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Sweet Soul Music Tab

by Arthur Conley


...SWEET SOUL MUSIC... by Arthur Conley
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*from 'Sweet Soul Music' (1967)*


Intro:

,  (n.)

Verse 1:

(n.)                     
 Do you like good music?(yeah, yeah),
                    
Sweet soul musicm, (yeah, yeah).
                                
Just as long as it's swingin', (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Verse 2:

                       
 Out on the floor now, (yeah, yeah),
                         
We're going to a go-go, (yeah, yeah).
                           
Ah, dancin' to the music, (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Verse 3:

                               
Spot-light on Lou Rawls y'all, (yeah, yeah),
                                  
Ah don't he look the tall y'all? (yeah, yeah).
                                          
Singin'; 'Love's a Hurtin' Thing' y'all, (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Verse 4:

                                
Spot-light on Sam and Dave now, (yeah, yeah),
                              
Ah don't they look boss now? (yeah, yeah).
                                
Singing; 'Hold On I'm Coming', (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Verse 5:

                                  
Spot-light on Wilson Pickett now, (yeah, yeah),
                                  
That wicked, wicked Pickett now, (yeah, yeah).
                           
Singing; 'Mustang Sally', (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Verse 6:

                                
Spot-light on Otis Redding now, (yeah, yeah),
                               
Singin'; 'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa', (yeah, yeah),
                      
'Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa', (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Interlude:

,   ,   ,    (n.)

Verse 7:

     (n.)                      
Spot-light on James Brown now, (yeah, yeah),
                                
He's the king of them all now, (yeah, yeah).
                                
He's the king of them all now, (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Verse 8:

                         
 Do you like good music? (yeah, yeah),
                   
Sweet soul music, (yeah, yeah).
                                
Just as long as it's swingin', (yeah, yeah),
              
Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Coda:

  
I got to get the feeling, I got to get the feeling.
Do you like good music? That sweet soul music.
Help me get the feeling, I want to get the feeling.
Otis Redding got the feeling...

(Fade)


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