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We Aint Got Nothing Yet

Blues Magoos

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:48:20 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./b/blues_magoos/we_aint_got_nothin_yet.crd

                       "We Ain't Got Nothin' Yet"
                      (Gilbert - Scala - Esposito)

Intro, part 1:

	Cm
	 v  v  v  v   v      v      v      v
	------------|-10-8-6-10-8-6-10-8-6-10-8-6-|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1/8-note triplets

	Bb/G
	 v  v  v  v   v      v      v      v
	------------|-10-8-6-10-8-6-10-8-6-10-8-6-|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	------------|-----------------------------|
	              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 1/8-note triplets

Intro, part 2:

	bass (2X; doubled by organ 2nd time and through verses; band
	      enters 2nd time)

	    (Cm)        (Bb)          (Cm)        (F)
	     v     v     v     v       v     v     v     v
    ---|-------------------------|--------------------------|
    ---|-------------------------|--------------------------|
    ---|-------------------------|--------------------------|
    ---|-------1-----------------|-------1-----3----1-------|
    (1)|-3----------31----------1|-3----------3------3----1-|
    ---|-------------------3-----|--------------------------|

Verse 1:

	Cm             Bb          Cm              F
	One day you're up and the next day you're down
	     Cm             Bb              Cm           F
	You can't face the world with your head to the ground
	     Cm              Bb             Cm               F
	The grass is always greener on the other side, they say
	    Cm           Bb             Cm             F
	So don't worry, boys, life will be sweet some day
	Cm  Bb  Cm  F
	Oh, oh, oh, oh
	Cm  Bb  Cm  F
	Oh, oh, oh, oh

	(as per intro, part 1):

	   Cm
	We made enough mistakes
	Bb/G
	But you know we got what it takes

Chorus:

	        Am                G
	Oh, we ain't got nothin' yet
	        Am                D
	No, we ain't got nothin' yet

Link:

	(guitar: ascending C minor pentatonic scale)

	C        Eb       F        G
	/ / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

[repeat intro, part 2]

Verse 2:

	Nothin' can hold us and nothin' can keep us down
	And someday our names will be spread all over town
	We can get in while the getting is good
	So make it on your own, yeah, you know that you could
	Oh, oh, oh, oh
	Oh, oh, oh, oh

	We got to make the break
	'Cause we got too much at stake

[repeat chorus]

[repeat link]

	guitar solo over verse chord progression [4X]

	We made enough mistakes
	But you know we got what it takes

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro, part 1; end cold on Cm]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers