ain

   
't likely
              
Said she need 

            
a ring like Ca

     
rmelo
              
Must be on tha

        
t white like O

     
thello 
              
All you want i

  
s Nikes
        
But the real o

nes 
     
Just like you 
     
Just like me
            
I don't play, 

             
I don't make t


ime
           
But if you nee

           
d dick I got y

          
ou and I yam f

rom the line
            
Pour up for A$

AP
    
RIP Pimp C
        
RIP Trayvon, t

              
hat nigga look

       
 just like me
      
  Woo, fuckin'

 buzzin', woo!
        
  That my litt

              
le cousin, he 

              
got a little t

    
rade
              
His girl keep 

    
the scales, a 

little mermaid
              
We out by the 


pool, some lit

tle mermaids
            
Me and them ge


l, like twigs 

with them bang

s

Now that's a r

eal mermaid
              
You been holdi

        
ng your breath
        
Weighted down
        
Punk madre, pu

        
nk papa
         
He don't care 

for me
       
But he cares f

or me
           
And that's goo

      
d enough
         
We don't talk 

much or nothin

'
            
But when we ta

lkin' about so

mething
        
We have good d

     
iscussion
            
I met his frie

              
nds last week,

              
 feels like th

      
ey're up to so

mething
        
That's good fo

     
r us


(Then this acoustic riff comes in and plays until the end):

e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|-----5-----5
A|--------6---
E|------------

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-----4--------
--3-----------
-----------5--
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--------------

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---------4----
------3-------
---5----------
6-------------
--------------

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--------------
--------------
-5-----5------
----6--------6
----------6---

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--------------
--------------
------5-----5-
---------6----
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--------|
--------|
--------|
--------|
----5---|
-6------|


[Verse 2]

              
We'll let you 

            
guys prophesiz

    
e
              
We'll let you 

     
guys prophesiz

e
              
We gon' see th

                  
e future first
              
We'll let you 

     
guys prophesy

We gon' see the future first
              
Living so the 


last night fee

ls like a past

 life
              
Speaking of th

             
e, don't know 


what got into 

people

Devil be possessin homies, Demons try to body jump

Why you think 

I'm in this bi

tch wearing a 

fucking Yarmul

ke?
              
Acid on me lik

      
e the rain

Weed crumbles in the glitter

Rain, glitter
              
We laid out on

      
 this wet floo

r

Away turf, no Astro
              
Mesmerized how

     
 the strobes g

low

Look at all the people feet dance
              
I know that yo

          
ur nigga came 

with you
        
But he ain't w

ith you
              
We only human 

          
and it's humid


 in these Balm

ains

I mean my balls sticking in my jeans
             
We breathin ph


eremones, Ambe

r Rose

Sippin' pink-gold lemonades, feelin'
            
   I may be yo

          
unger but I'll

 look after yo

u
        
   We're not i

             
n love, but I'


ll make love t

o you
            
   When you're

           
 not here I'll

 save some for

 you
        
   I'm not him

         
 but I'll mean

 something to 

you
            
I'll mean some

      
thing to you
        
I'll mean some

       
thing to you
            
   You got a r

              
oommate he'll 


hear what we d

o
        
   It's only a

              
wkward if you'

    
re fucking him

 too 

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