...USE ME... by Bill Withers
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*from 'Still Bill' (1972)*


Intro:


*(Riff):

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A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--|
E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2)

Verse 1:

   E7#9    A7
My friends,
                          E7#9   A7
Feel it's their appointed duty.
                    E7#9     A7
They keep trying to tell me;
                      E7#9   A7
All you want to do is use me.
       E7#9   A7
But my answer,
                         E7#9   A7
Yeah, to all that use me stuff,

Bridge 1:

    E7#9 (n.c)
Is; I wanna spread the news,
That if it feels this good getting used,
Oh, you just keep on using me, until you use me up,
                 E7#9  A7, E7#9  A7
Until you use me up.

Interlude:

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D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------|
A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--|
E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2)

Verse 2:

   E7#9    A7
My brother,
                          E7#9         A7
Sit me right down, and he talked to me.
   E7#9    A7
He told me;
                                 E7#9       A7
That I ought not to let you just walk on me.
                E7#9       A7
And I'm sure he meant well,
                            E7#9     A7
Yeah, but when our talk was through;

Bridge 2:

        E7#9 (n.c)
I said; brother, if you only knew,
You'd wish that you were in my shoes.
You just keep on using me, until you use me up,
                 E7#9  A7, E7#9  A7
Until you use me up.

Interlude:

    E7#9                            A7
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G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------|
A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--|
E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2)

Verse 3:

    E7#9            A7
Oh, sometimes, yeah,
                           E7#9     A7
It's true; you really do a-buse me.
    E7#9                                   A7
You get me in a crowd of high class people,
                      E7#9       A7
And then you act real rude to me.
        E7#9              A7
But, oh baby, baby, ba-by,
                          E7#9        A7
Baby, when you love me, I can't get e-nough.

Bridge 3:

E7#9 (n.c)
 I wanna spread the news,
That if it feels this good getting used,
Oh, you just keep on using me, until you use me up,
                 E7#9  A7, E7#9  A7
Until you use me up.

Interlude:

    E7#9                            A7
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------|
A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--|
E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------| (x2)

Coda:

E7#9
 Talking about you using me,
       A7
But it all depends on what you do.
E7#9
 It ain't too bad, the way you're using me,
       A7                                      E7#9  A7
'Cos I sure am using you, to do the things you do,
                            E7#9  A7
Ah ha, to do the things you do.

Outro:

    E7#9                            A7
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D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|---------------|
A|--7-----7-7-----7--|-----7-6-5-4-----|--2-3-4-5-6-7--|
E|-------------------|--------------5--|---------------|

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  E7#9     A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE
 07578x  575655


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)