Barry White - Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
long version from Stone Gon' [1973] (7:59 total time)
NOTES: the Gm7-C progression is used throughout most of the song including the
the VERSES, and the ad-libbed monologue parts found in the beginning and end of the
The
marks under those chords simply indicate the amount of beats each chord is played.
have to listen and decide how you want to play the groove.
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INTRO (0:00) ENTRANCE OF INSTRUMENTS (in order):
hi-hat, kick drum, rising string notes, bass, piano
(groove on! - 0:45)
/ / / / | / / / /
Uh...
Oh, baby
Oh, baby (Keep on)
My baby (Keep on doin' it, right on)
Mmm, mmm, mmm (Right on doin' it)
You got it together (Baby, keep on)
Oh, you got it together, baby (Right on, keep on doin' it)
Not yet, baby, ohh, not yet
Mmm, mmm (my, my baby, keep on)
I swear you got it together, baby (keep on, keep on)
PRE-VERSE (1:30)
Whatever, whatever
Girl, I'll do it
Forever and ever, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you through it
VERSE 1 (1:53)
I've got to keep you pleased / in every way I can
Gonna give you all of me / as much as you can stand
Making love to you right now / that's all I want to do
I know you need it, girl / and you know I need it, too...'cause
PRE-CHORUS (2:15)
I found...what the world is searching for
Here, right here, my dear...I don't have to look no more
...and, all my days...I hoped and I prayed
...for someone just like you to make me feel the way you do
CHORUS (2:38)
Never, never gonna give you up
I'm never, ever gonna stop
Not the way I feel about you
Girl, I just can't live without you
I'm never, ever gonna quit, 'cause
Quittin' just ain't my stick
I'm gonna stay right here with you
Do all the things you want me to
PRE-VERSE (3:00)
Whatever you want
Girl, you got it
And whatever you need
I don't want to see you without it
VERSE 2 (3:23)
You've given me much more / than words could ever say
And oh, my dear, I'll be right here / until my dyin' day
I don't know just how to say / all the things I feel
I just know that I love you so / and it gives me such a thrill, 'cause
PRE-CHORUS (3:45)
CHORUS (4:07)
(sax solo ¡V 4:29)
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(4:53)
Lay here with me (keep on, keep on doin' it)
You know, I love to hold you (right on)
Mmm...squeeze you, please you (right on, right on, doin' it)
......Aw yeah, baby, yeah
CHORUS (5:14) play twice
PRE-VERSE (5:58)
Whatever, whatever
Huuuuh, I'll do it
And forever and ever, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you through it
(6:17) spoken
I'll be here, baby
I swear to you, I'll be here
Whenever you feel the need to...
That you want me, or, or you need me...
Whatever, whatever
I'll need ya (right on)
Right on (get down)
Oh baby (get down)
Keep on doin' it, keep on
Right on doin' it (oh)
Uh, keep on (my baby)
Right on, right on doin' it (yeah)
Baby keep on (mmmph.........mmm, mmm)
Keep on doin' it
Baby keep on (shit, yeah)
Keep on, right on, doin' it
Ahhhhh, yeah
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Woooo!