...LET'S STAY TOGETHER... by Al Green
-------------------------............
*from 'Let's Stay Together' (1972)*
(modified from Andrew Roger's original tab)
*CAPO 5th FRET*
(Original Key: F)
Intro:
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7
Verse 1:
C
I...
Em/A
I'm so in love with you,
Fmaj7
Whatever you want to do,
Fm9
Is all right with me.
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
'Cos you make me feel,
Bm A9
So brand new.
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
And I want to spend,
Em7 A9
My life with you.
Verse 2:
C
Since, Em/A
Since we've been to-gether,
Fmaj7
Loving you for-ever,
Fm9
Is what I need.
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
Let me be the one,
Bm A9
You come running to.
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
I'll never be,
Em7 A9
Un-true.
Bridge 1:
Dm9
Let's,
Em7
Let's stay to-gether,
Dm9
Lovin' you whether, whether,
Fmaj7 Em7
Times are good or bad,
Am7 G
Happy or sad.
Interlude:
Dm9 Ebm9,
Ebmaj7,
Dm9 Eb
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/al_green/lets_stay_together_crd_ver_2.html ]
Bridge 2:
(Eb)
Whether times,
Fmaj7 Em7
Are good or bad,
Am7 G
Happy or sad.
Verse 3:
C
Why,
Em/A
Why some people break up,
Then turn around,
Fmaj7
And make up?
Fm9
I just can't see.
Em7 Dm7 Cmaj7
You'd never do,
Bm A9
That to me.
(Would you, baby?)
Em7 Dm7
Staying a-round you,
Cmaj7 Bm A9
Is all I see.
(Here's what I want us to do);
Coda:
Dm9
Let's,
Em7
We oughta stay to-gether,
Dm9
Loving you whether, whether,
Dm9 Em7
Times are good or bad,
Dm7 G
Happy or sad.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7 C Em/A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x03210 022030 xx0211 323000 x32010 xx2030
Fm9 Cmaj7 Bm A9 Dm9 Am7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
1x0110 x32000 x24432 5454xx x5355x x02013
G Ebm9 Ebmaj7 Eb
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x6466x x68786 6654xx
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)