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"Words Of Love"
(John Phillips)
Intro:
(snare drum roll w/brushes)
(tack piano)
E B/D# C#m Ab Eb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse:
Ab Gb
Words of love, so soft and tender
Cb Bb Eb
Won't win a girl's heart anymore
Ab Gb
If you love her then you must send her
Cb Bb
Somewhere where she's never been before
Pre-chorus:
Abm Gb
Worn out phrases and longing gazes
Cb Bb A [2: single note] [N.C.]
Won't get you where you want to go [1: no!]
Chorus 1:
Ab Gb
Words of love, soft and tender
E Eb
Won't win her
Bridge:
Fm Bbm
You oughta know by now
Gb Eb
You oughta know, you oughta know by now
Chorus 2:
Ab Gb
Words of love, soft and tender
E Eb [N.C.] Ab
Won't win her anymore
[instrumental break over verse chords]
bass fill:
[N.C.] (Fm)
v v v v v
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[repeat bridge]
[repeat verse]
[repeat pre-chorus]
[repeat chorus 1]
Coda:
E Eb
Anymore
Ab / / / / / /
Anymore
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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john Average |
#1 by john at Mar 14, 1970 at 5:58 AM EST |
| I read that John wrote this song during one of his and Michelle’s many breaks during their marriage. They wound up separately at the same club one night. John was all googly-eyed at Michelle, trying to get across to her that he missed her and wanted her back, but she wasn’t having none of it. He wrote this song about that experience, what he learned from it. I also read that John really pushed Cass during the recording of the song and that she really gave her all for the big finish. . . so much that she passed out after the last note because she was so out of breath. I heard Michelle say that John could be a bastard while recording, really trying their nerves and pushing them hard but that he was almost always right, getting great performances from them. This is a really fun, cute song. Cass does a great job, but the rest of them add some great backup. I’ve read that it has a “dancehall” sound to it. I don’t rightly know what that means. I think it’s very British. Whatever, I love the hell outta this song. There are actually two versions of the song floating out there. One is, I think, the one that’s out there on the gagillion M&P greatest hits collections. The other is the version released as a mono single back in the day. The latter is my preference. It includes horns and some other kinda subtle additions that just make the song even better. | |
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josh Average |
#2 by josh meador at Mar 19, 1971 at 6:01 PM EST |
| so true | |
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KISS is the gre Average |
#3 by KISS is the greatest at Jan 23, 1987 at 9:53 PM EST |
| so true | |
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Meaty Average |
#4 by Meaty at Dec 15, 2001 at 8:33 PM EST |
| I think this song is about the man has to Romance the girl... has to take more responsability more hard work in order to have the girl | |
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DemolitionLover Wanna Be |
#5 by DemolitionLover ^^v^^ at Oct 14, 2003 at 5:42 AM EST |
| I think this song is about the man has to Romance the girl... has to take more responsability more hard work in order to have the girl | |
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Razor wrist Lead Player |
#6 by Razor wrist at Sep 17, 2005 at 4:17 PM EST |
| I read that John wrote this song during one of his and Michelle’s many breaks during their marriage. They wound up separately at the same club one night. John was all googly-eyed at Michelle, trying to get across to her that he missed her and wanted her back, but she wasn’t having none of it. He wrote this song about that experience, what he learned from it. I also read that John really pushed Cass during the recording of the song and that she really gave her all for the big finish. . . so much that she passed out after the last note because she was so out of breath. I heard Michelle say that John could be a bastard while recording, really trying their nerves and pushing them hard but that he was almost always right, getting great performances from them. This is a really fun, cute song. Cass does a great job, but the rest of them add some great backup. I’ve read that it has a “dancehall” sound to it. I don’t rightly know what that means. I think it’s very British. Whatever, I love the hell outta this song. There are actually two versions of the song floating out there. One is, I think, the one that’s out there on the gagillion M&P greatest hits collections. The other is the version released as a mono single back in the day. The latter is my preference. It includes horns and some other kinda subtle additions that just make the song even better. | |
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