Harmonica is Vocal Patches - - - [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?
Harmonica is - Vocal Patches - - - [Intro BPM 117 - Drum intro xSSxSSxS] Approx chords C D G G (Chug - down strokes - nice and slow - snare on final phrase) E 0--- 32-3 ---- -333 ---- 32-3 ---- -333 B 1--- 33-3 ---- -333 ---- 33-3 ---- -333 G 0--- 22-0 ---- -000 ---- 22-0 ---- -000 D 2--- 00-0 ---- -002 ---- 00-0 ---- -002 A 3--- ---x ---- -x23 ---- ---x ---- -x23 E x--- ---3 ---- -3x- ---- ---3 ---- -3x- DrB-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S-
E ---- 32-3 3--- B ---- 33-3 0--- G ---- 22-0 02-0 D ---- ---0 0-4- A ---- ---x x--- E ---- ---3 3--- DrB-S- B-S- SSSS
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And they're [Am7] closing all the [D7sus4 - xx0213] factories [G] down [Gsus2 - 3x0233][G] Out in [Em7] Bethlehem they're [A] killing [Bm] time [F#m/A] Filling out [G6] forms, [D/F#] standing in [Asus4] line [A]
[Verse] Well our [Em7] fathers fought the [Asus4] Second World [D] War [Dsus2][D] Spent their [Am7] weekends on the [D7sus4] Jersey shore [G][Gsus2][G] Met our [Em7] mothers in the [A] US [Bm] O [F#m/A] Asked them to [G6] dance, [D/F#] danced with them sl- [Asus] ow [A] And we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge - Snare on &4&] But the [F/A] restlessness was [G/B] handed [C] down [G/C - x30003][C] And it's [Am] getting very [D7sus4] hard [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] For the [Am7] Pennsylvania [D7sus4] we never [G] found [Gsus2][G] For the [Em7] promises our [A] teachers [Bm] gave [F#m/A] If we worked [G6] hard, [D/F#] if we be [Asus4] haved [A]
[Verse] So the [Em7] graduations [Asus4] hang on the [D] wall [Dsus2][D] But they [Am7] never really [D7sus4] helped us at all [G][Gsus2][G] No they [Em7] never taught us [A] what was [Bm] real [F#m/A] Iron and [G6] coke, [D/F#] chromium ste- [Asus4] el [A] And we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge] But they've [F/A] taken all the [G/B] coal from the [C] ground [G/C][C] And the [Am] union people [D7sus4] crawled [D7] a-way [Em][G/B][C][D]
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] [F] Every child [G/F] had a pretty [F] good shot [F] To get at least [G/F] as far as their [Bb/F] old man got [F] But something [G/F] happened on the way [F] to that place [F] They threw an [G] American flag in [C] our [C] face (intro intro riff)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] (variation) Well I'm [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And it's [F/A] hard to keep a [G/B] good man [C] down [G/C][C] But I [Am] won't be getting [D7sus4] up [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] (instrumental) F G/F F F - F G/F Bb/F Bb/F F G/F F F - F G 2/4 C
[Coda] (intro and bridge variation) Approx chords C D G G x 2
And it's [C(add9)] Getting very [D] hard to (backward beat til end) [Em] stay [G/B] ay... [C] .ay [D] ..ay... and we're [Am] living here in [D7sus4] Allentown [G][Gsus4][Gsus2][G]
