[LICK] Em(7) - try to ring top 3 open strings as well to make riff as full as possible 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|---0------------|---0------------|0---------------| B|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------| G|---0------------|---0------------|2---------------| D|---5------------|---x--------5-7-|2---------------| A|5h7---5--------5|---5----5-7-----|0---------------| E|----------7-5h7-|5h7--5h7--------|----------------|
[Intro] [Em][Em][A][A] [Em]
[Verse 1 - SING OCTAVE DOWN - ALMOST TALK] Well, you can [Em] tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] (HARD FALSETTO)stayin' a [Em] li [D] i (head voice) [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oh, when you [Em] walk
[Verse 2] Well, now [Em] I get low and I get high And if I [D] can't get either, I [Em] really try Got the [Em] wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a [D] dancin' man, and I [Em] just can't lose
[Pre-Chorus] You know, it's [A] all right, it's okay I'll [A] live to see another day [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Oooooh [Em]
[Middle 8] - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222) [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, yeah [Em] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yeah [A] I'm stayin' [Em] alive
[Verse 3] Well, you [Em] can tell by the way I use my walk I'm a [D] woman's man, no [Em] time to talk [Em] Music loud and women warm I've been [D] kicked around since [Em] I was born
[Pre-Chorus] But now it's [A] all right, that's okay [A] You may look the other way [A] We can try to understand The [A] New York Times' effect on man
[Chorus] [Em] Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother You're [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Feel the city breakin' and everybody shakin' I'm a- [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' alive, stayin' alive [Em] Ah, ah, ah, ah, [Em] stayin' a [Em] li [D] i [Em] i [Bm7] ive (break) Yeah [Em]
[Outro = Middle 8 - A run Asus2 A A7 A6(x02222)] [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me Somebody help me, [Em] yeah [A] Life goin' nowhere, somebody help me, yea [Em] h I'm stayin' a [Em] li-i-i-i-ive
[Bass Intro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + G --|----------------| D 5-|------5-------5-| A --|3-3-----3-3-----| E --|----------------| x4
Guitar lick: - first bar (C chord only) is repeated in Intro and Instrumental - the combination of C and F parts is used in the Verses
easy (first position, no shifting) more like the original (no open strings) C F C F 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------| B|--------------1-|----------------| B|----------------|----------------| G|----------0-2---|----------------| G|--------------5-|----------------| D|------0-2-------|------------0-3-| D|----------5-7---|--------------3-| A|3---------------|--------0-3-----| A|3-----5-7-------|----------3-5---| E|----------------|1-----3---------| E|----------------|1-----3-5-------|
[Intro] | C | % | % | % | (Bass) (+ Verse lick)
[Verse 1 - Try playing the chord then riff] I've got [C] sun shine ......... [F] on a clo [C] udy day [F] And when it's [C] cold outside [F] , I've got the [C] month of May [F]
[Chorus] [C]I [Dm7]guess [F]you [G]say, [C]What can [Dm7]make me [F]feel this [G]way? [Cmaj7]My girl ... My girl My girl Talkin' 'bout [Dm7] my girl 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | G N.C. F F G G | (my girl) I've got
[Verse 2] [C] soooooooooo much [F] honey, the bees (trumpet bit - play C and F high - x-8-10-10-10-x then x-8-10-10-x-x) en [C] vy me [F] I've got a [C] sweeter song, [F] than the birds in [C] the trees [F]
[Chorus] Well, [C]I [Dm7]guess [F]you [G]say, [C] What can [Dm7] make me [F] feel this [G] way? [C(maj7)] My girl ... My girl My girl Talkin' 'bout [Dm7] my girl 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | G N.C. F F G G | (my girl) hooo ooo oooh
[Solo - String section] [C][F] Hey hey h [C] ey [F] Hey hey h [Dm7] ey [Dm7][G][Em] ([A][A][A]) (break)
[Verse 3 - Key Change] I don't [D] need no money , [G] fortune [D] or fame [G] I've got [D] all the riches, baby [G] , one man [D] can claim [G]
[Chorus] Well, [D]I [Em]guess [G]you [A]say, [D] What can [Em] make me [G] feel this [A] way? [Dmaj7] My girl ... ... My girl My girl Talkin' 'bout [Em - 1 bar] my girl (Walk down on the bass - half bar each chord for this line) [A][G][F#m] Talking ' [Em] bout [Dmaj7] my girl
[Outro] [Dmaj7] I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my [Em - 1 bar] girl I've (Walk down on the bass - half bar each chord for this line) [A] even [G] got the [F#m] month of [Em] May with [Dmaj7] my girl Talking 'bouta , tal [Em] king 'bout, talking 'bout my g [A] irl [G][F#m][Em] [Dmaj7] (My girl) My girl
