[Intro - BPM 154 - no drums] D Dsus4 D x4 (pickup x x x bS
[Verse 1 - Double snare on 'This Thing' to bring drums in] This [D+sus4] thing .... called love, ... I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it,..This thing, [D+sus4] called love ... I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready ..... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Verse 2] This [D+sus4] thing, called love, it [G] cries, in a [C] cradle all [G/B] night, It [D+sus4] swings, it jives, it [G] shakes all over like a [C] jelly [G/B] fish, I kinda [D] like it, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. (bssbssbsss fill + stop)
[Bridge][#######################SCROLL############] There goes my [G] baby, she [C] knows how to rock and [G] roll, ....She drives me [Bb] crazy ................. she gives me [E7] hot and cold [A7] fever, then she [F7] leaves (stop) me in a cool, cool sweat.
[Break - keep bass drum going on 1 & 3] D5 C#5 C5 N.C. A5 G#5 G5 N.C. (stabs with snare) E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 E7 A7 (Then descending riff - just notes not chords) (G)I (F#)gotta (E)be
[Verse 3] [D+sus4] cool, relax, get [G] hip, ... get [C] on my [G/B] tracks, take a [D+sus4] back seat, hitch-hike And [G] take a long ride on my [C] motor [G/B] bike until I'm [D] ready, .....[Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love. [N.C.] (stop)
[Solo] | Bb | Bb | D G | D | | Bb | Bb | E7 A7 | F7 N.C.
[Verse 4] (no chords - just snare) I gotta be cool, relax, get hip, get on my tracks, take a back seat, hitch-hike And take a long ride on my motorbike until I'm ready, (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love. (bssbssbsss fill + D then stop) Bass run (G) (F#) (E)
[Verse 5 - Full drums] This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] just can't [C] handle [G/B] it, This thing, [D+sus4] called love, I [G] must, get [C] round to [G/B] it, I ain't [D] ready, .... [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love.
[Outro] [Bb] Crazy little [C] thing called [D] love, yeah yeah (fade out, repeats another approx 8 times)
[Intro- Just bass drum - Play with downstrokes to get correct feel] [Dmaj7]- [C#m7][Bm7][C#m7] - [F#m7] x 3 (full drums in) [G/A] (horn part slide up to high then stop)
[Verse 1 *drums back in] Do you re [Dmaj7]*member [C#m7][Bm7][C#m7] the 21st[F#m7] night of Septem [Dmaj7]ber [C#m7][Bm7] Love was [C#m7] changing the [F#m7] minds of preten [Dmaj7] ders [C#m7][Bm7] While [C#m7]chasing the[F#m7] clouds a[G/A] way (slide up to high horn part)
[Verse 2] Our hearts were[Dmaj7] ringing [C#m7][Bm7] In the[C#m7] key that our[F#m7] souls were[Dmaj7] singing [C#m7][Bm7] As[C#m7] we danced in the[F#m7] night, Remem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] how the [C#m7] stars stole the [F#m7] night a [G/A] way
[Chorus - PLAY CHORDS DOWN NECK SO LESS LIKELY TO MISS] [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] never was a cl [F#m7] oudy day [G/A] (slidy horn part)
[Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] Ba du du [F#m7] Ba du du [Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] Ba du du [F#m7] Ba du du [Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] Ba du du [F#m7] Ba du du [Bm7] Ba du du [E7] Ba du du [C#m7] da da [F#m7] day [G/A] yeah (fast horn part)
[Verse 3] My thoughts are[Dmaj7] with you [C#m7][Bm7] Holding [C#m7] hands with your[F#m7] heart to [Dmaj7] see you [C#m7][Bm7] [C#m7] Only blue talk and [F#m7] love, Remem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] how [C#m7] we knew love was [F#m7] here to [G/A] stay (Fast horn riff)
[Verse 4] Now De [Dmaj7] cember [C#m7][Bm7] found [C#m7] the love that we [F#m7] shared in Septem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] Only [C#m7] blue talk and [F#m7] love Remem [Dmaj7] ber [C#m7][Bm7] the [C#m7] true love we [F#m7] share to [G/A] day
[Chorus - COULD LOOP HERE TO PLAY HORN PARTS WITH LEAD] [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] never was a cl [F#m7] oudy day [G/A]and we'll say (slidy horn part)
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] golden dreams were [F#m7] shiny [G/A] days
[Verse 5 - Chords follow words quite tightly] [Dmaj7]The [C#m7]bells [Bm7]was [C#m7]ringing, [F#m7] ah ha [Dmaj7]our [C#m7]souls [Bm7] were[C#m7] singing [F#m7] [Dmaj7] do you [C#m7] remem[Bm7] ber [C#m7] never a [F#m7] cloudy [G/A] day yow (fast horn part?)
[Chorus] [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] never was a cl [F#m7] oudy day [G/A]
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] say do you rem [F#m7] ember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] dancing in Sep [F#m7] tember [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya [C#m7] golden dreams were[F#m7] shiny [G/A] days
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh de [G/A] aaaaaaah
[Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh (big stabs at end) [Bm7] Ba de [E7] ya de[C#m7] ya de[F#m7] oh de [G/A] aaaaaaah
[End] End on G/A with drum snare figure
[Notes] [Potential Horn Parts] [Intro part] G/A E 997575---- B -----0---- G -----0--- D -----0--- A -----0--- E -----5----
[During Chorus - Slidy Riff] G/A - * = when snare hit * ** E ---5-3s5-5------55 B ---0------------0 G ---0--------x3--0-- D ---0------------0 A ---0------------0 E ---5-3s5-5------55 Dr-B---S----B
[During Chorus- Fast horn riff] E 0-55---------55-- B 07--77-------00-- G 0-------x7---00-- D 0------------00-- A 0------------00-- E 5------------55--
[G/A General Stab] E 17-------- B 0--------- G 14-------- D 0--------- A 0--------- E X---------
