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[Chorus] D Bm Could you be loved G D And be loved D Bm 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 ..................... Bm Em Or even try to school ya Oh, no! Bm We've got a mind of our own G F#m Em So go to hell if what you're thinking is not right! Bm Love would never leave us alone, G F#m A A-yin the darkness there must come out to light.
[Chorus] D Bm Could you be loved G D And be loved D Bm Could you be loved G D And be loved
[Post-Chorus] Bm could you be, could you be, could you be loved?
[Verse 2 - Low spoken bits by ladies - with intro riff] Bm The road of life is rocky and you may stumble too, Bm So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you Bm Love your brotherman!
Could you be, could you be, could you be loved Bm Could you be, could you be loved Bm Could you be, could you be, could you be loved Bm Could you be, could you be loved
[Verse 3] Bm Don't let them change ya Em oh! buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum Bm Or even rearrange ya! Em oh! buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum buddum ba-ba-dum baba dum dum Bm G F#m Em We've got a life to live. Ooh, ooh, ooh Bm They say: on ly y , on ly y G F#m A Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive! Eh!
[Chorus] D Bm Could you be loved G D And be loved D Bm Could you be loved G D And be loved
[Verse 3 - Spoken-ish low bit] Bm You ain't gonna miss your water, until your well runs dry Bm No matter how you treat him, the man will never be satisfied Bm Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved Bm Could you be, could you be loved) Bm Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved) Bm Say something! (could you be, could you be loved) Bm Say something! Say something! Bm Say something! Say something! (could you be loved?) Bm Say something! Say something! Bm Say something! Say something! Reggae, reggae! Bm Say something! Rasta, rasta! Bm Say something! Reggae, reggae! Bm Say something! Rasta, rasta! Bm Say something! (Could you be loved) Bm Say something! Uh! Bm Say something! Come on! Bm Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?) Bm Say something! (Could you be, could you be loved?) Bm Say something! (Could you be, could you be, could you be loved?) Bm Say something! (Could you be, could you be loved?
[Kenny] [C] Baby when I met you there was [C6-x3555] peace un [C] known I set out to get you with a [C6] fine tooth [C7] comb. I was [F] soft inside there was something going [C] on. [C][F\C]
(Both) [C] You do something to me that I [C6] can't ex [C] plain Hold me closer and I [C6] feel no [C7] pain every [F] beat of my heart .. We got something going [C] on.
(Kenny) Tender love is [Fmaj7] blind .. It requires a dedi [F]cation.
(Both) [Fm] All this love we feel needs no conversation.
[Chorus] We [C] ride it together uh huh Making love with each other uh huh.
[C] Islands in the stream [C6] That is what we [F] are No one in be [Dm] tween how can we [Dm7] be wrong? Sail a [C] way with me [C6] to a [F] nother world And we re [C] ly on each other uh huh From one [Dm] lover to another uh [C] huh.
[Key Change - Dolly] [Verse] [G#] I can't live without you if the love is gone Everything is nothing if you got no one And you did [C#] walk in the night [C#] Slowly losing sight of the [G#] real thing.
(Both) But [G#] that won't happen to us and we got no doubt Too deep in love and we got no way out And the [C#] messages is clear [C#] This could be the year of the [G#] real thing.
(Dolly) [G#] No more will you [C#maj7] cry baby I will hurt you [C#] never.
(Both) We [C#m]start and end as one in love forever We can [G#] ride it together [C#] uh [G#] huh Making love with each other [C#] uh [G#] huh.
[G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one [A#m] in between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh
(perhaps drop to just bass drum and emphasise higher line/harmonies) [G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one [A#m] in between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh.
[G#] Islands in the stream That is what we [C#] are No one in [A#m] between how can [A#m7] we be wrong? [G#] Sail away with me to a [C#] nother world And we re [G#] ly on each other [C#] uh [G#] huh From one [A#m] lover to another uh [G#] huh. . . .
