• Song:

    Dedicated To The One I Love

  • Artist:

    Mamas And The Papas

  • Album:

    California Dreamin': Li...

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                     "Dedicated To The One I Love"
                     (Lowman Pauling / Ralph Bass)

Intro:

	(acoustic guitar):

	D7sus4 (xx0213@1)v v v v v v 
	-------3-----|-----|-----|-----
	-3---3---3---|-----|-----|-----
	---5-------5-|--%--|--%--|--%--
	-0-----------|-----|-----|-----
	-------------|-----|-----|-----
	-------------|-----|-----|-----
	                     (while...)

Verse 1:

	               G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)While I'm far away from you my baby
	C6 (03221x@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)             Em (022000@1)    I know it's hard for you my baby
	C6 (03221x@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)       Em (022000@1)           Bm (x24432@1)    Because it's hard for me my baby
	Am (x02210@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)                G (320003@1)   D7sus4 (xx0213@1)And the darkest hour is just before dawn

	(band enters)

Chorus:

	                      G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)name="chord_3x555x@1">C/G G/B (143121@7)Each night before you go to bed my baby
	C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)name="chord_3x555x@1">C/G G/B (143121@7)  Whisper alittle (x02210@1)prayer for me my baby
	D7sus4 (xx0213@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)Eb7 (x32310@4)           G (320003@1)       And tell all the stars above
	D7sus4[N.C.] (xx0213@1)                      [2: Em, to coda]
	        This is dedicated to the one I love

Bridge 1:

	  G (320003@1)(Life can never be exactly like we want it to be)
	    G7 (320001@1)I could be satisfied knowing you love me
	       G (320003@1)(But there's one thing I want you to do   especially for me)
	          Am (x02210@1)           A7 (x02020@1)     D7sus4 (xx0213@1)And it's something that everybody needs

Chorus 2:

	Each night before you go to bed my baby
	Whisper alittle (x02210@1)prayer for me my baby
	D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1)       Em (022000@1)          Bm/A (x04440@1)           
	      Because it's hard for me my baby
	D7sus4[N.C.] (xx0213@1)         D7sus4[N.C.] (xx0213@1)	        And the darkest hour is just before dawn

Instrumental break:

	piano solo: G7[8 (320001@1)bars of 6/8]

	(band drops out)

Bridge 2:

	           Bm (x24432@1)         Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1) Cm (x3101x@1)If there's one thing I want you to do
	  Bm (x24432@1) Cm (x3101x@1)    Bm (x24432@1)Especially for me
	          Eb7 (x32310@4)                   D7sus4 (xx0213@1) [N.C.]
	And it's something that everybody needs

	(band re-enters on G)

[repeat chorus 1]

Coda:

	(Em)                            C (x32010@1)This is dedicated to the one I love
	                                A7 (x02020@1)This is dedicated to the one I love
	                                G (320003@1)This is dedicated to the one I love
	                              (this is dedicated)


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers


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