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YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW - Bonnie Raitt
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Artist: Bonnie Raitt
Song: You've Got to Know How (originally sung by Sippie Wallace
SOURCE
Bonnie Raitt - "You Got to Know How"
Album: Give It Up
AUTHOR:
Tab by Jim Scheel
NOTES
The song is a 16 bar blues. The first verse is different from the other verses and
there is a bridge. The second, third and final verses are the same.
I play this with bar chords and a lazy vamp style.
I listed the chords two ways. The first is broken down by measures, so you
can count out the changes if you want. | F | is one measure (4 beats) of "F".
The second ways below that is the chords above the lyrics.
TUNING
Standard Tuning
CHORDS (All Bar Chords)
F====133211
C7===x35353
Bb===x13331
A7===575655
Bb7==686766
G7===353433
Intro:
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
First Verse:
| F| F| C7| C7| C7| C7| F| F|
| F| F| Bb| Bb| G7| G7| C7| C7|
Second Verse:
| F| F| C7| C7| C7| C7| F| F|
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
Third Verse:
| F| F| C7| C7| C7| C7| F| F|
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
Bridge:
| Bb| Bb| F| F| G7| G7| C7| C7|
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
Break
| F| F| C7| C7| C7| C7| F| F|
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
Fourth Verse
| F| F| C7| C7| C7| C7| F| F|
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
Outro
| G7| C7| F| F|
WITH THE WORDS:
(Verse)
FYou can make me do what you wanna do
But you C7got to know how,
You can make me cry, you can make me sigh,
But you Fgot to know how,
You can make me do like this, you can Bbmake me do like that,
G7Woh, baby, but you got to know C7how.
(Verse)
Once a Fpal of mine stole a guy of mine,
But I C7got him back, now,
It's the same old song, she couldn't keep him long,
'Cause she Fdidn't know how.
Well, I love my man, I make him holler,
A7Woh, Bb7my,
G7Yessir, I C7really know Fhow.
(Verse)
FTechnique ain't tough, if you care enough,
You can C7learn to know how,
I might drop a hint how to strike my flint
If you Fyearn to know how,
Well, don't tell me about the life you led,
A7Don't try to drink me Bb7into bed,
G7No, baby, no, C7that ain't the way Fhow.
(Bridge)
BbYou got to take your time, you know it ain't no crime
If it Flasts all night.
I think you'll be G7ideal when you begin to feel
That you're C7doin' right.
FWhen you love me right, you hear me holler,
A7Woh, Bb7my,
G7Yessir, C7when you really know Fhow.
(Break)
| F| F| C7| C7| C7| C7| F| F|
| F| F| A7| Bb7| G7| C7| F| F|
(Verse)
FAnd if you stay with me, who knows how it will be
When we C7finally know how,
We'll get a house in town, no need to move around
When we Freally know how,
Well, there's tricks that I don't even know,
A7Ones we'll make Bb7up as we go.
G7Woh, mister, C7when we really know Fhow.
G7Yes, mister, C7when we really know Fhow.
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