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Index  R&B  Songs      Artist   Title   Page  

Aretha  Franklin   Chain  of  Fools   25  Aretha  Franklin   Rescue  Me   65  Ben.E.King   Spanish  Harlem   18  Bill  Withers   Ain't  No  Sunshine   6  Diana  Ross   Baby  Love   63  Dionne  Warwick   Walk  on  By   29  

Dionne  Warwick  Trains,and  Boats  and  

Plane   31  

Four  Tops   Baby  I  Need  Your  Lovin   12  

Four  Tops  Standing  the  Shadows  

of  Love   29  

Gershwin/Janis  Joplin   Summertime   54  

Gladys  Knight  Midnight  Train  to  

Georgia   60  

Jackie  DeShannon  What  the  World  Needs  

Now     68  

Little  Anthony/  Imperials   Hurt  So  Bad   56  Martha  and  Vandellas   Dancing  in  the  Streets   23  

Marvin  Gaye  I  heard  it  Threw  

Garpevine   40  

Mary  Wells   My  Guy   15  Otis  Redding   These  Arms  of  Mine   22  Otis  Redding/temptations   My  Girl   45  

Percy  Sledge  When  a  Man  Loves    Woman   58  

Ray  Charles   Crying  Time   1  Ray  Charles   Here  We  Go  Again   2  Ray  Charles   Busted   3  Roberta  Flack   Killng  Me  Softly   31  Sam  Cooke   Bring  it  Home  to  Me   47  Sam  Cooke   Another  Saturday  Night     49  Sam  Cooke   Chain  Gang   52  

Smoky  Robinson  You  Really  Got  a  Hold  

on  Me   8  

Solomon  Burke  Everybody  Needs  

Somebody   27  

Temptations   I  Can't  Help  My  Self   4  Temptations   Ain't  To  Proud  to  Beg   10  Wilson  Pickett   In  the  midnight  Hour   41  Wilson  Pickett   6345789   20  Wilson  Pickett   Sweet  Soul  Music   33  

 

   

Crying time RAY CHARLES CAPO1 Chorus G D Oh, it’s crying time again, you’re gonna leave me, D7 G I can see that far away look in your eyes. G7 C I can tell by the way you hold me, darling, G D G - C-G that it won’t be long before it’s crying time. G D 1. Now they say that absence makes the heart grow fonder, D7 G and that tears are only rain to make love grow. G7 C Well, my love for you could never grow no stronger, G D G - C-G if I lived to be a hundred years old. + CHORUS Then play + G7 -C-G-D-G - C-G G D 2. Now you say you’ve found someone that you love better, D7 G that’s the way it’s happened every time before. G7 C And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow, G D G - C-G crying time will start when you walk out the door. + CHORUS G D C - G + That it won’t be long before it’s crying time. PAGE 1

Here we go again CAPO 3 Song by Ray Charles and Norah Jones D G - G7 C 1. Here we go again, he's back in town again D - D7 G - G7 -D I'll take him back again one more time. G - G7 C 2. Here we go again, the phone will ring again, D - D7 G - C-G-G7 I'll be her fool again, one more time. C G I've been there before, and I will try again, A A7 D D7 any fool, any fool knows, that there's no way to win. - - - - - G - G7 C 3. Here we go again, she'll break my heart again, D - D7 G - C-G I'll play the part again, one more time. + repeat verse 3 as instrumental + G7 C - G I've been there before, you know what, and I'll try it again, A A7 D D7 any fool, any fool knows, that there's no, no way to win. - - - - - - G - G7 C 4. Here we go again, she'll break my heart again, D - D7 G - C-G I'll play the part again, one more time. D - D7 - - - - - - C - G - - - - I'll take him back again one more time. I will. PAGE 2

Busted RAY CHARLES CAP01 D~~ D~~ D A 1. My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes, and I’m busted, A A7 D cotton is down to a quarter a pound, but I’m busted. D D7 I got a cow that went dry and a hen that won’t lay, G a big stack of bills that gets bigger each day, A D ~ ~ the county’s gonna haul my belongings away, cause I’m busted. D A 2. I went to my brother to ask for a loan, ‘cause I was busted, A A7 D I hate to beg like a dog without his bone, but I’m busted. D D7 My brother said: There ain’t a thing I can do, G my wife and my kids are all down with the flu, A D ~ ~ and I was just thinking about calling on you, and I’m busted. D A 3. Well, I am no thief, but a man can go wrong when he’s busted, A A7 D the food that we canned last summer is gone, and I’m busted. D D7 The fields are all bare and the cotton won’t grow, G me and my family got to pack up and go, A D ~ but I’ll make a living, just where, I don’t know, ‘ cause I’m busted. D ~ D ~ D ~ D ~ + I’m broke, no bread, I mean like nothing, forget it … ... PAGE 3

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Page  10   Ain’t to proud to beg Temptations - - - - - - - - - - - - - F 1. I know you wanna leave me, C F C but I refuse to let you go. F C F C if I have to beg and plead for your sympathy, F C F C I don't mind ‘cause you mean that much to me. F C - F C Ain't too proud to beg, and you know it, F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! F C F C Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby, F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! F C F C F 2. Now I heard a cryin' man, is half a man, C F C with no sense of pride, F C F C F but if I have to cry to keep you, I don't mind weepin', C F G if it'll keep you by my side. C - F C Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! F C F C Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby, F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! 10

F C F C F 3. If I have to sleep on your doorstep all night and day C F C just to keep you from walkin' away, F C F C F let your friends laugh, even this I can stand C F G ‘cause I want to keep you any way I can. C F C Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! F C F C Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby, F C F C - G please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! + instrumental = verse 3 C F C F 4. Now I've gotta love so deep in the pit of my heart, C F C - F and each day it grows more and more. C F C F I'm not ashamed to come and plead to you, baby, C F G if pleadin' keeps you from walkin' out that door. C F C Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! F C F C Ain't to proud to plead, baby, baby, F C F C please, don't leave me, girl, don't you go ! ... PAGE 11

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Verse 2 E7 This is an invitation across the nation a chance for folks to meet There'll be laughing singing and music swinging Dancing in the street Philadelphia, P. A. Baltimore and D. C. Now Can't forget the Motor City A All we need is music Sweet music They'll be music everywhere E7 There'll be swinging and swaying and records playing Dancing in the street Bridge / Chorus

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"Chain Of Fools" Aretha Franklin CHAIN OF FOOLS Key of Cm

Intro Cm7 Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain of fools Cm7 For five long years, I thought you were my man Cm7 But I found out, (yeah), I'm just a link in your chain Cm7 You got me where you want me Cm7 I ain't nothing but your fool Cm7 You treated me mean, (ohh), you treated me cruel Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain, (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain of fools Cm7 Every chain, has got a weak link Cm7 I might be weak (child), but I'll give you strength Page 25 (No music) You tell me to leave you alone (oop, oop, oop, oop)

(No music) My father said, Come on home (oop, oop, oop, oop) (No music) My doctor said, Take it easy (oop, oop, oop, oop) (No music) Oh, but your lovin’ is much too strong (oop, oop, oop, oop) Cm7 I'm added to your Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain of fools Cm7 One of these mornings, the chain is gonna break Cm7 But up until then, I'm gonna take all I can take (Oh yeah) Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain (Chain, chain, chain) Cm7 Cm Chain of fools Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain Cm7 Cm Chain, chain, chain Cm Cm7 Chain, chain, chain Cm7 Cm Chain of fools Page 26 Capo

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Killing me softly Roberta Flack (orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 5th) Chorus Em Am D G Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, Em A D C killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, G C F E telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly - with his song. + Am -D-Am -D (2x) Am D - G C 1. I heard he sang a good song, I heard he had a style, Am D Em and so I came to see him and listen for a while. Am D - G B7 And there he was, this young boy, a stranger to my eyes. Em Am D G Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, Em A D C killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, G C F E telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly - with his song. Am D - G C 2. I felt all flushed with fever, embarrassed by the crowd, Am D Em I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud. Am D - G B7 I prayed that he would finish, but he just kept right on. Em Am D G Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, Em A D C killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, G C F E telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly - with his song. 32 Am D - G C 3. He sang as if he knew me in all my dark despair, Am D Em And then he looked right through me as if I wasn` t there. 38 Am D - G B7

And he was just a stranger, singing clear and strong. Em Am D G Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, Em A D C killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, G C F E telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly - with his song. Em AmD G Em A D C G - C F E + Oh ho, oh, oh, la la la la, la la, oh, oh, la la la, la la, la. Em Am D G Strumming my pain with his fingers, singing my life with his words, Em A D C killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, G C F - E telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly. Em - Am D G He was strumming my pain, yeah, he was singing my life, Em A D C killing me softly with his song, killing me softly with his song, G C F E telling my whole life with his words, killing me softly with his song. (Roberta Flack) Page 39

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ENDING D Em I've got sunshine on a cloudy day with my girl A D I've even got the month of May with my girl Em A Talkin' 'bout Talkin' 'bout Talkin' 'bout my girl D A Em D (fade) Page 46

Page 47 Bring it on Home to Me Sam Cook

C-G-F-G - C-F-C-G C G 1. If you ever change your mind C C7 F about leaving, leaving me behind, C F G C Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’, bring it on home to me, F C G yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. C G 2. I know I laughed when you left, C C7 F but now I know I only hurt myself. C F G C Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’, bring it on home to me, F C G yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. C G 3. I’ll give you jewelry and money, too, C C7 F that ain’t all, that ain’t all I’d do for you, C F G C Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’, bring it on home to me, F C G yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. C G 4. You know I’ll always be your slave, C C7 F till I’m buried, buried in my grave, C F G C Honey, bring it to me, bring your sweet lovin’, bring it on home to me, Page 47

F C G yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 48 C G 5. I try to treat you right, C C7 F but you stayed out, stayed out till night, C But I forgive you, bring it to me, F G C bring your sweet lovin’, bring it on home to me, F C G yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, C G yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ... (Sam Cooke) 48

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"Summertime" - Music by George Gershwin, lyrics by DuBose Heyward. From the 1935 opera, "Porgy and Bess."

Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald and Janis Joplin Am Summertime, E7 Am And the livin' is easy Dm Fish are jumpin' F E7 And the cotton is high Am Oh, Your daddy's rich E7 Am And your mamma's good lookin' F So hush little baby E7 Am Don't you cry Am One of these mornings E7 Am You're going to rise up singing Dm Then you'll spread your wings F E7 And you'll take to the sky PAGE 54

Am But until that morning E7 Am There's a'nothing can harm you F E7 Am With your daddy and mammy standing by Am Summertime, E7 Am And the livin' is easy Dm Fish are jumpin' F E7 And the cotton is high Am Oh, Your daddy's rich E7 Am And your mamma's good lookin' F So hush little baby E7 Am Don't you cry

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Hurts So Bad Little Anthony And The Imperials.

           

INTRO: A #1. Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 I know you.. Don't know what I'm going through.. Dm7 Em7 A B standing here …. looking at you. CHORUS: Bmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Well, let me tell you that it hurts so bad. (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 It makes me feel so sad … (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 E7sus4 Em7 It makes me hurt so bad, to see you again. #2. Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 Like needles and pins…..People say you've been making out O.K. Dm7 Em7 A B She's in love don't .. stand in her way. Page 56

            CHORUS: Bmaj7 Cmaj7 Bm7 But let me tell you that ….it hurts so bad. (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 It makes me feel so sad.. (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 E7sus4 Em7 It's gonna hurt so bad if you walk away. BRIDGE: Cmaj7 Bm7 Why don't you stay and let me make it up to you? Cmaj7 Bm7 (Stay) I'll do anything you want me to. Em7 Bm7 Cmaj7 D You loved me before, …….Please love me again. Cmaj7 Bm7 Am7 I can't let you go back to him. OUTRO: Am7 Cmaj7 Please, don't go please don't go. Bm7 Ooohh, hurts so bad (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 Come back it hurts so bad (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 Don't make me hurt so bad (hurts so bad) 57 Song Continues Next Page

E7sus4 Em7 I'm begging you please.. Am7 Cmaj7 Please, don't go, please, don't go.. Bm7 Ooohh, hurts, hurts so bad (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 Come back it hurts so bad (hurts so bad) Cmaj7 Bm7 Don't make me hurt so bad (hurts so bad) E7sus4 Em7 I'm begging you please.. Am7 Cmaj7 Please, don't go, please, don't go....(Fade.) PAGE 58

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Rescue me Aretha Franklin G-C G-C G-C Am -D G C 1. Rescue me, oh, take me me in your arms, F Dm rescue me I want your tender charms. G C And I’m a lonely, and I’m blue, F Dm I need you, and your love true. G Come on and rescue me ! C Come on, baby, and rescue me ! G C Come on, baby, and rescue me ! G C Am D ‘Cause I need you by my side, can’t you see that I’m lonely ! G C 2. Rescue me, come on and take my heart, F Dm take your love and cover every part. G C And I’m a lonely and I’m blue, F Dm I need you and your love true. + CHORUS + G-C G-C G-C Am -D G C 3. Rescue me, oh, take me me in your arms, F Dm rescue me I want your tender charms. G C And I’m a lonely, and I’m blue, 66

F Dm I need you, and your love true. G Come on and rescue me ! - C Come on, baby ! Take me, baby ! G - C Hold me, baby ! Love me, baby ! G C Am D Can’t you see that I need you, baby, can’t you see that I’m lonely ! G C Rescue me, come on and take my hand ! G C Come on, baby, and be my man ! G - C ‘Cause I love you ‘ ‘cause I want you, Am D can’t you see that I’m lonely ! G C Mm, mm, G C take me, baby ! Love me, baby ! G C Leave me, baby, mm. Am D Can’t you see that I’m lonely….. 67

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