Song: Let's stay together
Artist: Al Green
Composers: Al Green, Willie Mitchell and Al Jackson
Album: Let's stay together
Tabbed by DJ 12th Oct 2014
CAPO: 3rd fret
(Song will then sound in the recorded key of F)
NOTE:
(/B /C# /D /E) Play as a bass note progression
See bottom of page for tablature of the main riffs
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Em9 = 020032 Bm9 = x20222 Bm7 = x24232
F#m7 = 242222 G = 320033 A = x02220
Em7 = 020000 Gm/Bb = x10033 Gmaj7 = 320002
A7 = x02020 Gmadd9/Bb = xxx335 Em7 * = 020033
D = xx0232 Gm/Bb * = xxx333 Fmaj7 = xx3555
Dsus4 = xx0233 C#m = x46654 F = 133211
B9 = x2122x Dmaj7 = xx0222
^ = Emphasise the beats
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[Intro] (Let's stay together!)
[Em9] [F#m7] [Em7] [F#m7] [Em9] [F#m7] [Em7] [A7]
| / / /_/ / | / / / / | / / /_/ / | / / / / |
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Verse 1
[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Bm9]
I ...I'm so in love with you,
[G]
Whatever you want to do ...is alright with...
[Gm/Bb] [Gmadd9/Bb] [Gm/Bb] * [Gm/Bb] [Gmadd9/Bb] [Gm/Bb] *
...Me-----------------------------,
[F#m7] [Em7] [D] [C#m] [B9]
'Cause you------ make me feel so brand new,
(/B /C# /D /E) [F#m7] [Em7] [D] [F#m7] [B9]
And I------ want to spend my life with you
Verse 2
[D] [Dsus4] [D]
Let me say, since...
[Bm9]
Baby, since we've been to - gether,
[G]
Oo, loving you for - ever ...is what I...
[Gm/Bb] [Gmadd9/Bb] [Gm/Bb] * [Gm/Bb] [Gmadd9/Bb] [Gm/Bb] *
...Need---------------------------,
[F#m7] [Em7] [D] [C#m] [B9]
Let me ...be the one you come running to,
(/B /C# /D /E) [F#m7] [Em7] [D] [F#m7] [B9]
I'll--- never be un - true
Chorus
[Em9] [F#m7]
Oo, baby, let's ...let's stay to- gether, (Together!)
[Em9]
Loving you whether... whether...
[Gmaj7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [A]
...Times are good or bad, ...happy or sad
Break
[Em9] [Em7] *
| / / / / | / / / / |
[Fmaj7] [Em9]
Oo - oo -oo - hoo - hoo! Yeah!
[F] [Gmaj7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [A]
Whether times are good or bad, ...happy or sad
Verse 3
[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Bm9]
Why, somebody? Why'd people break up?
[G]
Oh, turn around and make up, I just can't...
[Gm/Bb] [Gmadd9/Bb] [Gm/Bb] * [Gm/Bb] [Gmadd9/Bb] [Gm/Bb] *
...See----------------------------,
[F#m7] [Em7] [D] [C#m] [B9]
You'd ...never do that to me,
(/B /C# /D /E)
Would you, ba------by?
[F#m7] [Em7] [D] [F#m7] [B9]
Staying ...around you is all I see,
[B9]
Here's what I want us to do...
Chorus
[Em9] [F#m7]
Let's ...we ought to stay to - gether, (Together!)
[Em7]
Loving you whether...
[Gmaj7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [A]
Whether times are good or bad, and happy or sad
Chorus
[Em9] [F#m7]
Come on, let's... woo, let's stay together,
(Let's... let's stay to - gether!)
[Em7]
Loving you ...whether... whether...
[Gmaj7] [F#m7] [Bm7] [F#m7]
...Times are good or bad, and happy or sad
[Suggestion for coda]
[Em9] [Dmaj7]
Let's ...oh, baby, let's stay to - gether!
(Let's----------- let's stay to - gether!)
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[Intro] (Let's stay together!)
Em9 F#m7 Em7 F#m7 Em9 F#m7 Em7 A7
e|----2---2--2--|---0---2--|---2---2--2--|---0---0--|
B|----3---2--2--|---3---2--|---3---2--2--|---3---2--|
G|----0---2--2--|---0---2--|---0---2--2--|---0---0--|
D|----0---2--2--|---2---2--|---0---2--2--|---2---2--|
A|----2---4--4--|---2---4--|---2---4--4--|---2---0--|
E|-0--0---2--2--|-0-----2--|-0-0---2--2--|-0--------|
[Verse riff] h = Hammer-on notes
Gm/Bb Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb Gm/Bb Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb
e|---------3-h5-------3----|---------3-h5-------3---|
B|------3--3---------------|------3--3--------------|
G|----0----3---------------|----0----3--------------|
D|---0---------------------|---0--------------------|
A|--1----------------------|--1---------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------|
[Bass runs]
(/B /C# /D /E)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|---------0---2--|
A|--2---4---------|
E|----------------|
