The Sweetest Thing (From the New Line Cinema film "Love Jones") Chords
Tempo:
83.9 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
Cm
Dm
Gm
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm] [D#]
[Dm] the unexpected, multi-dimensional, am I losing [C#m] it?
Unexpected [D#] sound, refugee.
♪ [Cm]
[E] [Dm] The sweetest thing I've ever known [C#m] [Cm] ♪
♪ Was like the kiss on a collarbone [C#m] [Dm] ♪
♪ The soft caress of happiness [C#m] [Cm] ♪
♪ The way you are, your style of [C#m] dress [Dm] ♪
♪ I wish I didn't get so [C#m] weak, [Cm] oh ♪
♪ Ooh baby, just to hear you speak [C#m] [Dm] ♪
♪ Makes me argue just to see [C#m] ♪
[Cm] ♪ How much you're in love with me [Gm] [F] ♪
♪ [Cm] Upon her throne ♪
[Em] ♪ [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪
[C#] [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪
[C#m] [Dm] I get mad when you walk away, [C#m] don't walk [Cm] away from me ♪
♪ So I tell you leave when I meet [E] today [Dm] ♪
♪ Warm as the sun, dip in black [C#m] [Cm] ♪
♪ Fingertips are small in my [C#m] back, [F] mm ♪
[Dm] ♪ More valuable than [C#m] all [Cm] I own ♪
♪
[C#m] [Dm] Like your precious, precious, precious, [C] precious, [Cm] precious ♪
♪
[C#m] [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet,
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
[F#m] ♪ Was it, I, [Bm] I tried [F#m] to explain, I tried to [B] explain it [F#m] [Gm] ♪
[A#] ♪ I, [E] [Gm]
but baby it's in vain, oh, oh, [Dm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[C#m] [Cm] ♪
[D#] ♪ You think [Cm] I'm [C#m] grown, [Dm] you ain't grown, sweet prince of the ghetto ♪
[C#m] [Cm] ♪ Your kiss tastes like alcohol, [C#m] [Dm] intoxicated, intoxicated, [C#m] [Cm] intoxicated, intoxicated [C#m] ♪
[Dm] ♪ How sad, how sad, [C#m] how sad, that all [Cm] things come to an end, huh ♪
♪ [A#] But then again, [Dm] I, [Cm] I'm not alone, [D#] [Cm]
[G#] [Dm] it wasn't sweet,
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
[C#m] [Dm] ♪ But then again, I'm not alone, it wasn't sweet,
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
♪ [F#m] [Bm] [Bm]
[F#m] Sometimes, [Bm] watch you [F#m] in your sleep, [Bm]
[F#m] [Gm] excuse [A#] [Gm] [A#]
[Gm] me if [A#] I get to [E] see you [Gm] ♪
[Dm]
[C#m] [Cm] [N]
[Dm] the unexpected, multi-dimensional, am I losing [C#m] it?
Unexpected [D#] sound, refugee.
♪ [Cm]
[E] [Dm] The sweetest thing I've ever known [C#m] [Cm] ♪
♪ Was like the kiss on a collarbone [C#m] [Dm] ♪
♪ The soft caress of happiness [C#m] [Cm] ♪
♪ The way you are, your style of [C#m] dress [Dm] ♪
♪ I wish I didn't get so [C#m] weak, [Cm] oh ♪
♪ Ooh baby, just to hear you speak [C#m] [Dm] ♪
♪ Makes me argue just to see [C#m] ♪
[Cm] ♪ How much you're in love with me [Gm] [F] ♪
♪ [Cm] Upon her throne ♪
[Em] ♪ [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪
[C#] [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪
[C#m] [Dm] I get mad when you walk away, [C#m] don't walk [Cm] away from me ♪
♪ So I tell you leave when I meet [E] today [Dm] ♪
♪ Warm as the sun, dip in black [C#m] [Cm] ♪
♪ Fingertips are small in my [C#m] back, [F] mm ♪
[Dm] ♪ More valuable than [C#m] all [Cm] I own ♪
♪
[C#m] [Dm] Like your precious, precious, precious, [C] precious, [Cm] precious ♪
♪
[C#m] [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet,
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
[F#m] ♪ Was it, I, [Bm] I tried [F#m] to explain, I tried to [B] explain it [F#m] [Gm] ♪
[A#] ♪ I, [E] [Gm]
but baby it's in vain, oh, oh, [Dm] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[C#m] [Cm] ♪
[D#] ♪ You think [Cm] I'm [C#m] grown, [Dm] you ain't grown, sweet prince of the ghetto ♪
[C#m] [Cm] ♪ Your kiss tastes like alcohol, [C#m] [Dm] intoxicated, intoxicated, [C#m] [Cm] intoxicated, intoxicated [C#m] ♪
[Dm] ♪ How sad, how sad, [C#m] how sad, that all [Cm] things come to an end, huh ♪
♪ [A#] But then again, [Dm] I, [Cm] I'm not alone, [D#] [Cm]
[G#] [Dm] it wasn't sweet,
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
[C#m] [Dm] ♪ But then again, I'm not alone, it wasn't sweet,
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
♪ [F#m] [Bm] [Bm]
[F#m] Sometimes, [Bm] watch you [F#m] in your sleep, [Bm]
[F#m] [Gm] excuse [A#] [Gm] [A#]
[Gm] me if [A#] I get to [E] see you [Gm] ♪
[Dm]
[C#m] [Cm] [N]
Key:
C#m
Cm
Dm
Gm
F#m
C#m
Cm
Dm
[Fm] _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] the unexpected, _ _ multi-dimensional, am I losing [C#m] it?
Unexpected [D#] sound, refugee.
♪ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[E] [Dm] The _ sweetest thing I've ever known [C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
♪ Was like the kiss on a collarbone [C#m] [Dm] ♪
♪ The soft caress of happiness [C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
♪ The way you are, your style of [C#m] dress [Dm] ♪
♪ I wish I didn't get so [C#m] weak, [Cm] oh ♪
♪ Ooh baby, just to hear you speak [C#m] _ [Dm] ♪
♪ Makes me argue just to see [C#m] ♪
[Cm] _ ♪ How much you're in love with me [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ ♪
♪ [Cm] Upon her throne ♪ _
[Em] ♪ [Dm] It was the sweet, _ _ sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪ _ _
[C#] [Dm] It was the sweet, _ sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪ _ _
[C#m] _ [Dm] _ _ I get mad when you walk away, [C#m] don't walk [Cm] away from me ♪
♪ So I tell you leave when I meet [E] today [Dm] ♪
♪ _ Warm as the sun, dip in black [C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
♪ Fingertips are small in my [C#m] back, [F] mm ♪
[Dm] ♪ More valuable than [C#m] all [Cm] I own ♪
♪ _ _
[C#m] _ [Dm] _ Like your precious, precious, precious, [C] precious, [Cm] precious _ _ _ ♪
♪ _
[C#m] [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet, _ _
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known _ ♪ _
[F#m] ♪ Was it, I, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I tried [F#m] to explain, I tried to [B] explain it [F#m] [Gm] ♪
[A#] ♪ I, [E] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ but baby it's in vain, oh, oh, [Dm] _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh _ _
[C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
_ [D#] ♪ You think [Cm] I'm [C#m] grown, [Dm] you ain't grown, sweet prince of the ghetto ♪
[C#m] _ [Cm] _ ♪ Your kiss tastes like alcohol, [C#m] _ [Dm] _ _ _ intoxicated, intoxicated, [C#m] _ [Cm] _ intoxicated, intoxicated _ [C#m] ♪
[Dm] _ ♪ How sad, how sad, [C#m] how sad, that all [Cm] things come to an end, huh ♪
♪ [A#] But then again, _ [Dm] _ I, [Cm] I'm not alone, [D#] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[G#] [Dm] it wasn't sweet, _ _ _ _
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪ _ _
[C#m] [Dm] ♪ But then again, I'm not alone, it wasn't sweet, _ _ _ _
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
♪ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#m] _ Sometimes, [Bm] watch you [F#m] in your sleep, _ [Bm] _
[F#m] _ [Gm] excuse [A#] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A#] _
[Gm] _ me if [A#] I get to [E] see you [Gm] ♪ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[Dm] the unexpected, _ _ multi-dimensional, am I losing [C#m] it?
Unexpected [D#] sound, refugee.
♪ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[E] [Dm] The _ sweetest thing I've ever known [C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
♪ Was like the kiss on a collarbone [C#m] [Dm] ♪
♪ The soft caress of happiness [C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
♪ The way you are, your style of [C#m] dress [Dm] ♪
♪ I wish I didn't get so [C#m] weak, [Cm] oh ♪
♪ Ooh baby, just to hear you speak [C#m] _ [Dm] ♪
♪ Makes me argue just to see [C#m] ♪
[Cm] _ ♪ How much you're in love with me [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ ♪
♪ [Cm] Upon her throne ♪ _
[Em] ♪ [Dm] It was the sweet, _ _ sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪ _ _
[C#] [Dm] It was the sweet, _ sweet, [C#m] sweetest [Cm] thing I've known ♪
♪ _ _
[C#m] _ [Dm] _ _ I get mad when you walk away, [C#m] don't walk [Cm] away from me ♪
♪ So I tell you leave when I meet [E] today [Dm] ♪
♪ _ Warm as the sun, dip in black [C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
♪ Fingertips are small in my [C#m] back, [F] mm ♪
[Dm] ♪ More valuable than [C#m] all [Cm] I own ♪
♪ _ _
[C#m] _ [Dm] _ Like your precious, precious, precious, [C] precious, [Cm] precious _ _ _ ♪
♪ _
[C#m] [Dm] It was the sweet, sweet, _ _
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known _ ♪ _
[F#m] ♪ Was it, I, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] I tried [F#m] to explain, I tried to [B] explain it [F#m] [Gm] ♪
[A#] ♪ I, [E] _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ but baby it's in vain, oh, oh, [Dm] _ _ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh _ _
[C#m] _ [Cm] ♪
_ [D#] ♪ You think [Cm] I'm [C#m] grown, [Dm] you ain't grown, sweet prince of the ghetto ♪
[C#m] _ [Cm] _ ♪ Your kiss tastes like alcohol, [C#m] _ [Dm] _ _ _ intoxicated, intoxicated, [C#m] _ [Cm] _ intoxicated, intoxicated _ [C#m] ♪
[Dm] _ ♪ How sad, how sad, [C#m] how sad, that all [Cm] things come to an end, huh ♪
♪ [A#] But then again, _ [Dm] _ I, [Cm] I'm not alone, [D#] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[G#] [Dm] it wasn't sweet, _ _ _ _
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪ _ _
[C#m] [Dm] ♪ But then again, I'm not alone, it wasn't sweet, _ _ _ _
[C#m] [Cm] sweetest thing I've known ♪
♪ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#m] _ Sometimes, [Bm] watch you [F#m] in your sleep, _ [Bm] _
[F#m] _ [Gm] excuse [A#] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [A#] _
[Gm] _ me if [A#] I get to [E] see you [Gm] ♪ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _