Lets Stay Together

Song: Let's stay together
Artist: Al Green
Composers: Al Green, Willie Mitchell and Al Jackson
Album: Let's stay together

Tabbed by DJ 12th Oct 2014

CAPO: 3rd fret
(Song will then sound in the recorded key of F)

NOTE: 
(/B /C# /D /E)  Play as a bass note progression
See bottom of page for tablature of the main riffs

IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers

Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo

Em9   = 020032   Bm9       = x20222   Bm7   = x24232
F#m7  = 242222   G         = 320033   A     = x02220
Em7   = 020000   Gm/Bb     = x10033   Gmaj7 = 320002
A7    = x02020   Gmadd9/Bb = xxx335   Em7 * = 020033
D     = xx0232   Gm/Bb *   = xxx333   Fmaj7 = xx3555
Dsus4 = xx0233   C#m       = x46654   F     = 133211
                 B9        = x2122x   Dmaj7 = xx0222

^ = Emphasise the beats

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[Intro]              (Let's stay together!)
  Em9   F#m7  Em7  F#m7 Em9   F#m7  Em7   A7
| / / /_/ / | / / / / | / / /_/ / | / / / / |
  ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^ ^   ^
[Verse 1]
D    Dsus4 D            Bm9
I          ...I'm so in love with you,
             G
Whatever you want to do ...is alright with...
   Gm/Bb  Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb *  Gm/Bb  Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb *
...Me-----------------------------,  
       F#m7  Em7         D    C#m      B9
'Cause you------ make me feel so brand new,
(/B /C# /D /E) F#m7 Em7        D        F#m7      B9
           And I------ want to spend my life with you

[Verse 2]
            D       Dsus4 D
Let me say, since...
                            Bm9
Baby, since we've been to - gether,
                     G
Oo, loving you for - ever ...is what I...
   Gm/Bb  Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb *  Gm/Bb  Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb *
...Need---------------------------,
F#m7   Em7         D            C#m     B9
Let me   ...be the one you come running to,
(/B /C# /D /E) F#m7         Em7   D  F#m7  B9
                    I'll--- never be un  - true

[Chorus]
          Em9                     F#m7
Oo, baby, let's ...let's stay to- gether, (Together!)
           Em9
Loving you whether... whether...
             Gmaj7   F#m7    Bm7      A
...Times are good or bad, ...happy or sad

[Break]
   Em9                    Em7 *
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |
Fmaj7                      Em9
       Oo - oo -oo - hoo - hoo!   Yeah!
F                        Gmaj7   F#m7    Bm7      A
       Whether times are good or bad, ...happy or sad

[Verse 3]
D                Dsus4 D              Bm9
Why, somebody?           Why'd people break up?
                    G
Oh, turn around and make up, I just can't...
   Gm/Bb  Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb *  Gm/Bb  Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb *
...See----------------------------,
F#m7   Em7       D  C#m     B9
You'd   ...never do that to me,
              (/B /C# /D  /E)
Would you, ba------by? 
F#m7         Em7        D      F#m7   B9
     Staying  ...around you is all I see,
B9
    Here's what I want us to do...

[Chorus]
Em9                            F#m7
Let's ...we ought to stay to - gether,  (Together!)
           Em7
Loving you whether...
                  Gmaj7   F#m7     Bm7      A
Whether times are good or bad, and happy or sad

[Chorus]
         Em9                        F#m7
Come on, let's... woo,        let's stay together,
        (Let's...   let's stay to - gether!)
           Em7
Loving you   ...whether... whether...
            Gmaj7   F#m7      Bm7      F#m7
...Times are good or bad, and happy or sad

[Suggestion for coda]
 Em9                                Dmaj7
 Let's ...oh, baby, let's stay to - gether!
(Let's-----------   let's stay to - gether!)
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[Intro]              (Let's stay together!)
      Em9 F#m7      Em7 F#m7   Em9  F#m7     Em7 A7
e|----2---2--2--|---0---2--|---2---2--2--|---0---0--|
B|----3---2--2--|---3---2--|---3---2--2--|---3---2--|
G|----0---2--2--|---0---2--|---0---2--2--|---0---0--|
D|----0---2--2--|---2---2--|---0---2--2--|---2---2--|
A|----2---4--4--|---2---4--|---2---4--4--|---2---0--|
E|-0--0---2--2--|-0-----2--|-0-0---2--2--|-0--------|

[Verse riff]   h = Hammer-on notes
   Gm/Bb    Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb Gm/Bb     Gmadd9/Bb Gm/Bb
e|---------3-h5-------3----|---------3-h5-------3---|
B|------3--3---------------|------3--3--------------|
G|----0----3---------------|----0----3--------------|
D|---0---------------------|---0--------------------|
A|--1----------------------|--1---------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------|

[Bass runs]
  (/B /C# /D /E)
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|---------0---2--|
A|--2---4---------|
E|----------------|