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Just Say Yeah

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Intro:
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
GI wanted to be somebody you see 
EmWhen you're feeD/F#ling Ggood 
CI started looking for your Glittle MG 
CIn my neighborGhood 
CI started feeling kind of Gfunny and free 
CWhen you were arGound 
GAnd I began to cook up a plan to 
EmTake you ouD/F#t of Gtown 
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
GNot really dating, we were relating 
EmAnd we D/F#were Gfriends 
CIt's hard to say where the reGlating leaves off 
CAnd where loves beGgins 
CA friend will tell you all Gkinds of stuff 
CThat a lover Gwon't 
GAnd you would think you would see love coming 
EmBut of course, D/F#you dGon't 
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
Guitar Solo:
|       G|         G|     Em  D/F#|       G|
|       C|         G|          C|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
GI want to hold you, don't want to mold you 
EmInto someoD/F#ne   Gelse 
CI never could have Ginvented you 
COr written you so Gwell 
CI never met another Gwoman who 
CPossessed your particular Gcharms 
GI want to be that man who will see that 
EmYou never come D/F#to   Gharm 
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
GMust have been you I dreamed of 
EmYeah that was you D/F#all  Gright 
CYou were the laughter I was Glistening to 
CStanding in the Glight 
CYou were the lover in the Gsunrise who 
Had Cbegun to slip away G  
GThough I was just a kid I must have Emknown 
You'd be real D/F#some - Gday 
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
|       C|   G      Em|   Cma7     D|       G|
GI want to know you, I want to show you 
EmThat you're not D/F#a  - Glone 
CYou've been the only thing Gsteadyin' me 
CAnd I guess we've both Gknown 
CMaybe you haven't been that Gready to Emsee 
CThat I could take you Gthere 
GWell that was then, but this is when 
EmI need to hear you D/F#say  Gyeah 
|       C|   G      Em|        Cma7    D|       G|   play 4x
                       Baby just say yeah  

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Just Say Yeah

by Jackson Browne

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cma7

D/F#

Intro:

C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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I wanted to be somebody you see

Em D/F# G

When you're feeling good

C G

I started looking for your little MG

C G

In my neighborhood

C G

I started feeling kind of funny and free

C G

When you were around

And I began to cook up a plan to

Em D/F# G

Take you out of town

C G Em Cma7 D G

| | | | |

C G Em Cma7 D G

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Not really dating, we were relating

Em D/F# G

And we were friends

C G

It's hard to say where the relating leaves off

C G

And where loves begins

C G

A friend will tell you all kinds of stuff

C G

That a lover won't

And you would think you would see love coming

Em D/F# G

But of course, you don't

C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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Guitar Solo:

G G Em D/F# G

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C G C G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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I want to hold you, don't want to mold you

Em D/F# G

Into someone else

C G

I never could have invented you

C G

Or written you so well

C G

I never met another woman who

C G

Possessed your particular charms

I want to be that man who will see that

Em D/F# G

You never come to harm

C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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Must have been you I dreamed of

Em D/F# G

Yeah that was you all right

C G

You were the laughter I was listening to

C G

Standing in the light

C G

You were the lover in the sunrise who

C G

Had begun to slip away

G Em

Though I was just a kid I must have known

D/F# G

You'd be real some - day

C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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C G Em Cma7 D G

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I want to know you, I want to show you

Em D/F# G

That you're not a - lone

C G

You've been the only thing steadyin' me

C G

And I guess we've both known

C G Em

Maybe you haven't been that ready to see

C G

That I could take you there

Well that was then, but this is when

Em D/F# G

I need to hear you say yeah

C G Em Cma7 D G

Baby just say yeah

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