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ladies
™ Anita Baker
Aretha Franklin
# Chaka Khan
Diana Ross
i Randy Crawford
PIANO - VOCAL - GUITARAnita 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
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‘© 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
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Words and Music by
Dianne Quander and Gany de Wayne Glenn.
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“al the storms
al - ways. knew,
side by. side,
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On my mind, —
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say
on
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is where. you should be—
willbe,
just
the start.
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if
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caughtup in the rap-ture of love.
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repeat and fadeGiving 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
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Bh am7 Gm7 CF DE
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Verse I:
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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
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Don't youknow. this
TP
is where you
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bbe - long?
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(Lead vocal ad ib.)
al-ways be this way. {Bkgrd.) Sweet love.
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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.
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you come home, —
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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, —
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my proper re = spect when you get home Yeah,
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find out what it means to me,
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Repeat and FadeWords 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
tocodaI did - n't e-ven know— you, you could - na? been
no psy - chi a-wist, 1
don’t take too much high 1 QW20
You bet - ter think ‘think a bout what you're
“iy nf “ie «a
Jet your mind go let your- self be free. Oh,
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now. Freedom (free -dom) oh free~ dom_ (free -dom) gim-me some
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youl Think a -bout. There ain't noth-in’ you could ask I could ans-wer you with I want but22,
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want gon-na change to Pm not (if you keep do-in’ things I don’t) Think think a -boutwhat you're
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Let your mind go let your~self be free.—
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Peo - ple walk - in? play - in’ games and tak - ing scores.23
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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,
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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
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I met you,
Now I'm no long - er doubt - ful
Your
if
F
gin
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love was the key to my—— peace of
T make you hap ~
Py
1
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ov ghar
& “ig
life was so un - kind.
of what I'm living for,
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‘mind, “cause you make
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You—make me feel so___ good.
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just want to be.
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close to you. You make27Ain’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 be30
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and hope this night — will last for-ev
and hope this night will last for-ev
and hope this night will last for-ev31
Ain't. no -
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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,
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&
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then ———_ you put your charms a-round me.
and what we see is no sur-prise.33
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feel - in’ most34
I Feel For You
Words and Music by Prince
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Ba-by ba-by when I lay with you,
G(eaaa) Bray eda) fads 0)
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feel - ing in- side. ‘There's some -thing "bout the
place Td rath - er be. I can't be - lieve, can't. be-
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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
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Fre sued F76 76 ens 76
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repeat and fade
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repeat and fade38
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 oEA39
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 itAin’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)
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bet ~ ter place if you can, Reach out and touch,some-bo =
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make this world a
bet- ter place
if you. can,
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be
lit - tle
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tall.
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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,
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I asked
some - thing
that comes
to share a46
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?
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make, this world a bet-ter place
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(vocal ad lib.)
Reach cut,
47
touch some-bo-dy's
repeat ad lib. 10 fade
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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?
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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 wantEm7
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a,
Em7, AT cw Em Ar co
Em? ar oo Em7 arEm?
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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
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‘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 88sCE 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? ar55
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 DmYou 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 4TWo-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, USAel
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-plerg
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
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Go, gon-na board, _gon- na board, gon-na board, the mid ~night train; got- ta
repeat and fade