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Then Came You

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                            "Then Came You"
                           (Pugh / Marshall)

Intro:

	piano/clavinet w/bass drum and high-hat [4X; bass (F throughout) and
	synth enter 3rd time]:

	 F       Bb  Eb   (Eb)     Bb  F Bb  F
	     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	---|-----------------|-----------------|
	-1-|---1-3---4-----4-|---4-3---1-3---1-|
	-2-|---2-3---3-----3-|---3-3---2-3---2-|
	-3-|---3-3---5-----5-|---5-3---3-3---3-|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse 1:

	F             Bb/F     [F G G#]		[single notes, piano w/bass]
	  Ever since I met you
	Am7                  Dm7     F/A Bb C
	    Seems I can't forget you
	      Bb                 F/A
	The thought of you keeps running through
	    Gm7             Gm7/C   C  (F)
	The back of my mind

	F                 Bb      [F G G#]
	  Every time I'm near you
	Am7                    Dm7      F/A Bb C
	    I get that urge to feel you
	      Bb              F/A
	Just touchin' you and lovin' you
	       Gm7             Gm7/C                  F/A
	Makes everything right       (tell me how you feel, baby)

Chorus:

	  Bbmaj7    Am7/D    Gm7
	I never knew love before
	F/A       Bb   Dm7       Gm7   F/A
	Then came you, then came you
	  Bbmaj7    Am7/D    Gm7
	I never knew love before
	F/A       Eb    [N.C.]
	Then came you
	 Bb        F Bb/F Eb/F   Eb/F Bb/F F Bb/F  [as per intro]
	Then came you
	                F Bb/F Eb/F   Eb/F Bb/F F Bb/F
	[2: Then came] You

Verse 2:

	Now that I have found you
	How did I live without you (I don't know baby)
	It's plain to see you're all I need
	To satisfy me

	I'm so darn proud of you
	I want to sing about you (sing it, sing it, sing it, baby)
	You oughta know  you made love grow
	By touching my hand

[repeat chorus]

Instrumental break:

	(key changes to G)

	[repeat intro riff (in G), 4X]

	 G      C/G F/G  (F/G)    C/G  G C/G G
	     v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	---|-----------------|-----------------|
	-3-|---3-5---6-----6-|---6-5---3-5---3-|
	-4-|---4-5---5-----5-|---5-5---4-5---4-|
	-5-|---5-5---7-----7-|---7-5---5-5---5-|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|
	---|-----------------|-----------------|

Coda [repeat chorus (in G) to fade]:

	  Cmaj7     Bm7/E    Am7
	I never knew love before
	G/B        C   Em7       Am7  G/B
	Then came you, then came you
	   Cmaj7    Bm7/E    Am7
	I never knew love before
	G/B        F    [N.C.]
	Then came you
	  C        G C/G F/G    F/G C/G G C/G
	Then came you


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers