Arthur Conley-Sweet Soul Music
[Intro - BPM 80 - Down strums - emphase high E string on second and third Cs][C* = x32013 C9sus4 = x32031]
CxxC xCC9x xCxC CC9xx
C*xxC* xC*C9sus4x xC*xC* C*C9sus4xx
[Verse 1]
[(n.c)] Do you like good music? ( [F] Yeah, yeah),
sweet soul music, ( [C] yeah, yeah).
Just as long as it's swingin', ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 2]
[C] Out on the floor now, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
we're going to a go-go, ( [C] yeah, yeah).
Ah, dancin' to the music, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 3]
Spot- [C] light on Lou Rawls y'all, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Ah don't he look the tall y'all? ( [C] yeah, yeah).
Singin'; 'Love's a Hurtin' Thing' y'all, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 4]
Spot- [C] light on Sam and Dave now, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Ah don't they look boss now? ( [C] Yeah, yeah).
Singing; 'Hold On I'm Coming', ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 5]
Spot- [C] light on Wilson Pickett now, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
That wicked, wicked Pickett now, ( [C] yeah, yeah).
Singing; 'Mustang Sally', ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 6]
Spot- [C] light on Otis Redding now, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Singin'; 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa', ( [C] yeah, yeah),
'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa', ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Interlude] F*=8-8-10-10-10-8 C*=8-10-10-9-8-8
E-C-0---------0-0--------0---------FF-C-FF-C--F*F*C--
B---1-3-1---------3-1------3-1---------------------
G---0-----2-0---------2-0------2-0----------------
D---2-----------------------------------------
A---3----------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
[Verse 7]
Spot- [(n.C)] light on James Brown now, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
He's the king of them all now, ( [C] yeah, yeah).
He's the king of them all now, ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Verse 8]
[C] Do you like good music? ( [F] Yeah, yeah),
sweet soul music, ( [C] yeah, yeah).
Just as long as it's swingin', ( [F] yeah, yeah),
Oh [Am] yeah, [G] oh [F] yeah. [C]
[Coda - Play intro riff to end]
[C]I got to get the feeling, I got to get the feeling.
Do you like good music? That sweet soul music.
Help me get the feeling, I want to get the feeling.
Otis Redding got the feeling...
(Fade)
[End]
[Notes - Ignore]
[Intro] - Horn figure Play C C then C9 at end for first time
- then second time with harmony - x32013 x32031
Play with downstrokes to emphasis line on treble strings
- Bass drum every 4 beats even when
not in line with chord strums - slight mute on chord strum bass bit
Drums start on snare after "do you like good mu [S] sic"
- first chord played is F
C E 0 x B 3-1 G 2-0 E 0 0 B x 3 x 1 G 2-0 x 2
then E 0 x B 3-1 G 2-0 then FF C FF C FF C
Long Phrase x2
Final short phrase twice 1&(2)&
With BBSB xBSx BBSB spotlight on James Brown yall (S)