IMPRESSIONS - "Youve Been Cheating" Tablature
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:09 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./i/impressions/youve_been_cheatin.crd
Chi-town does Motown in this curious battle between Chicago horns and
Detroit strings. I guess the arranger (probably Johnny Pate) couldn't
decide between Chicago backbeats (one-and-TWO-and-three-AND-four-AND)
vs. Motown backbeats (one-TWO-three-FOUR), so he left them out... play
along with the record and let me know which you prefer. -- AWR
"You've Been Cheatin'"
(Curtis Mayfield)
Intro [4X]:
bass doubled by guitar (2 octaves higher):
[piano and tambourine enter 2nd time;
strings and horns enter 3rd time]
(Db) (Ebm)
v v v v v v v v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-4-----4---4-----|-6-----6---6-----
---4-6-------4-6-|---4-6-------4-6-
Verse 1:
Db Ebm
[1: I've been 2: So I'm] trying hard to forget
Db Ebm
That you've been cheating
Db Ebm
Wishin' you I'd never met
Db Ebm
'Cause you've been cheating
Chorus:
Bbm
Can't you know lies can be seen in your eyes
Gb Fm Ebm
And from wrong you'll never be free
Db Ebm
While you sit cryin', you've been lyin'
(Db)
You've been cheatin', cheatin' on me
[repeat intro riff 2X, w/strings]
Verse 2:
Yeah, you made me suspect and I know (who-who)
You don't want me (you don't want me)
Cookies crumble, and that's how it goes (who-who)
You don't want me (you don't want me)
[repeat chorus]
[repeat intro riff 2X, w/strings]
Bridge:
Db Ebm7
Another lover you discover
Fm7 Gbmaj7 Ebm7
Our love's gone and I don't know why
Db Ebm7
It's just as well, though at last I do know
Eb7 Ab7
All you said was just a lie
[repeat intro riff 2X, w/strings (horns enter 2nd time)]
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat chorus]
Coda (riff and chords as per intro):
Db Ebm
Ooh, ooh, baby (you've been cheating)
You must not love me (you've been cheating)
You must not want me (you've been cheating)
You just don't care [fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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