[DROP D - Riff to start and bass - BPM 91 - use fat bottomed girls riff] (slide up 3rd finger to 7th fret on G so playing descending easier) (riff starts half bar ahead of drums coming in - you can play riff during drums as well - just slide up playing a diad - then lift off G string to play notes just on D)
G ---777------------------------------- D --s7775s3p0--7--------------3--2----- A -------------5---------------3--2---35 D -------------0----------------3--257-- Dr-------------B--S--B--S--B--S--B--S--B [Could just play Fmaj then Emin with riff playing drums]
[Verse 1- Drop D - for Dm can play 000231 at later points or to help play licks] [Dm - 000xxx?] Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell [Dm] Jimmy Rodgers on the Victrola up high. (FBGirls riff - 555xxx 333xxx 057xxx - after snare) [Dm] Mama's dancin', baby on her shoulders, [Dm] The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky. [A] The boy could sing, knew how to [G] move, everything; [F - 333xxx] Always wanting more, [C] he'd leave you longing for.
[Chorus] [Gm - 555333] Black velvet in that [C] little boy's smile. [Gm] Black velvet in with that [Eb] slow southern [Bb] style. [Gm] A new religion that'll [C] bring you to your knees, [Bb] Black vel [A] vet, if you [Dm] please.
[Verse 2] [Dm] Up in Memphis the music's like a heat wave, [Dm] White lightnin', bound to drive you wild. [Dm] Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl, [Dm] Love me tender, leaves 'em cryin' in the aisles. [A] The way he moved it was a [G] sin so sweet and true, [F] Always wanting more, [C] he'd leave you longing for.
[Chorus] [Gm] Black velvet in that [C] little boy's smile. [Gm] Black velvet in with that [Eb] slow southern [Bb] style. [Gm] A new religion that'll [C] bring you to your knees, [Bb] Black vel [A] vet, if you [Dm] please.
[Break] [Gm] Every word of every [A] song that he sang was for [Dm] you. [Gm] In a flash he was g [Eb] one, it happened so [Bb] soon.
(run Bb/D Bb/C Bb A5 trill) D -12-10--8--7----- A -12-10--8--7----- D -12-10--8--7h8p7(trill)
[A] What could you d [Dm] ooooooooooo?
[Solo just over Dm I think]
[Chorus] [Gm] Black velvet in that [C] little boy's smile. [Gm] Black velvet in with that [Eb] slow southern [Bb] style. [Gm] A new religion that'll [C] bring you to your knees, [Bb] Black vel [A] vet, if you [Dm] please.
[Repeat til end]
[Notes] [Solo] B --8b10b8p6h8b10----------------8---- G -------------------s7-7---55-7------ D ------------------------------------ A ------------------------------------ D -0---------------------------------- Dr----S-----------S--------S----------
E ------------------------------------ B --8b10b8p6h8b10--------------------- G -------------------s7-5------------- D -------------------------7-5-------- A -----------------------------8-5---- D -0---------------------------------- Dr----S-----------S--------S----------
(fret 13 with 3rd finger for strength - mute low strings on high 13 with first finger) E ------------------------------13b15--13 B --13b15---10-13b15--13b15--10--------X- G -------------------------------------X- D -------------------------------------X- A --------------------------------------- D -0------------------------------------- Dr--------S------------------S---------S-
(---------------------unison bend til end) E --------------------10------------------ B --13b15---10-13b15--13b15--------------- G ---------------------------------------- D ---------------------------------------- A ---------------------------------------- D -0-------------------------------------- Dr--------S------------------S---------S--
[Verse 1] [Am] Is it getting better [D] [F] Or do you feel the s [G] ame [Am] Will it make it eas [D] ier on you now [F] you got someone to [G] blame
[Chorus] You say, [C] one love, [Am] one life [F] When it's one need [C] , in the night [C] One love [Am] , we get to share it, [F] It leaves you baby if you [C] don't care for it
[Instrumental - Drums in] [Am][D][F][G]
[Verse 2] [Am] Did I disa [D] point you? [F] Or leave a bad taste in your [G] mouth? [Am] You act like you never [D] had love [F] And you want me to go with [G] out
[Chorus] Well it's [C] too late, [Am] tonight [F] To drag the past out in [C] -to the light [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other O [Am] ne ... [D] ..... [F] ..... [G] .....
[Verse 3] [Am] Have you come here for for [D]giveness [F] Have you come to raise [G] the dead [Am] Have you come here to play [D] Jesus [F] To the lepers in your [G] head
[Chorus] [C] Did I ask too much [Am] More than a lot [F] You gave me nothing Now it's [C] all I got [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same Well we, [F] hurt each other, then we [C] do it again
[Bridge] You say, [C] love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law [C] Love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law You [C] ask me to enter, but [G] then you make me crawl And [G] I can't be holding o [F] To what you got [F] , when all you got is [C] hurt
[Chorus] One [C] love, [Am] One blood [F] One life, you got to [C] do what you should [C] One life [Am] , with each other [F] Sisters, [C] brothers [C] One life, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other [C] One, [Am] O [F] ne [C]
[Outro] [C][Am][F][C] x4
[Solo Riff] E 0-00---2-00---1-00----3- B 1---31-3-3-31-1-1-3-1-3- G 2------2-2----2-2-----0- D 2------0------3-3-----0- A 0-------------3-x-----x- E -------------1-x------3-
