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Ladies of Soul Songbook

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ladies ™ Anita Baker Aretha Franklin # Chaka Khan Diana Ross i Randy Crawford PIANO - VOCAL - GUITAR Anita B a Caught Up In The Rapture - 4 Giving You The Best That I Got - 8 Sweet Love = 12 Respect = 15 Think - 18 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - 24 Chaka Khan Ain’t Nobody ~ 28 I Feel For You - 34 Tell Me Something Good - 38 Diana Ro Ain’t No Mountain High Enough - 41 Love Hangover - 48 Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) - 44 rawford _ Almaz - 53 Midnight Train To Georgia - 60 You Might Need Somebody ~ 56 hc Pere ‘© International Musie Publications Limited Griffin House 161 Hammersmith Road London W6 BBS, of Soul Alphabetical a Contents List Ain’t No Mountain High Enough ~ 41 Ain’t Nobody - 28 Almaz - 53 Caught Up In The Rapture - 4 Giving You The Best That I Got - 8 I Feel For You - 34 Love Hangover - 48 Midnight Train To Georgia - 60 Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) - 44 Respect ~ 15 Sweet Love - 12 Tell Me Something Good - 38 Think - 18 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - 24 You Might Need Somebody - 56 # Caught Up In The Rapture ‘Moderately rao om att Words and Music by Dianne Quander and Gany de Wayne Glenn. en7 Ay, en Wi i i “EB aH fa em By that mag - ic for of life pass us you. by. on? 9m fi ee en 5 Fo CJ T would feel— “al the storms al - ways. knew, side by. side, Ope On my mind, — Light my — fire, —— ad ong? in my to-night say on ist is where. you should be— willbe, just the start. loveyou here if by me ba-by, crags 00 a ti ii it i want you or life for all Se time. ng? caught up in the rap-ture of 16 caught up in the rap-ture of yo No -thing else can com- pares. when I feel the mag-ic of you caughtup in the rap-ture of love. T Vz ‘ong? ot ae ng E Eny, Farts pt feel ~ ing’s in the rap-ture of you.— on on “S im m7 ay on OR is ia on att a “ie ie sf) loveyou here by ma barby, tp ctyragss arty ene e18 ry Fe z = wantyou in my iF repeat and fade Giving You The Best That I Got Words and Music by Anita Baker, Skip Scarborough and Randy Holland Medium beat 4-108 Dmaj7 Aceyeg ¢ Bm Am? D/GFm7 Fe. Fe Bh am7 Gm7 CF DE = ee = Fa = Verse I: EA A EIA A cfm7 re F 1, Ain'tthere some-thing ccan give you— in ex-change- for ev-ery-thing— you gave, feel— just fine, Verses 2 & 3: Cmaj7 Bm7 Bm7/E MEA A when I think my peace of mind— is | out of reach ‘Thescales are some-times | 2. Ev ery-bod - y's Dmajs mal7 that you— can] Iean— on me, _—_| andto - geth- er wocan calm— a its just a su-per- fi-cial thrill; | er-ery - bod - y'sgon-na have— to Bm7 Bm7/E Dmajo A(syict Cmal7 storm-y sea. think a gain, | 10 Bm7 Bm7iE Dma| Acayeg And 1 tell younow- that I made a vow— I'm ‘They don’t both-er me, ‘so T'mgon-na keep— on that I made a vow;— I'm so I'm gon- na keep— on Bridge: Bm7E AE a —~ " Amic Bm7 Chm7 T've stum- bled my whole. Dmajs Dmaj oe DS % al Coda — life long— al - ways giv-in’ it to you, ba- by. |] mp Repeat ad lib. and fade c Bm7 Bm7/E Verse 3: ‘My weary mind is rested, ‘And I feel as if my home is in your arms. Fears are all gone, I like the sound of your song, ‘And I think T want to sing it forever. ‘We love so strong and so unselfishly, ‘And Tmade a vow, s0 tell you now; T'mgiving you the best that I got, baby. bet everything on my wedding ting; Tmgiving you the best that I got, giv (To Coda:) itto you, baby. . Sweet Love ‘Words and Music by Anita Baker, ‘ary Bias and Louis Johnson. Moderate ballad ) = 96 ‘arale Fraje _ + # F re ke 1. With all my oo T love 2.3. (See | additional lyrics) Fmajo Ent, F/G DIE 5 4 Stay with and | you will Dm Fmajd weet Nev-er leave, — {©1986 old Brompton Rood ond Derglann Music, USA oe eee aa aon et tALeie Publishing Ltd, London WC2H OFA + Hieve. I'm in love. in’ out_your name, a + Sweet— love Dm hear me call - Re al -ways be this way. There's no Dyxt Ams oh strong er love— inthis world, Oh, ba-by, no. Dat we 4 You're my man; — I'm your git. te Vil nev- er _go. x 5 Wait and see, — can’t be wrong. “4 Meus Don't youknow. this TP is where you DE bbe - long? Ea DSA al Coda + re apa mo Coda aA | HH = K + FoR 5 (Lead vocal ad ib.) al-ways be this way. {Bkgrd.) Sweet love. = ‘ zt = — 3 fe = FIG DIE Ee Repeat == & 4 ¢ 3 2 SS SS se 2 ¥ Verse 2: Your heart has called me closer to you. {will be all that you need. Just trust in what we're feeling. Never leave, 'cause baby, | believe Inthis love. (To Chorus:) Verse 3: How sweet this dream, how lovely, baby. Stay right here, never fear. {wil be all that you need. Never leave, ‘cause baby, | believe Inthis love. (To Chorus:) Respect Words and Music by Otis Redding Solid 4 beat What you want barby I got. I ain’t gon-na “do you wrong while ~ you gone. What you need you know 1 got it} 1 _ain’t_gon-na ‘do you wrong ‘cause 1 don’t wan - na. ©1965 cotlion Musi In, East Memphis Musi and ving Must ie, USA ‘Wamer/Chappell Muse Ltd, London W6 O85 and Rordor Muse (London) Ld, London SWE ATW a a ae you come home, — G F 938 ea gt I'm out togive you all my mon -ey, but all I'm ask- in’ Ooh, your kisses, sweeter than hon-ey, but guess __what, — F 6 ay 3 ie = Se : + Ee = = in re- tum, hon ey, so here's my mon ey, _ = ane - + et ae re eo | F BE == = aa = ae aa oe & = =——— = — = + = | —— my proper re = spect when you get home Yeah, is siv_me_some here when_you_get_ home. Yeah, 4 == red = = > = 7 cr F He an a ba-by, when you get ba-by, _ when_you get P te ag find out what it means to me, out Repeat and Fade Words and Music by Ted White and Aretha Franklin Be BF, 8 “ ‘e's “et ta ‘You bet-ter think think a -bout what you're yin’ to do to me— 87 Br “ay «ge tocoda -)- let your mind go let yourself be free.— Let's go back le’s go back, let's go tocoda I did - n't e-ven know— you, you could - na? been no psy - chi a-wist, 1 don’t take too much high 1 QW 20 You bet - ter think ‘think a bout what you're “iy nf “ie «a Jet your mind go let your- self be free. Oh, ° ‘e “ha Ey free- dom. (free -dom) free - dom (free - dom) ob, free - dom a fe now. Freedom (free -dom) oh free~ dom_ (free -dom) gim-me some o cy “HE = youl Think a -bout. There ain't noth-in’ you could ask I could ans-wer you with I want but 22, «ge “ie want gon-na change to Pm not (if you keep do-in’ things I don’t) Think think a -boutwhat you're er er ag “= “9 Let your mind go let your~self be free.— er e “a ‘2 -E “i Peo - ple walk - in? play - in’ games and tak - ing scores. 23 e HEED. atcoda to make other peo-ple lose their care ~ ful you don’t lose yours, Oh D. Sal coda 8 a repent and fade repeat and fade * (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Moderately i i Gerry Goffin and Jerry Wexler © morn-ing rainy Tost and found, ¥ Andwhen I knew I'd have to face ~ no-ther day,— T did- n't know just what was wrong, me,— FFF Lord, it made me feel so ‘il your kiss. helped me f rr le FF (© 1967 Screen Gems-EMU hu ‘por Be-fore the day ghar “fs I met you, Now I'm no long - er doubt - ful Your if F gin ee love was the key to my—— peace of T make you hap ~ Py 1 don'tneed to do ov ghar & “ig life was so un - kind. of what I'm living for, eM ‘mind, “cause you make 2 26 At Ob, ba ~ by,what you've done to mel_Whatyow've done to mel, You—make me feel so___ good. FFF Bi a a just want to be. — we Bo Ba close to you. You make 27 Ain’t Nobody Words and Music by David 'Hawk’ Wolinski Medium Funk fort ~ less - ly. ing for you. to com¢ Hap - pened T knew just T can't be (©1984 Overdue Music, USA “‘Windowent Pecfie bugle tte, Landon We «80. D/o Cmajt em The next — thing You filled my I feel ike T 1 ei ee hold - in’ me heart = witha kiss; you gave me free - ‘one could feel; T must be 30 Die Fs Bousd a omajr p si 7 e ay HAE A and hope this night — will last for-ev and hope this night will last for-ev and hope this night will last for-ev 31 Ain't. no - fi cd i ce D/E a D/E 32 D.8.4 (no repeats) al Co D/E Em 16 (no repete “$ first’ you put your a+ round stare in - to each ers eyes, e 3s- & — then ———_ you put your charms a-round me. and what we see is no sur-prise. 33 — = - sist this sweet feel - in’ most 34 I Feel For You Words and Music by Prince Fai fos) Faria 6 oa) i i Sarr Gaus) ads o) i i Ba- by, ba- by, when I look at you, Ba-by ba-by when I lay with you, G(eaaa) Bray eda) fads 0) ait if feel - ing in- side. ‘There's some -thing "bout the place Td rath - er be. I can't be - lieve, can't. be- —— = <= od Fv Giga) Smal Frazia # recs i) i fs i things you do that lieve it's true, keeps me sat-is- fied, Twould-n't lie to you, ba~ the things that you do to me Twould-n't lie to you, ba ‘omaj7 a7 Tes main - ly a phys~ i- cal thing. Fm phys ~ at-tract- ed to you, aa 4) ona Bev feeling that I got for you ba = by, feeling that I got for you ba - by, there's nothing that I would-n't do.— Fras aay 7 Frali essa) a Fai s ws ows ors 37 ore 75 sue4 ore Fre sued F76 76 ens 76 us if F7p oust Fs repeat and fade I repeat and fade 38 Tell Me Something Good Words and Music by Stevie Wonde Moderately Fast ae You ain't “got no of you're ‘©1974 Jobete Must Co ine and slack ull Musee, USA ‘Black Bull Musie/lobete Muste Co Inc, London WC3H oEA 39 thin'_that - ‘ll sho - nuff set your —there was for - ty eight F —be - fore your pride. —_— like you should, oa poten (e Basy (Fe by (tas FR (0 50s) Tell me some~ thing (synthesizer/Tell_ me, tell me, tell DS. and fade with Chorus (D Bas Tellme that you flove mej] yeah. like it Ain’t No Mountain High Enough a Words and Music by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson Fast Rock Beat cn ‘Am? Bhai? onvc ome Dnves ava oe Hates oa Het on ‘amr Bhai? ‘Deve ain't no mount-ain high, ain'tno val - ley low, ain’tno riv - nv OnvBs ova at HH ia wide e-nough; ba - by om Am Bb mic (©1967 Jobete Musi ne, USA Tobete Muse Co Inc/EM ui Publishing Ld, London WCaH ofA just if youneed me call me no mat-ter where you are, rvs Drva call my name; [ll bethere in a hur - ry youdon'thave to wor- a last time to fade om an Bima? e ani om Bina? wh a dent if ii i i if ii = ry “cause ba -by there ain't no mount-ain ain't no iv - er = nough to keep me from getting to you 7 Asuss am Dsus bm if i H } 8 win - tees cold can stop me ba- "Cause you are my goal Gnd voice) If you're ever in trou - DS al fade Just 2 Iset you free told you you could always count on me From that day on, I made a vow Til be there when you want me ‘Some way, some how *Cause baby there (Chorus) 3° My love is alive Way down in my heart Although we are miles apart Ifyou ever need a helping hand Pil be there on the double As fast as T can, Don't you know that there (Chorus) 44 Reach Out And Touch (Somebody’s Hand) “eumece Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson (d= 132) I if fs) be: _ < cr aah i} = ey ant fie org Z Ez ff = ie = : = [6 SS 1S SS 3 7S See] Reach ont and touch, Ss make this world a FIG © i be rn , te — SSS Ss ones bet ~ ter place if you can, Reach out and touch, some-bo = Emo dy's Amt make this world a bet- ter place if you. can, = mem-ber be lit - tle age-ment tall. kind his shoes ing oo Take If you see an old little time out of your friend Emo bu- sy day on thestreet and he's down, give who's your lost ld fit tf to you will see a stone if its the way, feet, Faugs Fo I asked some - thing that comes to share a 46 prob - lem that's _ not your own,. ve-ry natural - ly, change things, we start giv - ing, rt why don’t you Why don’t you reach out & Gmin om? fem cmai7 a i Be, SS. ce am Fa make, this world a bet-ter place FIG an (vocal ad lib.) Reach cut, 47 touch some-bo-dy's repeat ad lib. 10 fade ‘Am? 4g, Love Hangover Words and Music by Parnela Sawyer and Marilyn McLeod Em? ar cw If there's a cure for this, I don’t want__ it, T don’t want If there's are - me-dy,— Pil run from it, Em, cio Ame cro em7 T'vegot the sweet - est_ hang 49 let it out of my mind, ema Em? o = ven. em Tdon’t want to get - Amo ow Idon’t want to geto - ver, sweet ~ est. hang - 0 - very Tdon’t want to get, Tdon’t want Em7 Ar cio Em? Ar cw a, Em7, AT cw Em Ar co Em? ar oo Em7 ar Em? Em? ar 8 cio ar ci Em? (vocal ad ib.) sweet, sweet love sweet, sweet T don’t need no cure love hang-o-ver. Em? cw Don’t call the doc-tor, don’t call the preach-er, ar cio Emz cio ar love, love you, sweet love ar cio m7 coo ar Em? 62 If there's @ cure for Em? Sweet, sweet, sweet, Em7 ar cw Em? sweet, sweet, sweet repeat ad lib, o fade ar cio i] 53 ‘Words and Music by Randy Crawford Brousd ia a F CE, Dm H ley Hid 2 Gee She on-ly smiles, he on - ly tells her that she’s the closely and [watch whol - ly, 1 can't im- kisses, she shares.his wish - es, Tmsure he’s E7susd ar flow-ers, the wind and spring. In all her. splend-our, —sweet-ly sur -rend- a - gine love so rare. She’s young and_ ten - der, but will life bend_ keen —with-out_ a doubt.___ With love so cap - tive, so sorely cap - 2 (©1986 Virginia Aaron Music, USA \Wame/Chappell Must, London We 88s CE Dm E7sust cee EB = Dm He Gm the love T look a= round, Task pure__and_ sim - ple, that in = no - cence— brings. —\ she ev-ery~ whe it T could play the part. Bhmai7 Em? ar bom in a world where love sur- vives.. Broues Now men will want her Ar Bim ay <_? youluck-y, luck-y thing. cause life_don’t haunt her, 4 Bhmai? Em? ar 55 3. a a Pe ary # te ty Now I watch He throws her Em? Ar Dm B7eust a ae aay you.lucky, Iuck-y youluck-y, luck-y thing. yy ee Em? a7 Dm Bhmal? B7euss ar Dm You Might Need Somebody Words and Music by Tom Snow and Nan O'Byrne Ein? Ailes capot Ne. (©1979 Snow Musl, El Blackwood Musle ne and Neches River Publishing, USA [EMI Songs ltd, London WCaH oA and Rondar Music (London) Ltd, London SW6 4TW o-penup andlet_ them through, Es Eb? Amt needs some-one_ a - round, v things can tum - ble down. Bm? Aum when you look a-round, you don’t have to be a - lone, he os stir = ring your heart and you're sure it’s 3. just one keep it = lov strong and right, when you're feel-ing all a-lone. it can warm the Ione-ly nights. you might need some-bo - dy, youmight need some-bo - dy ‘You might need some-bo - dy, ay all. you need to know through the cold and dark, 100, you might need some-bo - dy— you might need some-bo-dy 100. 8 Eun? my IF; oy Bm? Te there’s Oh, you might repeat and fade need some-bo-dy t00, need some - bo - dy,— . Midnight Train To Georgia Fe Bors 5 ono ‘a ce es vm. vie 7 proved. too much for the man, that some day—he’d be a star, so he's leay~ in’ the life but he sure found out the hard way chat dreams 3 pres e eno as —3— come to know. He said he’s go-in’ back to find al -ways come true, So, he pawned all his hopes, rH (©tgr 6 1973 Keca Music Ine, USA el evreus e wo Fm or ae & fi & “Bf a A ooh, what's left of his world, and he e ~ ven sold, his old cass. bought a Fic Gd rows Ee “3 = «8 & — 7 ‘the world he Jeft— be - hind not so long a- go. one— way tick - et to the life he once knew.— Ob, yes he dids on that mid night tain to Geor- he said he would on Fn Bar 5 om a 7 af to @ sim-pler g rau S Ey "e “i place and time, ____ And Pil be with him Fn reus om aft g EE “eB x fon that mid -night train to Geor ~ gia; ~ S gm Fv gyTous «9 oy ag gz om Td rath- er live in his world than live with-outhim 3 a Fvcgyreus 5 geo Feit per (BR "Pent and fade g “B eR g i Go, gon-na board, _gon- na board, gon-na board, the mid ~night train; got- ta repeat and fade

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