Chords for Mel Waiters, How Can I Get Next To You

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_ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] I [Ab] heard Bobby Womack [Fm] on the telephone [Ab] line [Eb] and [Gm] he said, girl, you were running out of time.
_ [Ab] That's the way I feel about you. _
_ _ [Gm] That's the way I feel about you, girl. _
[Fm] Oh, yeah.
How [Ab] can I get _ next to you when everyone else is trying to [Gm] get next to you?
What everyone else is trying to get next to you through now, girl?
[Ab] How can I get _ next to you when everyone else is trying to get [Gm] next to you? Oh yeah. _
_ [Ab] But just after Bobby Womack [Fm] had split the [Ab] scene,
I [Eb] thought I had it [Gm] made.
Then I heard about you from Al Green.
And Al [Ab] said, let's _ stay _
_ _ [Gm] together.
And I _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
said, _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] I'm _ not going to let you go.
[Gm] And I said, I'm not going to let you go.
And I said, I'm not going to let you go. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] And I said, _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ I'm [Eb] not going _ _ [Ab] to let _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] you go.
And I said, I'm not
going to let
you _ _ _ [Ab] _ go.
And I said, I'm not going to let [Fm] you go.
When everyone else is trying [Gm] to go next to you
Do you remember what Al Green said?
Listen to me now, girl.
He [Ab] said, let's
Let's stay _
Let's stay [Gm] together
Let's stay together _
When the times
When the times [Ab] are [Gm] good Are bad
[Fm] Happy or sad
_ _ [Ab] _ _ When everyone else is trying to [Gm] go next to you
When everyone else is trying to get next to you
Now baby, [Cm] I wanna know girl
How _ can I get next to you?
When everyone else is trying to get [Eb] next to [Gm] you
I [Eb] wanna know girl
Can you tell me right now baby?
[Ab] You see I heard Johnny Taylor say
I believe in you
I believe in you
[Gm] Do you believe in me girl?
_ [Fm] How [Cm] can I get next to you?
You see I heard Bobby Green say
Do you wanna [Eb] get it on?
Do [Gm] you wanna get it on?
To get it on _
girl
[Fm] How [Ab] can I get next to you girl?
When everyone [Eb] else is trying to [Gm] get next to you
Now baby, I wanna [C] know girl
_ [Fm] How [Gm] can I get next to you?
_ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ Girl _ _
[Ab] I wanna know girl
Shit, I don't want no man now, baby
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