[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 Keyboard riff - BPM 116 - G = 3x003x G* = 355433, C/G 335553 - Capo 2 for original key] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] wild, [C] standing [G] there , ....[G] with her hands in her [Em] hair [Am] I [G/B] can't [C] help re [G] member,...... [Em] just where she touched me [Fadd9] [Dm7] ....... There's [C]still [G]no face [Dm7] ....... here [C]in [G]her place
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] cool, [C] she [G] was like [D7sus4-xx0213] jazz on a summer's day [D7] [Am] Mu- [G/B] sic, [C] high [G] and sweet, [D7sus4] then she just blew away [D7]
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx - Esus2/G# = 476454 - no sus2] [D/F#] Now she [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms - Va le (drums back in) [C] Rie [G] eeee [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me [G] eeee [C] Vale [G/B] rie Come and [Csus2] (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Verse] [Am] Love [G/B] songs [C] fill the [G] night,....[G] but they don't tell it [Em] all, [Am] Not [G/B] how [C] lovers [G] cry out,..... [Em] just like they are dy [Fadd9] ying [Dm7] .......... Her [C]cries [G]hang there [Dm7] ....... in [C]time [G]somewhere
[Verse] [Am] Some [G/B] day, [C] some [G] good wind, [D7sus4] may blow her back to me [D7] [Am] Some [G/B] night [C] I__ [G] may hear, [D7sus4] her like she used to be [D7]
[Chorus] [D/F#] No they [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms Vale [C] rie,---- [G] ------- [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me,--- [G] ------- [C] Valer [G/B] ie Come and [Csus2] see--------me, I'm the same boy I used to be
[Verse] [Am] So [G/B] cool, [C] she [G] was like, [D7sus4] jazz on a summer's day [D7] [Am] Mu- [G/B] sic, [C] high [G] and sweet, [D7sus4] then she just blew away [D7]
[Chorus - just bass drum Bxxb Bxxx] [D/F#] Now she [C] can't be that [G] warm [D/F#] with the [C] wind in her [G] arms - Va le (drums back in) [C] Rie [G] eeee [D] call on [C] me, call on [Em] me [G] eeee [C] Vale [G/B] rie Come and [Csus2] (drums stop) see--------(b+Csus2 b+Csus2 - second on me) me, I'm the same (bass drum in) boy I used to be
[Riff] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx GxxG* xx(C/G)G* xxxx xxxx [Ending] GxxG* xxxx x(C/G)Gx (C/G)xxx I'm the [G] same boy I used be.___ [G] (hard stop) [End]
