Al Green - Simply Beautiful Chords & Tabs

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                 Simply Beautiful - Al Green
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Tabbed by: Adriano Castro
Email: ad@adrianocastro.net

Tuning: Standard (EADGBE)

Riffs:

Opening:
e|----------|        e|----------|             e|----------|
B|----------|        B|----------|             B|----------|
G|----------|   or   G|----------|   or even   G|----------|
D|-------0--|        D|----------|             D|----------|
A|--2h3-----|        A|--2h3--5--|             A|-------5--|
E|----------|        E|----------|             E|--7h8-----|

Sliding riff:
e|----------------|        e|----------------|
B|----------------|        B|----------------|
G|-------2--4-----|   or   G|-------2--------|
D|--2s4--------0--|        D|--2s4--------0--|
A|----------------|        A|----------0-----|
E|----------------|        E|----------------|

Lyrics and Structure:

Opening Riff
Dm A#7/A7
Sliding Riff
Dm A#7/A7
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/al_green/simply_beautiful_tab.html ]
Dm                  A#7/A7
    If I gave you my love,
Dm                      A#7/A7
    I tell you what I'd do
    Dm    G      C7    B7 Bb7 A7           Dm G Am
    I'd expect a whole lotta love out of you... Ohh

Dm                       A#7/A7
    You gotta be good to me
Dm                       A#7/A7
    I'm gonna be good to you
    Dm        G          C7 B7 Bb7 A7            Dm G  Am
    There's a whole lotta things you and I could do... Ohh

Same once during heys, yeahs and babys

                       Dm      G  Am
What about the way you love me
                   Dm      G  C7 B7 Bb7 A7
And the way you squeeze me... Ohh
              Dm     G  Am
Hey simply beautiful... Heyy!

ad moany infinitum
(notice Am then C7 B7 Bb7 A7 then Am again, rinse and repeat)

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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