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From marten@sky.net Sun May  4 10:19:46 1997
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 09:52:04 -0800
From: Otto Marten 
Reply-To: mail.sky.net@sky.net
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Bonnie Raitt

Wild For You Baby
Snow, Batteau / Glow 1979

As recorded by Bonnie Raitt

1
Struck by the moon
4j7
Risin' too soon
/                    1
I feel a pain deep inside me
1
Cold northern winds
  4j7
A fist in my chin
/                      1
Makin' me wild for you baby

|1         6-
What can I do
  |5           6- |
To get back to you
4                         1
I'm feeling desperate and lonely
1
The city's a river
   4j7
Of cold misery
/                      1
Makin' me wild for you baby

   |3-         6-
I'm down on my knees
       |4/5
Hear me cry for you baby
|3-       6-
Cold misery
4
I would die for you baby
 |3-            6-
I pray you will see
             |4/6 |4/5 |
These tears I cry

Nites I can't sleep
My tears are cheap
I'm losin' hold of my senses
I can't contain
All of this pain
And it's makin' me wild for you baby


[Number system for any key: in C, 1=C, 2=D-, 3=E-, etc.]
[Bass notes are key scale numbers: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E, etc.]
[Number in parens = vocal notes from key scale: in C, 1=C, 2=D, 3=E,
etc.]

| = bar line; / = play same as previous chord
No bar line = chord gets entire measure's time
Within bar lines chords divide measure accordingly
/^/ = split the beat (ex.:  /^G7 )

transcribed by OtMan Otto Marten marten@sky.net

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 17:01:01 -0700 (PDT)
From: Megan Moore 
Subject: r/raitt_bonnie/what_is_success.crd

This is What Is Success from her 1974 album
Streetlights by Bonnie Raitt.  Words and music by
Allen Toussaint.


Intro:  F7 Bb Ab F7 Bb Ab

(F7) How...... (Bb) (Ab) does a (F7) one decide  (Bb)
(Ab) that the (F7) methods he's using (Bb) (Ab) they
(F7) just won't jive.   (Bb) (Ab)  (Eb) truly believe
(Bb) and (Eb) trying over (Bb) and over again (F7)
(Bb) (Ab)  (Eb) livin in (Bb) hopes, (Eb) that some
(Bb) day he'll be in (C7)with the winners?

When...should one change his mind and jump the fence,
for the dollar sign? It's a sad thing, it's a bad
thing but so necessary.  That this cold world forced
your values to become monetary.  (C7) (F) (C7)

CHORUS: (F7) Hmmmmm........ (Bb) (Ab)
(F7) Tell me what I need is (Bb) success (Ab)

Is it do your own thing, or to join the rest?  Or
should you truly believe or keep trying over and over
again? Livin in hopes that someday you'll be the
winners.

F7: 131211
Bb: x13331 or 688766
Ab: 466544
Eb: x68886 or x 65343
C7: x323010 or x35353

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A
Don't have to humble yourself to me, I ain't your judge or your king 
C    G                              A
Baby, you know I ain't no Queen of Sheba
A
We may not even have our dignity, this could be just a powerful thing
C             G                          A        
Baby we can choose you know we ain't no amoeba

CHORUS:
F                      Bb            C
Are you ready for the thing called love
F                              Bb            C
Don't come from me and you, it comes from up above
F                     Bb            C
I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves
F                     D             A
Are you ready for the thing called love

I ain't some icon carved out of soap
Sent here to clean up your reputation
Baby, you know you ain't no Prince Charming
We can live in fear or act out of hope
For some kind of peaceful situation
Baby, how come the cry of love is so alarming ...CHORUS

BRIDGE:
A C  A C  A      C
         Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans
A    C
And glide off down the lake
 A                C
Whether your sunglasses are off or on
F                  D        A
You only see the world you make

CHORUS OUTRO:
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you, it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves
F                 Bb  C
Are you ready for it
Are you ready for the thing called love
Don't come from me and you, it comes from up above
I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves
F                  Bb   C
Are you ready for it
F                  Bb    C
Are you ready for love, baby
F    Bb    C
    Oooh yeah babe
F                   Bb    C   F  D  A  
Are you ready for love

OPENING RIFF:
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intro        Ab  Eb  Ab  Eb  Ab  Eb  Fm  Gb  Db  E
 
             Ab               Ab  Db/Ab Ab                   Ab  Db/Ab  Ab
verse1       People are talkin,            ...
             Ab               Ab  Db/Ab Ab                   Ab  Db/Ab  Ab
             I hear them whisper,          you ...
             Db                     Db  Gb/Db  Db               Db  Gb/Db  Db
             They think we're lovers              ...
             Ab             Ab  Db/Ab  Ab
             I just ignore it,           but ...
                Fm                       Gb
             We laugh just a ...
                Fm                       Gb
             We stand just a ...
                B                        E
             We stare just a ...
             Eb
             Maybe they're seeing, ...
 
             Ab                           Eb
chorus       Let's give them ...
             Ab                           Eb
             Let's give them ...
             Ab                           Eb
             Let's give them ...
                         Fm  Gb  Db  E
             How about love?
 

chorus

 
            B
bridge      Let's give ...
            B
            A little mystery ...
            B                            F#
            Let's give them ...
                      G#m    A     E     G
            How about ...
 
            B                            F#
chorus      Let's give them...
            B                            F#
            Let's give them ...
            B                            F#
            Let's give them ...
                      G#m    A     E     G
            How about love, ...
 
chorus      inst.
outro       B  B

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