Chord Booklet

Otis Redding

10 songs|39 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

C/E

G/E

G/B

Bb7

Am7

A/C

B/D

Bm7

Cm7

F#m

G#m

Em7

F#7

C#m

A Change Is Gonna Come

Key: AbHard

AbI was born by a river in this little old tent Bm

BmOh just like this river Fm I've been running ever since

AbIt's been a long long, Bmlong time Dbcoming

DbBut I Cknow, but I know a Fmchange is gotta come

AbOh yes it is

AbIt's been too hard living, oh my

AbAnd I'm afraid to dieBm

BmI don't know what's up there Fm

FmBeyond the clouds

AbIt's been a long long, Bmlong time coming

DbBut I know, Cbut I know Fma change is gotta come Bm

AbOh yes it is

BmThere was a time I would go to Abmy brother Bm

BmI asked my brother, "Will you help Fmme please?" Bm

BmHe turned me down and then I ask my Fmdear mother, oh

B7I said "Mother!"

B7I said "Mother! I'm down on Ebmy knees"

AbIt's been a time that I thought

AbLord this couldn't last for very long Bm

BmBut somehow I thought I was still able Fm to try to carry on

AbIt's been a long long, Bmlong time coming

BmBut DbI knCow Fma change is gonna come

AbOh, yes it is

BmJust like I said, I went to my little Abbitty brother, my littlee brotherBm

BmI asked my brother "Brother help me Fmplease?" Bm

BmHe turned me down and then I go Fmto my little mother, my dear mother B7

B7I said "Mother!"

I said "Mother! I'm down Ebon my knees"

AbBut there was a time that I thought

AbLord this couldn't last for very Bmlong

But somehow I thought I was still aFmble to try to carry on

AbIt's been a long long, Bmlong time coming

DbBut I know, bCmut I know a Fmchange is gotta come

FmOoh it's been so Dblong, it's been so long, a Cmlittle too long

CmBut a change Fmhas gotta come

AbI'm so tired, so tired of Dbstanding by myself

CmAnd standCing by my self

FmAnd standing up alone

FmBut a change has gotta come

FmYou know and i know

FmYou know that DbI know

DbI know that Cmyou know, honey

CmThat a change Fmis gonne come, oh my Ab Db

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Try A Little Tenderness

Key: CHard

C/E

G/E

G/B

Bb7

Am7

A/C

B/D

C/EG/EC#D

G Oh, Emshe may be weary

Am Them young girls,D7 they do get weary

G Wearing that F6same old shaggy E7dress

Am But when she gets weary D7

Try a little G/Btenderness Bb7 Am Am D

G You know, Emshe's waiting

Am Just anD7ticipating

The thing that she'll F6never

Never, E7never, never posses, yeah, yeah

Am But while she's there waiting

D7 And without them

Try a little tenderness C

That's Gall you got to do G7

C It's not just B7sentimental, no, no, no

Em She has her A7griefs and cares

C But the soft words

B7They are spoke so gentle, yeah

A7 It makes it easier,Am7 easier to D7bear

G You Emwon't regret it, no, no

Am Young girls, they,D7 don't forget it

G Love is their F6whole happiE7ness

Am But its all so easy D7

All you got to do is try

Try a little G/Btenderness yeah

All you gotta,E7 do is dance

And hold her where you want her

Am Squeeze her,Bm don't tease her

C Never A/Cleave her, Dnow B/Dget to her

E Got, got, got to Ftry

A Flittle Gtenderness, yeah, yeah

F7 You got to know how to E7love her bad

Take this advice, man, you got to

Am Squeeze her,Bm don't tease her

C Never A/Cleave, you got to Dhold her B/D

Brother Esometimes Ftry

A Flittle Gtenderness, yeah, yeah

F7 You got to know how to E7love her bad

Don't lose her, no, no

Am You got to Bmlove her, Ctease her

A/CAlways please her

D Got to try, now, now, now, try

Try a little Gtenderness, yeah

F7 Watch me groove, you got to E7know

What to do, man, take this advice

You gotta, Amlove her, Bmsqueeze

CDon't you tease my A/Cbaby D

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Merry Christmas Baby

Key: ACapo 1Hard

Bm7

Cm7

AMerry ChDristmas baAby

DSure do treat me Anice D A D

DMerry GChristmas bDaby

GSure do treat me niAce D A D

EBought me a diamond ring for Christmas

D I feel like I'm in paraAdise D A D

AI feel mighty fDine, y'alAl

I've got mDusic on my AradiDo A D

DFeel mighty fGine, girl D

I've got Gmusic on my DradiAo, ohD, oAh, Doh

EI feel like I'm gonna Dkiss you

Standing beneath that miBm7stletoAe D A D

E Santa came dowDn the chimney

Cm7Half past three, yBm7'all

ELeft all them gooDd ole presents

Cm7For my baby and foBm7r me, ha, ha, ha

DMerry CGhristmas bDaby

GSure do treat me Anice D A D

EYou bought me all those good ole presents

DI love you baby rest of my AlifeD A D

AMerry Christmas, Dgirl

AMerry, merry, merrDy Christmas bAaby D A

DSure do treat me nAice D A D

DMerry Christmas bGaby D

I said you sGure do treat me nAice D A D

FYou bought all those lovely things, yDeah

I feel like I'm in pAaradise D A

I wish yDou a merryA Christmas Dbaby A

Happy nDew year, hAa

A merry CDhristams, honey A

EverythiDng here is Abeautiful

I lDove you, baby A

For everyDthing that you gAive me

I loDve you, hAoney...

Merry xmas!

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Free Me

Key: AHard

F#m

G#m

Em7

AEF#mEmD

DTurn me lAoose

AThere Eain't no use

F#mFree me darling

F#mDon't hang me up

F#mLet me go from your Alove, now E

EJust like a Aprisoner

AYou got me Echained and bound

AUnlock 'Eem, Let me go, F#mlet me gEo

EGet 'em frDom around

DTurn me Aloose

AThere Eain't no use

F#mFree me baby, Let me go, Turn me loose

F#mFrom your lAove, now E

EYou know I did love Ayou, yeah

ADo anyEthing in the world for you

AI try my best, G#mI try my very F#mbest, Eyeah, Dplease

AThe way your treating me

EKeep me in misery

EI'm so Aweak, EI'm so weak, I'm so weak

Em7To walk aDway

DIt's Aup to you

ATo Esay we're through

F#mOh, free me baby, let me go, turn me loose baby

F#mFrom your Alove

AI got to tell you,E7 Listen this

E7I know sAometime

AI wonder Edo you really love me

AAnd if you don't, G#mif you F#mdon't

EYou got to let Dme know

DLet me Ago

AYour love Eis not shown

EBreak these cAhains

EBreak them, tear them F#mapart

EmLet me loDve again

DTurn me Aloose

AThere ain't Eno use

ELet me go, darling

EIf you don't want F#mme

F#mFree me

F#mLet me go

F#mUnchain me

EFrom your loAve

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Dock Of The Bay (acoustic)

Key: GCapo 1Hard

GSittin' in the morning B7sun

I'll be Csittin' in the eveninCg cBomBbe A

GWatching the ships roll B7in,

then I watch Cthem roll away again...CyeBa Bb A

I'm Gsittin' on the dock of thEme bay

watchGing the tide roll aEmway

Oh, I'm Gjust sittin' on the dock of the bAay

Gwasting tiEme

I Gleft my home in GeoB7rgia

HeadCed for the FriscoC bBayBb A

'CauGse I had nothing to liveB7 for

likCe nothing's gonna come CmyB wBbay A

G I'm sittin' on the dock of tEmhe bay

watGching the tide roll aEmway

Oh, I'm Gjust sittin' on the dock of the baAy

waGsting timeE

G LoDoks Clike nothing's gonna change

G EvDerytChing still remains the same

G I cDan'tC do what ten people tell me to do

FSo I guess I'll remain the Dsame

SGittin' here resting my B7bones

and thisC loneliness won't leave meC aBloBbne A

TheseG 2000 miles I roamed B7

just tCo make this dock my home C B Bb A

I'm Gsittin' on the dock of tEmhe bay

watchGing the tide roll Emaway

Oh, IG'm just sittin' on the dock of the Abay

wastiGng timEe

((Whistle))

GEm

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That's How Strong My Love Is

Key: FHard

F#7

G#m

B If I was the sun, F#7way up there,

E I'd go with love, most Beverywhere.

B I'll be the moon, when the F#7sun goes down,

E Just to let you know, that BI'm still around.

B That's how strong my F#7love is,

Oh, Ethat's how strong my Blove is.

B That's how strong my F#7love is, baby, baby,

E That's how strong my Blove is.

B I'll be the weeping willow, F#7drowning in my tears,

E You can go swimming, Bwhen you're here.

B I'll be the rainbow, when the F#7sun is gone,

E Wrap you in my colours and Bkeep you warm.

B That's how strong my F#7love is, darling,

E That's how strong my Blove is, baby.

B That's how strong my F#7love is, ooh,

E That's how strong my Blove is.

G#m I'll be the ocean, so dEeep and wide,

G#m I'll get out the tears, when-eEver you cry.

G#m I'll be the breeze, after the sEtorm is gone,

F To dry your eyes and love you warm.

B That's how strong my F#7love is, baby,

E That's how strong my Blove is.

B That's how strong my F#7love is, darling,

E That's how strong my Blove is.

B That's how strong my F#7love is, so deep in,

Well, Ethat's how strong my Blove is.

So much Blove, yes, so much F#7love, ooh,

Yes, so much Elove, yes, so much Blove.

Anything that BI can do, I'll be F#7good for you,

Any kind of Elove you want, I'll Bbe with you...

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Remember Me

Key: CHard

Remember Cme

Don't you forget me, Amchild

We are all Fonly here

Just for a little Gwhile

Do you remember the Cguy?

The guy that you were Amdating

He broke your Fheart, now

And then he walked aGway

Oh yes, he Cdid now F

Oh yes, he Cdid G7

You remember when you were Csick?

You were cripple and you were Amlame

I stood by your Fbed side till you

Were on your Gfeet again

Oh yes, I Cdid now F

Oh yes, I Cdid C7

Oh, someFwhere oh down the line

You are gonna Fsee this little heart of mine

Is so Clarge, so Cmwonderful, so Ctrue G

Oh now, someFwhere

Brighter Fdays you're gonna see

FWhat a big mistake that you made

I said I'm a-Dbegging you

I said I'm Gpleading!

N.C.

Pleading! Pleading!

Remember Cme

Don't you forget me, Amchild

We are all only Fhere

Just for a little Gwhile

Oh yes, we Cis now,F oh yes, we Cis F

I need a little of your Clove everyday F

I need you to sit and to Ctalk to me right now F

Every Csecond, every minute, every hour of the day F

I need you to Chold my little trembling hand F

I need you to just sCtand right by F

Oh, Cmy, my, my F

(Fade...)

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Mr. Pitiful

Key: CMedium

C7G7

They call me Mr. C7Pitiful; baby that's my name now

They call me Mr. Pitiful; that's how I got my G7fame.

But people just don't C7understand how a man can feel so F7blue

They call me Mr. C7Pitiful 'G7cos I lost someone just like C7you.

The call me Mr. C7Pitiful; this everybody know now

They call me Mr. Pitiful; most every place I G7go.

But nobody seems to C7understand now how can a man sing such a F7sad song

When he G7lost everything that he C7had.

G7 How can I explain to you C7how somebody can get so very blue?

G7 How can I tell you about my past C7if all things won't enCd?

Mr. C7Pitiful; that's my name now

They call me Mr. Pitiful; that's how I got my G7fame.

But nobody seems to C7understand what make a man feel so F7blue

They call me Mr. C7Pitiful 'G7cos I lost someone just like C7you.

Can I explain to you...

C7 Everything is going wrong; I've lost everything I had.

I have to sing this sad song to get back to her.

And I'm gonna sing this song to you;

And I want you and I want you and I want you and I want you.

And I wanna tell you everything is going through my mind

And I want to sing and I want to sing

And I want to sing and I want to sing this song with you

And I wanna sing this song to everyone.

'Cos I want them to understand what I talkin' about

I want you to understand what I'm sayin'...

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Sittin On The Dock of the Bay (ver. 2)

Key: GHard

I'm sittinG' in the mornin' sun C

CSittin' when the evenin' Acomes

GWatchin' the ships roll Cin

Then I'll Cwatch 'em roll away aAgain

I'm Gsittin' on the dock of the Fbay

GWatchin' the tide roll Aaway

I'm Gsittin' on the dock of the bFay

Wastin' Gtime F

(KEY CHANGE)

ALeft my home in CGeorgia

I was Dheaded for the 'Frisco BBay

AI had nothin' to Clive for

Looks like Dnothin's gonna come my Bway

I'm Asittin' on the dock of the Fbay

AWatchin' the tide roll Baway

ASittin' on the dock of the Fbay

Wastin' Atime F

CLooks like Anothin's Dever gonna change

CEverythAing still rDemains the same

CI can't Ado what Dten people tell me to do

GSo I guess that I'll just E7remain the same

(KEY CHANGE)

ASittin' here restin' my Dbones

And this Dloneliness won't leave me Calone

ATwo thousand miles I Droamed

Just to Dmake this dock my Chome

I'm Asittin' on the dock of the Gbay

AWatchin' the tide roll Caway

ASittin' on the dock of the Gbay

Wastin' Atime C(precious time)

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10.

Shes All Right

Key: EHard

F#7

C#m

EB7EB7

EB7EE7

Well, you know that Athis little girl, she's so fine

F7I'd like to have her 'n' make her mine, all mine

And Euhh-uhh-uhh (uh-uh-uh, B7oh yeah) yeah, baby,

EYeah (uh-uh-uh, B7oh yeah)

EB7EE7

Man, you know she's Agot the kind of figure a man can squeeze

She's Egot the kind of love'll make you fall on yo' knees

She's Agot the kind of love'll make you walk that walk

She's F#7got the kind of lovin' make you talk that talk

And Euhh-uhh-uhh (uh-uh-uh, B7oh yeah) yeah, baby,

EYeah (uh-uh-uh, B7oh yeah)

EGAF

EC#mFB

Babe, she's Agot the kind of figure a man can squeeze

She's Egot the kind of love'll make you fall on yo' knees

She's Agot the kind of love'll make you walk that walk

She's F#7got the kind of lovin' make you talk that talk

And Euhh-uhh-uhh (uh-uh-uh, B7oh yeah) yeah, baby,

EYeah (uh-uh-uh, B7oh yeah)

EB7EB7

Fade...

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