#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# One of the first national hits (#3 R&B, #4 Pop) for future Philly-soul mavens Gamble and Huff; Dave Marsh describes the Soul Survivors as 'what the Young Rascals would have sounded like if they had grown up on the other end of the New Jersey Turnpike'. -- AWR "Expressway To Your Heart" (Kenny Gamble - Leon Huff) Intro: [car horns] bass doubled with piano [2X]: (F#) v v v v -----------------| -----------------| -----1---22-2-24-| -2---------------| Verse 1: [chords are implied by bass/piano line except during second verse where organ plays chords on 2 beat of each measure] F# I've been tryin' to get to you for a long time Because constantly you been on my mind v v v v -----------------| -----1---22-2-24-| -2---------------| -----------------| B I was thinkin' 'bout a shortcut I could take F# But it seems like I made a mistake (organ alone): A#m G#m I was wrong, mmm, I took too long G#m A#m I got caught in the rush hour G#m A#m A fellow started to shower G#m A#m You with love and affection B C# Now you won't look in my direction Chorus: [fuzz guitar doubles bass/piano riff from intro] F# On the expressway to your heart The expressway is not the best way (electric piano): D#m D#m/C# At five o'clock it's much too crowded D#m/B D#m/A# Much too crowded, so crowded (guitar enters, playing D# octaves) D#m D#m/C# No room for me (too crowded) D#m/B D#m/A# Oh, too crowded [repeat intro riff (w/organ on 2 beat), 2X] Verse 2: Now there's too many ahead of me They're all the time gettin' in front of me I thought I could find a clear road ahead But I found stoplights instead I was wrong, baby, I took too long I got caught in the rush hour A fellow started to shower You with love and affection Come on, look in my direction [repeat chorus] Coda: (repeat to fade w/car horns): D#m D#m/C# Oh, much too crowded D#m/B D#m/A# Oh, so crowded -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers