Impressions

Impressions - Youve Been Cheating guitar chord

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:09 -0500

From: Andrew Rogers

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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