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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:09 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./i/impressions/youve_been_cheatin.crd

Chi-town does Motown in this curious battle between Chicago horns and
Detroit strings.  I guess the arranger (probably Johnny Pate) couldn't
decide between Chicago backbeats (one-and-TWO-and-three-AND-four-AND)
vs. Motown backbeats (one-TWO-three-FOUR), so he left them out... play
along with the record and let me know which you prefer.  -- AWR


                         "You've Been Cheatin'"
                           (Curtis Mayfield)

Intro [4X]:

	bass doubled by guitar (2 octaves higher):
	[piano and tambourine enter 2nd time;
	 strings and horns enter 3rd time]

	(C#)             (Ebm)
	 v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-----------------|-----------------|
	-4-----4---4-----|-6-----6---6-----|
	---4-6-------4-6-|---4-6-------4-6-|

Verse 1:

	                           C#               Ebm
	[1: I've been  2: So I'm] trying hard to forget
	      C#                    Ebm
	That you've been cheating
	 C#             Ebm
	Wishin' you I'd never met
	        C#                  Ebm
	'Cause you've been cheating

Chorus:

	               Bbm
	Can't you know lies can be seen in your eyes
	          F#           Fm      Ebm
	And from wrong you'll never be free
	              C#                  Ebm
	While you sit cryin', you've been lyin'
	                                 (Db)
	You've been cheatin', cheatin' on me

[repeat intro riff 2X, w/strings]

Verse 2:

	Yeah, you made me suspect and I know (who-who)
	You don't want me (you don't want me)
	Cookies crumble, and that's how it goes (who-who)
	You don't want me (you don't want me)

[repeat chorus]

[repeat intro riff 2X, w/strings]

Bridge:

	 C#           Ebm7
	Another lover      you discover
	Fm7          F#maj7      Ebm7
	   Our love's gone and I don't know why
	C#                        Ebm7
	It's just as well, though      at last I do know
	        Eb7             Ab7
	All you said was just a lie

[repeat intro riff 2X, w/strings (horns enter 2nd time)]

[repeat verse 1]

[repeat chorus]

Coda (riff and chords as per intro):

	 C#                          Ebm
	Ooh, ooh, baby (you've been cheating)
	You must not love me (you've been cheating)
	You must not want me (you've been cheating)
	You just don't care [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
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