THE PARLIAMENTS (I WANNA) TESTIFY Released in 1967 #3 On the billboard R&B chart #20 on the Pop Chart Cm Eb C C Eb Friends, inquisitive friends F Eb C Are asking me what's come over me C Eb A change, there's been a change F Eb C And it's oh so plain to see C F F# Love just walked in on me And took me by surprise Happiness surrounds me, C F F# You can see it in my eyes Now it was just a little while ago My life was incomplete I was down, so doggone low I had to look up at my feet Cm Eb Don't you know, I wanna testify F Eb C What your love has done for me C Eb Everybody sing, I just wanna testify F Eb C Oh girl, what your love has done for me C Eb Hum - mmmm luscious, Eb Cm Sho been delicious to me C Hear me now, hum-mmmmmmm Eb F C Luscious, sho been delicious to me C F Cm Once I was a hollow man Cm F C In which a lonely heart did dwell C F Cm Then love came sneaking up on me Cm F C Bringing hope to an empty shell C F Cm Now I've heard so many times before C F Cm That you love can be so bad A# F But I just want to tell you people Eb C F It's the best love I ever had C Eb Talkin' 'bout, I just wanna testify F Eb C What your love has done for me C Eb Everybody sing (oh girl) I just wanna testify F Eb Cm What your love has done for me C C Hear me now, hummmmmmm Eb F Eb Cm Luscious sho been delicious to me C Eb Bring it home now, I just wanna testify F Eb C What you love has done for me C Eb Everybody sing, I just wanna testify F Eb C What your love has done for me
