• Song:

    You Can Leave Your Hat On

  • Artist:

    Joe Cocker

  • Album:

    The Essential

You Can Leave Your Hat On, Interpretation
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Artist....: Joe Cocker
Title.....: You Can Leave Your Hat On
Author....: dregenrocks
Version...: 28th April 2011
Comment...: Updated my tab from 5 years ago. Had it apparently in an
            absolutely wrong key. Never played it again the last years
            though, so never heard the wrong chords. Actually, the
            punkrock-project I tabbed this one for made little difference
            bewteen major and minor in the result.
            But nevertheless, all respect to the comment of wysocki, which
            let me reactivate my account to correct this.

Song Key..: C-Major


[INTRO]
(Try to play it smoothly, maybe using hammer-on's.)


This one 3 times:                Then this one quickly played:
e  ----------------------        ----------------|
B  ----------------------        ----------------|
G  ----------------------        ----------------|
D  ------1-------1-------        ----------------|
A  1--3-------3-------3--        ----1-----------|
E  ----------------------        1-3-------------|


[VERSE]
(Use this lick while C7 is played. Or hand this over to your bass.)
e ----------------------|
B ----------------------|
G ----------------------|
D -----2--1--2----------|
A 3----------------0-3--|
E --------------3-------|


C7
Baby take off your coat / real slow
C7
And take off your shoes / I'll take your shoes
C7
Baby take off your dress / yes yes yes


[1ST REFRAIN]
C7                        C/E
You can leave your hat on
        F7                G7#9
You can leave your hat on
                          C7
You can leave your hat on


[VERSE]
C7
Go on over there / Turn on the light / No all the lights
C7
Come back here / Stand on this chair / That's right
C7
Raise your arms up to the air / no shake 'em


[BRIDGE]
C7
You give me a reason to live
E/C7
You give me a reason to live
F7
You give me a reason to live
G7#9
You give me a reason to live


[VERSE-LICK-VARIATION]
(Last Tone on Bb to bidge into the Refrain)
  C7                     C7                 Bb
e ---------------------- ----------------------|
B ---------------------- ----------------------|
G ---------------------- ----------------------|
D -----2--1--2---------- -----2--1--2----------|
A 3----------------0-3-- 3----------------0-1--|
E --------------3------- --------------3-------|


[2ND REFRAIN | SOME KIND OF SAX-SOLO]
Bb             F                  C7
Sweet darling (you can leave your hat on) You can leave your hat on
Bb          F                  C7
  BABY!!!! (you can leave your hat on) you can leave your hat on
Bb  F                     C7
     (you can leave your hat on)
Bb  F                     C7
     (you can leave your hat on)


[VERSE]
C7
Suspicious minds a talkin'- try'n' to tear us apart
C7
they don't believe in this love of mine
C7
they don't know I love you


C7                             
They don't know what love is   [INTRO-Lick]
C7                             
They don't know what love is   [INTRO-Lick]
C7                             
They don't know what love is   [INTRO-Lick]

Bb
I know what love is


[VERSE-LICK-VARIATION]


[REPEAT 2ND REFRAIN]
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