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Gentle Groove – Mother Love Bone
       Ebm     C#    G#              G#mPattern 1
 E --6----4----4----4---|---------------------------|
 B --7----6----4----4---|---------------------------|
 G --8----6----5----4---|-----3-----3-----3-----3---|
 D --8----6----6----6---|----4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4--|
 A --6----4----6----6---|---6-----4-----3-----4-----|
 E --6----4----4----4---|---------------------------|
[Ebm]   [C#]   [G#m]
Pattern 1
Like my world I'm on fire
Pattern 1
I am full of desire, yeah
Pattern 1
No more preaching on your part
Pattern 1
No more love on my pillow, yeah
Pattern 1
Come dance with me in my room
Pattern 1
You can hold me hands, yeah
Pattern 1
I'm gonna be your boyfriend
Pattern 1                         Ebm  
And you can call me names...
                               [C#]              [G#m]      [Ebm]
And nothing's gonna change the way I feel for my love
                           [C#]
And nobody's gonna slow my gentle groove
     [G#]             [G#m]           |           |     |    |
Till kingdom come thy work is done on earth as it is in Dallas
Pattern 1
Come play with me in my room
Pattern 1
You can hold me hands
Pattern 1
I'm gonna be your boyfriend
Pattern 1                           Ebm  
You can call me names - a names
                             [C#]               [G#m]      [Ebm]
And nothing's gonna take the power away from my love
                              [C#]              [G#m]      [Ebm]
And no one's gonna change the way I feel...  no way
                           [C#]
And nobody's gonna slow my gentle groove
     [G#]             |               [G#m]       |     |       
Till kingdom come thy work is done on earth as it is in Dallas
[Ebm]   [C#]   [G#m]   –   Repeat 4x, Fade out at end
This is my first tab submitted.  It's chords/arpeggios only but I think it matches 
the original pretty well if you are playing it on guitar by yourself. 
Cheers,
hvmtl2

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Gentle Groove

by Mother Love Bone

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Ebm

G#m

Gentle Groove – Mother Love Bone

Ebm C# G# G#m

Pattern 1

E --6----4----4----4---|---------------------------|

B --7----6----4----4---|---------------------------|

G --8----6----5----4---|-----3-----3-----3-----3---|

D --8----6----6----6---|----4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4--|

A --6----4----6----6---|---6-----4-----3-----4-----|

E --6----4----4----4---|---------------------------|

Ebm C# G#m

[] [] []

Pattern 1

Like my world I'm on fire

Pattern 1

I am full of desire, yeah

Pattern 1

No more preaching on your part

Pattern 1

No more love on my pillow, yeah

Pattern 1

Come dance with me in my room

Pattern 1

You can hold me hands, yeah

Pattern 1

I'm gonna be your boyfriend

Ebm

Pattern 1

And you can call me names...

C# G#m Ebm

[] [] []

And nothing's gonna change the way I feel for my love

[]

And nobody's gonna slow my gentle groove

G# G#m

[] [] | | | |

Till kingdom come thy work is done on earth as it is in Dallas

Pattern 1

Come play with me in my room

Pattern 1

You can hold me hands

Pattern 1

I'm gonna be your boyfriend

Ebm

Pattern 1

You can call me names - a names

C# G#m Ebm

[] [] []

And nothing's gonna take the power away from my love

C# G#m Ebm

[] [] []

And no one's gonna change the way I feel... no way

[]

And nobody's gonna slow my gentle groove

G# G#m

[] | [] | |

Till kingdom come thy work is done on earth as it is in Dallas

Ebm C# G#m

[] [] [] – Repeat 4x, Fade out at end

This is my first tab submitted. It's chords/arpeggios only but I think it matches

the original pretty well if you are playing it on guitar by yourself.

Cheers,

hvmtl2

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