Chords for “Tell Him” / "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" - Pia Toscano, Loren Allred, Sheléa (PBS Special)
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74.5 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
So when Celine first came to town,
and again, I don't take credit for discovering her.
Celine was already a star in Quebec City
when I stumbled upon her.
You saw that earlier photograph.
But I told her that three things were gonna happen to her.
I said, one, you're gonna be known by your first name only.
Check.
Two, Barbra Streisand's gonna know who you are.
Check.
And three, I'm gonna write a song,
and you and Barbra are gonna sing it together.
Check.
So with my friend Walter Apenasiaf and Linda Thompson,
we wrote this song for Barbra and Celine called Tell Him.
And I wanna invite Pia and Lauren back on the stage.
♪
[Abm]
I'm scared
♪ So [Ebm] afraid to show again
♪ Maybe [E] he's in love
♪ [Dbm] I feel [Ebm] like a fool
[Abm] ♪ Life can [Dbm] be so cruel
♪ So no [B] word to do
♪ [E]
I've been there
♪
[Ebm] In my [Abm] hands
♪ But what you must [D] understand
♪ You [A] can't let the chance
♪ To love [E] him pass you by
♪
[A] [Gbm]
[Bm] Rise in his eyes
[Dm] ♪ Reach out [E] to him
[A] ♪ And whisper [Gbm]
something [D] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax [E] [A]
[Abm]
him
♪ Mm
♪ [Ebm] You feel his side
♪ I feel it
♪ Your love can't [E] be denied
♪ [Gb] The truth [Ebm] you'll free
[Abm] ♪ You'll have what's [Dbm] meant to be
♪ All in [B] time you'll see ♪ Ooh
[E] ♪ Love him
♪ Then show him
[B] ♪ I can [Ebm] be sure
♪ [Abm] To you
♪ I know [D]
that him [A] was the way
♪ When I had [E]
to say
[A] [Gbm]
[Bm] ♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ [Dm] Reach out to [E] [Bm] him
[A] ♪ And whisper [Gbm]
something to him
[D] ♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax him
♪ You'll give [A] yourself
♪ [F] Love [Bb] is a life that you'll [C] lead alone
♪ No, no, no
[Dm] ♪ [G] It's a song that he's letting [C] that grow
♪ [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm] And show [Bbm] [Ab] [Db]
[Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Gm]
[Eb] him
♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ Reach [Ab] out to [C] [Am] him
[Bb] ♪ And whisper
[Gm] something [Eb] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his [F] heart
[Cm]
♪ Relax him
♪ [F] You'll give [Gm] yourself
♪
[F]
[Eb] [Cm] Never let him [Bb] go
Lord,
[N] all that, and Jesus, God.
Thank you, Spangy girl.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Wait, wait, wait, wait a second.
Wait a second, wait a second.
I know I'm supposed to be backstage
getting ready for the next segment.
You're not on yet.
I know, I know I'm not supposed to be here right now,
but I just had to interrupt for just one second
because I think that you're misleading the women out there
and thinking that they can be subtle
when they talk to a man.
Like, oh, tell him.
They need to be a little bit more assertive.
It's 2019, ladies.
Am I right or am I right?
Right, right.
[E] No, I mean.
I just thought they should know.
I mean, I'm used to assertive women.
I'm not gonna lie.
Okay.
And so you like it like that?
Well, [Eb] apparently I do.
Okay, so then you like this.
No, no, no, no.
[Dm] Now [Gm] choose, right like that now.
I'm [Cm] not leaving without you.
[Gb] I don't wanna be.
[Bb]
[C] [Cm] And you, and you, and you.
[Bb] You're gonna love [Db] me.
[Bb] Love me.
[Bb] Love me.
Love me.
[Ebm]
[N]
Wait, stop it.
Why are we doing this?
Well, again, I thought that people should know
that you produced the original Dreamgirls
with Jennifer Holliday.
It's true.
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, great.
That's why you came out here?
That's why I came out here.
Okay, well, all right, thanks.
Lauren Allred, Shalaya, and Pia.
Thank you, girls, very much.
No, no, no, no.
Are you really going to just leave them hanging like that?
You know we gotta do the big finish.
You guys wanna do the big finish, right?
Come on, Shal.
You're gonna love
[Ebm] [C] [Bb] me.
[F]
[Ebm]
Oh, help me, ladies.
Oh, come on.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Bb]
[N]
Pia, Shalaya, Lauren.
Wow.
and again, I don't take credit for discovering her.
Celine was already a star in Quebec City
when I stumbled upon her.
You saw that earlier photograph.
But I told her that three things were gonna happen to her.
I said, one, you're gonna be known by your first name only.
Check.
Two, Barbra Streisand's gonna know who you are.
Check.
And three, I'm gonna write a song,
and you and Barbra are gonna sing it together.
Check.
So with my friend Walter Apenasiaf and Linda Thompson,
we wrote this song for Barbra and Celine called Tell Him.
And I wanna invite Pia and Lauren back on the stage.
♪
[Abm]
I'm scared
♪ So [Ebm] afraid to show again
♪ Maybe [E] he's in love
♪ [Dbm] I feel [Ebm] like a fool
[Abm] ♪ Life can [Dbm] be so cruel
♪ So no [B] word to do
♪ [E]
I've been there
♪
[Ebm] In my [Abm] hands
♪ But what you must [D] understand
♪ You [A] can't let the chance
♪ To love [E] him pass you by
♪
[A] [Gbm]
[Bm] Rise in his eyes
[Dm] ♪ Reach out [E] to him
[A] ♪ And whisper [Gbm]
something [D] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax [E] [A]
[Abm]
him
♪ Mm
♪ [Ebm] You feel his side
♪ I feel it
♪ Your love can't [E] be denied
♪ [Gb] The truth [Ebm] you'll free
[Abm] ♪ You'll have what's [Dbm] meant to be
♪ All in [B] time you'll see ♪ Ooh
[E] ♪ Love him
♪ Then show him
[B] ♪ I can [Ebm] be sure
♪ [Abm] To you
♪ I know [D]
that him [A] was the way
♪ When I had [E]
to say
[A] [Gbm]
[Bm] ♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ [Dm] Reach out to [E] [Bm] him
[A] ♪ And whisper [Gbm]
something to him
[D] ♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax him
♪ You'll give [A] yourself
♪ [F] Love [Bb] is a life that you'll [C] lead alone
♪ No, no, no
[Dm] ♪ [G] It's a song that he's letting [C] that grow
♪ [Ab]
[Fm] [Eb] [Fm] And show [Bbm] [Ab] [Db]
[Fm] [Bbm] [Ab]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[Gm]
[Eb] him
♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ Reach [Ab] out to [C] [Am] him
[Bb] ♪ And whisper
[Gm] something [Eb] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his [F] heart
[Cm]
♪ Relax him
♪ [F] You'll give [Gm] yourself
♪
[F]
[Eb] [Cm] Never let him [Bb] go
Lord,
[N] all that, and Jesus, God.
Thank you, Spangy girl.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Wait, wait, wait, wait a second.
Wait a second, wait a second.
I know I'm supposed to be backstage
getting ready for the next segment.
You're not on yet.
I know, I know I'm not supposed to be here right now,
but I just had to interrupt for just one second
because I think that you're misleading the women out there
and thinking that they can be subtle
when they talk to a man.
Like, oh, tell him.
They need to be a little bit more assertive.
It's 2019, ladies.
Am I right or am I right?
Right, right.
[E] No, I mean.
I just thought they should know.
I mean, I'm used to assertive women.
I'm not gonna lie.
Okay.
And so you like it like that?
Well, [Eb] apparently I do.
Okay, so then you like this.
No, no, no, no.
[Dm] Now [Gm] choose, right like that now.
I'm [Cm] not leaving without you.
[Gb] I don't wanna be.
[Bb]
[C] [Cm] And you, and you, and you.
[Bb] You're gonna love [Db] me.
[Bb] Love me.
[Bb] Love me.
Love me.
[Ebm]
[N]
Wait, stop it.
Why are we doing this?
Well, again, I thought that people should know
that you produced the original Dreamgirls
with Jennifer Holliday.
It's true.
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, great.
That's why you came out here?
That's why I came out here.
Okay, well, all right, thanks.
Lauren Allred, Shalaya, and Pia.
Thank you, girls, very much.
No, no, no, no.
Are you really going to just leave them hanging like that?
You know we gotta do the big finish.
You guys wanna do the big finish, right?
Come on, Shal.
You're gonna love
[Ebm] [C] [Bb] me.
[F]
[Ebm]
Oh, help me, ladies.
Oh, come on.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ebm] [Bb]
[N]
Pia, Shalaya, Lauren.
Wow.
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So when Celine first came to town,
and again, I don't take credit for discovering her.
Celine was already a star in Quebec City
when I stumbled upon her.
You saw that earlier photograph.
But I told her that three things were gonna happen to her.
I said, one, _ you're gonna be known by your first name only.
Check.
Two, Barbra Streisand's gonna know who you are.
Check.
And three, I'm gonna write a song,
and you and Barbra are gonna sing it together.
Check.
_ So with my friend Walter Apenasiaf and Linda Thompson,
we wrote this song for Barbra and Celine called Tell Him.
And I wanna invite Pia and Lauren back on the stage.
♪ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I'm scared
_ ♪ So [Ebm] afraid to show again _ _
♪ Maybe [E] he's in love
♪ [Dbm] I feel [Ebm] like a fool
[Abm] ♪ Life can [Dbm] be so cruel
♪ So no [B] word to do
♪ _ _ [E] _
I've been there
♪ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ In my [Abm] hands
♪ But what you must [D] understand
♪ You [A] can't let the chance
♪ To love [E] him pass you by
♪ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ [Bm] Rise in his eyes
[Dm] ♪ Reach out [E] to him
[A] ♪ And whisper _ [Gbm] _ _
something [D] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ him
♪ Mm
♪ _ [Ebm] You feel his side
♪ I feel it
♪ Your love can't [E] be denied
♪ [Gb] The truth [Ebm] you'll free
[Abm] ♪ You'll have what's [Dbm] meant to be
♪ All in [B] time you'll see ♪ Ooh
[E] ♪ Love him
♪ Then show him
[B] ♪ I can [Ebm] be sure
♪ [Abm] To you
♪ I know _ [D] _ _
that him [A] was the way
♪ When I had _ [E]
to say _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ [Bm] ♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ [Dm] Reach out to [E] [Bm] him
[A] ♪ And whisper _ _ [Gbm] _ _
something to him
[D] ♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax _ him
♪ You'll give [A] yourself
♪ _ [F] Love [Bb] is a life that you'll [C] lead alone
♪ No, no, no
[Dm] ♪ [G] It's a song that he's letting [C] that grow
♪ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] And show _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] him
♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ Reach [Ab] out to [C] [Am] him
[Bb] ♪ And whisper _
_ [Gm] _ _ something [Eb] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his [F] heart
_ [Cm]
♪ Relax him
♪ [F] You'll give [Gm] yourself
♪ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] Never let him [Bb] go
Lord,
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ all that, and Jesus, God.
Thank you, Spangy girl.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Wait, wait, wait, wait a second.
Wait a second, wait a second.
I know I'm supposed to be backstage
getting ready for the next segment.
You're not on yet.
I know, I know I'm not supposed to be here right now,
but I just had to interrupt for just one second
because I think that you're misleading the women out there
and thinking that they can be subtle
when they talk to a man.
Like, oh, tell him.
They need to be a little bit more assertive.
It's 2019, ladies.
Am I right or am I right?
Right, right.
[E] No, I mean.
I just thought they should know.
I mean, I'm used to assertive women.
I'm not gonna lie.
Okay.
And so you like it like that?
Well, [Eb] apparently I do.
Okay, so then you like this.
No, no, no, no.
_ _ _ [Dm] Now [Gm] choose, right like that now.
I'm [Cm] not leaving without you.
[Gb] I don't wanna be.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Cm] And you, and you, and you.
[Bb] You're gonna love [Db] me.
[Bb] Love me.
[Bb] Love me.
Love me.
[Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Wait, stop it.
Why are we doing this?
Well, again, I thought that people should know
that you produced the original Dreamgirls
with Jennifer Holliday.
It's true.
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, great.
That's why you came out here?
That's why I came out here.
Okay, well, all right, thanks.
Lauren Allred, Shalaya, and Pia.
Thank you, girls, very much.
No, no, no, no.
Are you really going to just leave them hanging like that?
You know we gotta do the big finish.
_ _ You guys wanna do the big finish, right?
Come on, Shal.
You're gonna love _
[Ebm] _ [C] [Bb] me.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
Oh, help me, ladies.
Oh, come on.
_ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Pia, Shalaya, Lauren. _ _ _
_ _ Wow. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
and again, I don't take credit for discovering her.
Celine was already a star in Quebec City
when I stumbled upon her.
You saw that earlier photograph.
But I told her that three things were gonna happen to her.
I said, one, _ you're gonna be known by your first name only.
Check.
Two, Barbra Streisand's gonna know who you are.
Check.
And three, I'm gonna write a song,
and you and Barbra are gonna sing it together.
Check.
_ So with my friend Walter Apenasiaf and Linda Thompson,
we wrote this song for Barbra and Celine called Tell Him.
And I wanna invite Pia and Lauren back on the stage.
♪ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
I'm scared
_ ♪ So [Ebm] afraid to show again _ _
♪ Maybe [E] he's in love
♪ [Dbm] I feel [Ebm] like a fool
[Abm] ♪ Life can [Dbm] be so cruel
♪ So no [B] word to do
♪ _ _ [E] _
I've been there
♪ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ In my [Abm] hands
♪ But what you must [D] understand
♪ You [A] can't let the chance
♪ To love [E] him pass you by
♪ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ _ [Bm] Rise in his eyes
[Dm] ♪ Reach out [E] to him
[A] ♪ And whisper _ [Gbm] _ _
something [D] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Abm] _
_ him
♪ Mm
♪ _ [Ebm] You feel his side
♪ I feel it
♪ Your love can't [E] be denied
♪ [Gb] The truth [Ebm] you'll free
[Abm] ♪ You'll have what's [Dbm] meant to be
♪ All in [B] time you'll see ♪ Ooh
[E] ♪ Love him
♪ Then show him
[B] ♪ I can [Ebm] be sure
♪ [Abm] To you
♪ I know _ [D] _ _
that him [A] was the way
♪ When I had _ [E]
to say _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ _ [Bm] ♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ [Dm] Reach out to [E] [Bm] him
[A] ♪ And whisper _ _ [Gbm] _ _
something to him
[D] ♪ Hold him close to feel his heart
♪ Relax _ him
♪ You'll give [A] yourself
♪ _ [F] Love [Bb] is a life that you'll [C] lead alone
♪ No, no, no
[Dm] ♪ [G] It's a song that he's letting [C] that grow
♪ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] And show _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Db] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] him
♪ Rise in his eyes
♪ Reach [Ab] out to [C] [Am] him
[Bb] ♪ And whisper _
_ [Gm] _ _ something [Eb] to him
♪ Hold him close to feel his [F] heart
_ [Cm]
♪ Relax him
♪ [F] You'll give [Gm] yourself
♪ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] Never let him [Bb] go
Lord,
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ all that, and Jesus, God.
Thank you, Spangy girl.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Wait, wait, wait, wait a second.
Wait a second, wait a second.
I know I'm supposed to be backstage
getting ready for the next segment.
You're not on yet.
I know, I know I'm not supposed to be here right now,
but I just had to interrupt for just one second
because I think that you're misleading the women out there
and thinking that they can be subtle
when they talk to a man.
Like, oh, tell him.
They need to be a little bit more assertive.
It's 2019, ladies.
Am I right or am I right?
Right, right.
[E] No, I mean.
I just thought they should know.
I mean, I'm used to assertive women.
I'm not gonna lie.
Okay.
And so you like it like that?
Well, [Eb] apparently I do.
Okay, so then you like this.
No, no, no, no.
_ _ _ [Dm] Now [Gm] choose, right like that now.
I'm [Cm] not leaving without you.
[Gb] I don't wanna be.
_ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] _ _ [Cm] And you, and you, and you.
[Bb] You're gonna love [Db] me.
[Bb] Love me.
[Bb] Love me.
Love me.
[Ebm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Wait, stop it.
Why are we doing this?
Well, again, I thought that people should know
that you produced the original Dreamgirls
with Jennifer Holliday.
It's true.
Yeah.
Yeah. Okay, great.
That's why you came out here?
That's why I came out here.
Okay, well, all right, thanks.
Lauren Allred, Shalaya, and Pia.
Thank you, girls, very much.
No, no, no, no.
Are you really going to just leave them hanging like that?
You know we gotta do the big finish.
_ _ You guys wanna do the big finish, right?
Come on, Shal.
You're gonna love _
[Ebm] _ [C] [Bb] me.
[F] _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
Oh, help me, ladies.
Oh, come on.
_ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Pia, Shalaya, Lauren. _ _ _
_ _ Wow. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _