...TAKE YO' PRAISE... by Camille Yarbrough
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*from 'The Iron Pot Cooker' (1975)*


Intro:

(n.n)
 We've come a long, long way together,
Through the hard times and the good,
I have to; celebrate you baby,
I have to praise you like I should.

Chorus 1:

          Ab7 (xx1112@1)           Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)       Ab7 (xx1112@1)I'm so glad you're mine.
          Ab7 (xx1112@1)           Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)       Ab7 (xx1112@1)I'm so glad you're mine.

Verse 1:

            Ab7 (xx1112@1)       Eb7You (x32310@4)make me glad, I'm a woman,
              F# (244322@1)              Ab7'Cos (xx1112@1)you're a feeling, thinking man.
                           Eb7And (x32310@4)anytime, I know you're needing;
             F# (244322@1)                   Ab7I'm (xx1112@1)going to please you every way I can.

Chorus 2:

          Ab7 (xx1112@1)           Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)       Ab7 (xx1112@1)I'm so glad you're mine.
          Ab7 (xx1112@1)        Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)               Eb7 (x32310@4)             Ab7 (xx1112@1)You've cleared the questions from my mind.

Verse 2:

        Ab7 (xx1112@1)           Eb7I (x32310@4)was a-fraid to say; I love you,
          F# (244322@1)                  Ab7Afraid (xx1112@1)to take and too eager to give.
                                 Eb7You (x32310@4)helped me deal with what I'm feeling,
     F# (244322@1)                   Ab7With (xx1112@1)why and how, I want to live.

Chorus 3:

          Ab7 (xx1112@1)             Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, man, you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)         Eb7 (x32310@4)          Ab7 (xx1112@1)You know I'm so glad you're mine.
          Ab7 (xx1112@1)             Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, man, you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)Eb7 (x32310@4)               Ab7 (xx1112@1)I'm sho' nuff glad your mine.

Verse 3:

          Ab7 (xx1112@1)                Eb7I (x32310@4)have to praise you, when you hold me,
         F# (244322@1)            Ab7When (xx1112@1)you work your way a-round.
                        Eb7Ain't (x32310@4)a part of me left over,
F# (244322@1)                        Eb7 (x32310@4)That your sweet love ain't found.

Verse 4:

            Ab7 (xx1112@1)        Eb7You (x32310@4)make my moan turn to whisper,
            F# (244322@1)             Ab7You (xx1112@1)make my whisper, turn to call.
                                      Eb7You (x32310@4)make me scream and scream that, I love you,
           F# (244322@1)                        Ab7When (xx1112@1)you, (when you), make me rise and fall.

Chorus 4:

          Ab7 (xx1112@1)            Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, and you're so fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)      Ab7 (xx1112@1)I'm so very, very glad you're mine.
          Ab7 (xx1112@1)          Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, yu're so fine,
C#7 (x4342x@1)      Eb7 (x32310@4)               Ab7 (xx1112@1)Oh, (oh), you're mine, you're mine.

Verse 5:

           Ab7 (xx1112@1)                 Eb7You (x32310@4)know I want the best for you baby,
             F# (244322@1)             Ab7And (xx1112@1)what you want, I want for you.
                         Eb7And (x32310@4)we can work together baby,
   F# (244322@1)                       Ab7To (xx1112@1)see it, to see it all come true.

Chorus 5:

               Ab7 (xx1112@1)           Bb7'Cos (x13131@1)you're so rare and you're so fine,
C#7 (x4342x@1)     Eb7 (x32310@4)         Ab7 (xx1112@1)And Lord knows; I'm so very glad you're mine.
          Ab7 (xx1112@1)                       Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, so rare and you're so very, very fine;
C#7 (x4342x@1)                   Eb7 (x32310@4)     Ab7 (xx1112@1)Oh you cleared all the questions from my mind.

Verse 6:

             Ab7 (xx1112@1)             Eb7We've (x32310@4)come a long, long way to-gether,
            F# (244322@1)               Ab7Through (xx1112@1)the hard times and the good.
                                            Eb7I'm (x32310@4)going to take this day to celebrate you baby;
F# (244322@1)                     Ab7 (xx1112@1)'Cos I have to stop and praise you, like I should.

Chorus 6:

          Ab7 (xx1112@1)                             Bb7You're (x13131@1)so rare, take yo' praise, and you're so fine,
C#7 (x4342x@1)  Eb7 (x32310@4)              Ab7 (xx1112@1)And I hope you know, I'm glad you're mine.
         Ab7Take (xx1112@1)yo' praise; you're so rare,
         Bb7Take (x13131@1)yo' praise; you're so fine...

(Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Ab7 (xx1112@1)   Bb7 (x13131@1)   C#7 (x4342x@1)   Eb7 (x32310@4)   F# (244322@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 464544  686766  x46464  x68686  244322


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)