...USE ME... by Bill Withers ------------................ *from 'Still Bill' (1972)* Intro: *(Riff): E7#9 A7 e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| B|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------| A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--| E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2) Verse 1: E7#9 A7 My friends, E7#9 A7 Feel it's their appointed duty. E7#9 A7 They keep trying to tell me; E7#9 A7 All you want to do is use me. E7#9 A7 But my answer, E7#9 A7 Yeah, to all that use me stuff, Bridge 1: E7#9 (n.c) Is; I wanna spread the news, That if it feels this good getting used, Oh, you just keep on using me, until you use me up, E7#9 A7, E7#9 A7 Until you use me up. Interlude: E7#9 A7 e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| B|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------| A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--| E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2) Verse 2: E7#9 A7 My brother, E7#9 A7 Sit me right down, and he talked to me. E7#9 A7 He told me; E7#9 A7 That I ought not to let you just walk on me. E7#9 A7 And I'm sure he meant well, E7#9 A7 Yeah, but when our talk was through; Bridge 2: E7#9 (n.c) I said; brother, if you only knew, You'd wish that you were in my shoes. You just keep on using me, until you use me up, E7#9 A7, E7#9 A7 Until you use me up. Interlude: E7#9 A7 e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| B|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------| A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--| E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2) Verse 3: E7#9 A7 Oh, sometimes, yeah, E7#9 A7 It's true; you really do a-buse me. E7#9 A7 You get me in a crowd of high class people, E7#9 A7 And then you act real rude to me. E7#9 A7 But, oh baby, baby, ba-by, E7#9 A7 Baby, when you love me, I can't get e-nough. Bridge 3: E7#9 (n.c) I wanna spread the news, That if it feels this good getting used, Oh, you just keep on using me, until you use me up, E7#9 A7, E7#9 A7 Until you use me up. Interlude: E7#9 A7 e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| B|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------| A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--| E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2) Coda: E7#9 Talking about you using me, A7 But it all depends on what you do. E7#9 It ain't too bad, the way you're using me, A7 E7#9 A7 'Cos I sure am using you, to do the things you do, E7#9 A7 Ah ha, to do the things you do. Outro: E7#9 A7 e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| B|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------| D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------| A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--| E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E7#9 A7 EADGBE EADGBE 07578x 575655 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)