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Island Letter

Shuggie Otis

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...ISLAND LETTER... by Shuggie Otis
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*from 'Inspiration Information (1975)*


Intro:

Emaj7  Dmaj7 (x7)

Verse 1:

G#7    F7
 How...
        Bbm7
Did you think,
            Fm7
About me at all?
        Bbm7
Or just happen,
           Fm7
To hear my call?
       Bbm7
'Cos I didn't get,
              Fm7
The chance to tell you,
     Bbm7
That I would want,
             A7
To see you a-gain.
G
 Oh...

Bridge 1:

B      Fdim
 How.. I...
F#m7     B7
 Need... you.
  (Emaj7)
Hh-mm.

Interlude:

Emaj7  Dmaj7 (x7)

Verse 2:

G#7    F7
 We... talked,
           Bbm7
About your beaches,
       Fm7
And we laughed,
           Bbm7
About your trip,
To the States;
       Fm7
What a gas.
           Bbm7
And you're here,
Without holding,
    Fm7
The past,
          Bbm7
Could you tell,
That this was,
         A7
Going to last?

Bridge 2:

G     B    Emaj7
 I... want you.

Interlude:

G#m7  A, B (x4)
B, D  A  E, B
B  A, D, A
G#m7  A, D

Break:

A, E  A, B

(repeat many times)

Outro:

Fm7  Bbm7 (x3),
Bbm7  A7

G  B  Fdim,
F#m7  B7

G#m7  A, B (x4)
B, D  A  E, B
B  A, D, A
G#m7  A, D


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  Emaj7   Dmaj7    G#7     F7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 022100  xx0222  464544  131211

  Bbm7     Fm7     A7      G

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x13121  131111  x02223  320003

   B      Fdim    F#m7     B7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x24442  xx0101  242222  021202

  G#m7     A       D       E

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 464444  x02220  xx0232  022100


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

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