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Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes
Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes

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Verse 1
Dm

Hey, lady, can I say something
G

to you for a minute?
E

Please? No. Now before
Am

you take your coat off. That's it.
D

I got something to tell you.

See, what I have to say is so very
Dm

important to our relationship.

Why is it that every time we go out on the town,
D
G

we get around our friends?
E
Am

Man, you're always talking about what you got,
A
Asus4

huh,
D
G

Went out and bought for you,
D
Dm

How much money I make,
F
G

And what school our children go to,
E
Am

And all the fancy clothes and big pretty cars,
E
D

The big diamond rings,
Dm

and them fantastic mink coats.
G

Is you for real? No, I
E

don't think you are.
Am

Sit down. No, no, sit down.

Now don't say nothing.

You see...
D

Wait a minute, wait a minute,

that is your problem.
E
Dm

That is your problem. You're always saying
G

the wrong tthing at the right time.
E

You see... I don't- - I don't know how
Am

to explain this to you.
D

The best I can tell you is what my mother
E
Dm

told me as I was coming up.

She used to say, "Son,
F
G

chances go 'round."
E

She said, "The same people

that you meet going up,
Am

they make the same old faces
D

coming down."
Dm

Heh, tell the truth.

You see, people today,
G

they come out there to party.

They come out to party, man.
E
Am

They didn't come out to hear all that jive

mess you talking about.
D
G
D
Dm

You standing up in the corner with a bottle of champagne taking about Harry,
G
E

Joe, and Dick and Bobby and what they ain't got,
Am

And they live down in the lower development homes,
D

and you won't even help.

You won't even buy 'em a drink.
Dm

Is that any way to meet them?
G

If you're gonna boast,
E
Am

boast around somebody that has what you have.

Don't make your own brothers
D

and sisters feel bad.
Dm

You see... Listen.
G
E

I know you know what I'm talking about, because from time to time, I can remember you coming to me putting your head on my shoulder and crying,
Am
D
Dm

"Oh, papa, why? Why? Why don't nobody wanna be my friend?"

You told me a long time ago. You said,
G

"Papa, what am I doing?"
E

I didn't wanna tell you that.
Am

I thought you had sense enough to realize
D

what you're doing, but I see you don't.

Sit down and listen to me. No,
Dm
G

sit down!
E

You see, people are too sensitive today.
Am

They don't wanna hear all that jive
D

you talking back.

You see, they don't wanna hear about what you got,

'cause they're trying to get it, too.
Dm
G

Heh, tell the truth.
E
Am

I can't very much blame her.
D

As much as it hurts me, it hurts to see people going around behind our backs saying that "this woman this,
Dm
G

this woman that," or "she ain't this" or "she ain't that."

I wanna be proud of you,
E
Am

mama.
D

I wanna be proud of you.
Dm

Listen, as long as you live.
G

As long as you live whether
C

you're with me or not,
F
Be for real,
Verse 2

girl.
C
F

Just be for real, yeah. (Be for real.)

Be for real, girl.
C

Be, be, be for real,
Dm
C
F

yeah. (Be for re- e- e- eal.)
C

Be for real.
Verse 3
Dm

You shouldn't have to worry about
G

how you've been living good,
C

No, if you're smartly dressed. Hey,
Dm

baby. Hey, baby.

What you should be doing is getting
G

down on your knees every night,
C

And thanking the man above

for being blessed right now.
A
Dm

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

If you want your friends to think
G

you're starting with a smile,
F

Be for real, girl.
C

Just be, be for real. (Be for
G
F

real.)
C

Be, be for real.
Dm
F
Verse 4
Dm


I can't let you go on chasing
G

my friends away,
C

Because of the silly and stupid

things you say.
Dm

Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby. Hey, baby.

You better dig yourself there,
G

woman.
C

Putting people down is less best to you.
A

It just don't pay. Hey, yeah.
Dm

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
G

I want people today by starting with a smile,
F

Be for real, girl.

I know, I know I want you to
C

do is just be for real.

(Be for real.) Hey, lady. Yeah,

baby. Yeah, baby.
F

(Be for real, girl.) Be for real, honey.
C

Just be, be for real. (Be for
C

real.)

I don't want your money. I don't

need your money.
E
F

(Be for real, girl.) Just be for real. Just be for real,

mama.

Don't do it for me, do it for yourself.
C

(Be for real.) Be for real, honey.

Yeah, yeah. Tell 'em ' bout

it, honey.
F

(Be for real, girl.) Be for real,

mama. Hey, yeah.
F

Just be, be, be for real. (Be for real.)

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  • Dm

  • G

  • E

  • Am

  • D

  • A

  • Asus4

  • F

  • C

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