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Eddie You Should Know Better

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Pretty straightfoward, but a great song, enjoy.
Intro: F#m9,F#m9,F#m9,C#7(#9)  Repeat
F#m7Eddie, you Bm7should know better
F#m7Brother, you Bm7know you're wrong
Dmaj7Think of the tears and C#m7fears
You bring to your Bm7folks back home
       C#7(#9) C#7(B9)
They'd say, "Where did he go wrong, 
My Lord?"F#m9  
   C#7(#9) C#7(B9)
We planned and worked hard 
From the F#m9very start
C#7(#9) C#7(B9)
Tried to make him better 
Than F#m9all the rest
      C#7(#9) C#7(B9)
But the brother proved to be
          F#m9     F#m9     F#m9  C#7(#9)
So much less
F#m9,F#m9,F#m9,C#7(#9)
Same chords as before:
Eddie is everybody's friend
But sometimes we wonder now and then
The only time he'll choose you
When theres's something to lose through
His personal loss
And the friend pays the cost
All the time
Must be something' that's freezin' his mind
That has made him, through greed, so very blind
And I don't think he's gonna make it this time

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Eddie You Should Know Better

by Curtis Mayfield

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m9

C#7

F#m7

Bm7

Dmaj7

C#m7

Pretty straightfoward, but a great song, enjoy.

F#m9 F#m9 F#m9 C#7

Intro: ,,,(#9) Repeat

F#m7 Bm7

Eddie, you should know better

F#m7 Bm7

Brother, you know you're wrong

Dmaj7 C#m7

Think of the tears and fears

Bm7

You bring to your folks back home

C#7 C#7 B9

(#9) ()

They'd say, "Where did he go wrong,

F#m9

My Lord?"

C#7 C#7 B9

(#9) ()

We planned and worked hard

F#m9

From the very start

C#7 C#7 B9

(#9) ()

Tried to make him better

F#m9

Than all the rest

C#7 C#7 B9

(#9) ()

But the brother proved to be

F#m9 F#m9 F#m9 C#7

(#9)

So much less

F#m9 F#m9 F#m9 C#7

,,,(#9)

Same chords as before:

Eddie is everybody's friend

But sometimes we wonder now and then

The only time he'll choose you

When theres's something to lose through

His personal loss

And the friend pays the cost

All the time

Must be something' that's freezin' his mind

That has made him, through greed, so very blind

And I don't think he's gonna make it this time

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