...USE ME... by Bill Withers
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*from 'Still Bill' (1972)*
Intro:
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Verse 1:
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My friends,
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Feel it's their appointed duty,
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They keep trying to tell me,
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All you want to do is use me.
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But my answer,
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Yeah to all that use me stuff,
Bridge 1:
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Is I wanna spread the news,
That if it feels this good getting used,
Oh you just keep on using me,
Until you use me up,
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Until you use me up.
Interlude:
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Verse 2:
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My brother,
Sit me right down,
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And he talked to me.
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He told me,
That I ought not to let you,
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Just walk on me.
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And I'm sure he meant well,
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Yeah but when our talk was through,
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I said brother if you only knew,
You'd wish that you were in my shoes,
You just keep on using me,
Until you use me up,
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Until you use me up.
Interlude:
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Verse 3:
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Oh sometimes yeah,
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It's true you really do a-buse me,
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You get me in a crowd of high class people,
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And then you act real rude to me,
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But oh baby baby ba-by,
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Baby when you love me I can't get e-nough.
Bridge 3:
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I wanna spread the news,
That if it feels this good getting used,
Oh you just keep on using me,
Until you use me up,
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Until you use me up.
Interlude:
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Coda:
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Talking about you using me,
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But it all depends on what you do,
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It ain't too bad the way you're using me,
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Cause I sure am using you,
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To do the things you do,
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Ah ha to do the things you do.
Outro:
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(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
