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Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is Chords

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C7

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Fmaj7

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C

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Am/C

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No chord
Standard guitar tuning: 
E
A
D
G
B
E
No capo



Intro


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Verse 1

        If you C7wanGt  Gm  something to pC7lay with
        Go and fGmind yourC7self a tFoy Fmaj7       C          F6
        Baby my timeF is too expC7ensGive     Gm         C7
        And I'm Gmnot  C7   a little bFoy Fmaj7       C          F6
        AmIf you are sDmerious
        AmDon't play with my heart, it makes me fDmurious
        AmBut if you want me to lB♭ove you
        Then baby I wCill, B♭   C girl you know I Am/Cwill


Verse 2

        C7Tell it like it is
        Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
        But I... know deep down inside of me
        I believe you love me
        Forget your foolish pride
        Life is too short to have sorrow
        We may be here today and gone tomorrow
        You might as well get what you want
        So go on and live, baby go on and live

Coda [repeat first half of verse 2]:

        Tell it like it is
        I'm nothing to play with
        Go and find yourself a toy
        But I... tell it like it is
        My time is too expensive
        And I'm not your little boy

        Tell it like it is... [fade]

Notes:

  1) The guitar part is mostly played in 6ths.  Over the C7/G...Gm... etc.
     progression it's:

           1 1      1 1

        xxx2x2   xxx0x0   xxx9x8   xxx9x8

         want...  some...  with...  your...

    ...; over the F Fmaj7/C F6 D7/F♯ it's all


        xxx5x5


     since the C and A are common to all of the chords.

  2) The D7/F# sounds like it might be F#dim, but careful listening reveals
     a D (not a D#) in the right-hand piano voicing.

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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