[Intro - No drums - Riff is A string - 2 4 5 ] | Bm | % | % | % |
[Drums in] | Bm | % |
[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?
[Intro - BPM 126] DOWNSTROKES DURING ALL OF THESE TO HELP ARTICULATE CLEARLY (D7#9) ----------------------S pick up e|------------------|--------------- B|-6----------------|--------------- G|-5----------------|--------------- D|-4----------------|--------4-4-5-- A|-5----------------|----5-5-------- E|------------------|-------------5- (drums in - play following figure 3 times - no D section final time) G A D e|-3--------5-------|---- B|-3--------5-------|7--- G|-4--------6-------|7--- D|-5--------7-------|7--- A|-5--------7-------|5--- E|-3--------5-------|----
[Verse 1 - ############################Scroll start here############################] [D] Outside there's a [A] box car waiting [Em] Outside the [G] family stew ooh ooh ooh [D] Out by the [A] fire breathing [Em] Outside we [G] wait 'til face turns [D] blue .... I know the [A] nervous walking [Em] I know the [G] dirty beard-ha aa angs [D] Out by the [A] box car waiting [Em] Take me away to [G] nowhere plains
[Pre-Chorus - Drop snare initially - B BB S B BB S] [Bm] There is a wait so [G] long (so long) (So [A] long) You'll never wait [D] so long
[Chorus - Play background D riff] [G][A] Here comes your [D] man (Background riff) [G][A] Here comes your [D] man (Background riff) [G][A] Here comes your [D] man (Solo straight in)
[Interlude - D A Em G - Just bass drum so can play this] (chords implied by bass) D (A) e|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----7-5---------|-------------5---| G|-----------7---7-|-6-6---6h7-------| (Em) (G) e|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----7-5---------|-7-7-5-----5-----| G|-----------7---7-|---------7-------|
[Verse 2] [D] Big shake on the [A] box car moving [Em] Big shake to the [G] land that's falling [D] down Is a wind makes a [A] palm stop blowing A [Em] big, big stone fall and [G] break my crown
[Pre-Chorus - ############################All way to bottom - Scroll start here ############################] [Bm] There is a wait so [G] long (so long) (So [A] long) You'll never wait [D] so long
[Chorus - Play riff in background] [G][A] Here comes your [D] man [G][A] Here comes your [D] man [G][A] Here comes your [D] man [G][A] Here comes your [D] man
[Solo - Play backward drums towards end with Ahh Oohs] D A Em G x 4
[Pre-Chorus - Drop snare initially - B BB S B BB S] [Bm] There is a wait so [G] long (so long) (So [A] long) You'll never wait so [D] long (stop)
(No drums - just pick phrase) e|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|---------4-4-5---| A|-----5-5---------| E|---------------5-|
[Chorus - with some backwards drumming] [G][A] Here comes your [D] man [G][A] Here comes your [D] man [G][A] Here comes your [D] man [G][A] Here comes your [D] man (stop) [D]
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