Bob Marley-Could You Be Loved - BPM - 103
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[Chorus]
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Could you be loved
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And be loved
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Could you be loved
G D
And be loved
[Verse 1 - 2 bars on first 2 Ems - they are long pauses]
Bm Em
Don't let them fool ya .....................
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Or even try to school ya Oh, no!
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We've got a mind of our own
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So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right!
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Love would never leave us alone,
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A-yin the darkness there must come out to light.
[Chorus]
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Could you be loved
G D
And be loved
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Could you be loved
G D
And be loved
[Post-Chorus]
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could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
[Verse 2 - Low spoken bits by ladies - with intro riff]
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The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,
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So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you
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Love your brotherman!
Could you be, could you be, could you be loved
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Could you be, could you be loved
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Could you be, could you be, could you be loved
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Could you be, could you be loved
[Verse 3]
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Don't let them change ya
Em
oh! buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum
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Or even rearrange ya!
Em
oh! buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum
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We've got a life to live. Ooh, ooh, ooh
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They say: on ly y , on ly y
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Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive! Eh!
[Chorus]
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Could you be loved
G D
And be loved
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Could you be loved
G D
And be loved
[Verse 3 - Spoken-ish low bit]
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You ain't gonna miss your water, until your well runs dry
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No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied
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Say something!
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved
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Could you be, could you be loved)
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Say something!
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved)
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Say something!
(could you be, could you be loved)
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Say something! Say something!
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Say something! Say something! (could you be loved?)
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Say something! Say something!
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Say something! Say something! Reggae, reggae!
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Say something! Rasta, rasta!
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Say something! Reggae, reggae!
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Say something! Rasta, rasta!
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Say something! (Could you be loved)
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Say something! Uh!
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Say something! Come on!
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Say something!
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
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Say something!
(Could you be, could you be loved?)
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Say something!
(Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?)
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Say something!
(Could you be, could you be loved?
[End]