Tablature tell it like it is - Aaron Neville

          



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  		 	   "Tell It Like It Is"

  			(Lee Diamond/George Davis)

  

  [This is the arrangement from the original single (Parlo 101; #2, 1/67);

   Aaron Neville made a much slower 1972 re-recording, which still appears

   on far too many oldies comps.  --AWR]

  

  

  Intro:	C+  (piano arpeggio)

  

  Verse 1:

  

  	       C7/G  Gm              C7

  	If you want    something to play with

  	        Gm      C7      F  Fmaj7/C  F6

  	Go and find yourself a toy

  	        D7/F#        C7/G       Gm  C7

  	Baby my time is too expensive

  	        Gm   C7           F  Fmaj7/C  F6

  	And I'm not     a little boy

  	Am          Dm

  	If you are serious

  	Am                                     Dm

  	Don't play with my heart, it makes me furious

  	Am                     Bb

  	But if you want me to love you

  	             C    Bb/C                Am/C

  	Then baby I will,     girl you know I will

  

  Verse 2:

  

  	C7

  	Tell it like it is

  	Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide

  	But I... know deep down inside of me

  	I believe you love me

  	Forget your foolish pride

  	Life is too short to have sorrow

  	We may be here today and gone tomorrow

  	You might as well get what you want

  	So go on and live, baby go on and live

  

  Coda [repeat first half of verse 2]:

  

  	Tell it like it is

  	I'm nothing to play with

  	Go and find yourself a toy

  	But I... tell it like it is

  	My time is too expensive

  	And I'm not your little boy

  

  	Tell it like it is... [fade]

  

  

  Notes:

  

    1) The guitar part is mostly played in 6ths.  Over the C7/G...Gm... etc.

       progression it's:

  

  	   1 1      1 1     

  	xxx2x2   xxx0x0   xxx9x8   xxx9x8	

           want...  some...  with...  your...

  

      ...; over the F Fmaj7/C F6 [D7/F#] it's all

  

  	xxx5x5

  

       since the C and A are common to all of the chords.

  

    2) The D7/F# sounds like it might be F#dim, but careful listening reveals

       a D (not a D#) in the right-hand piano voicing.

  

  

  -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

   


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