Posts Tagged ‘OTIS REDDING’

MERRY CHRISTMAS BABY

Merry christmas baby
sure do treat me nice
merry christmas baby
sure do treat me nice
bought me a diamond ring for christmas
i feel like i’m in paradise
I feel mighty fine, y’all
i’ve got music on my radio
feel mighty fine, girl
i’ve got music on my radio, oh, oh, oh
i feel like i’m gonna kiss you
standing beneath that mistletoe
Santa came down the chimney
half past three, y’all
left all them good ole presents
for my baby and for me, ha, ha, ha
Merry christmas baby
sure do treat me nice
you bought me all those good ole presents
i love you baby rest of my life
Merry christmas, girl
merry, merry, merry christmas baby
sure do treat me nice
merry christmas baby
i said you sure do treat me nice
you bought all those lovely things, yeah
i feel like i’m in paradise
I wish you a merry christmas baby
happy new year, ha
a merry christams, honey
everything here is beautiful
i love you, baby
for everything that you give me
i love you, honey…

FOR YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE

For your precious love means more to me
than any love could ever be
for when i wanted you i was so lonely and so blue
for that’s what love will do
Darling, i’m so surprised,
oh, when i first realized
that you were fooling me
darling, they say that our love won’t grow
i just want to tell them that they don’t know
for as long as you, long as you are loving me
our love will grow wider, deeper than any sea
and all the things in the world, in this whole wide world
is just that you would say that you’d be my girl
( wanting you ) wanting you, ( i’m lonely and blue ) whoa, lonely
that’s what love will do
For your precious love means more to me
than any love could ever be
for when i, i wanted you i was so lonely and so blue
that’s what love will do

DAY TRIPPER

She was a day tripper girl, now
she give me a one-way ticket there, y’all
it took me so, so very long, huh
i found out, i found out
i found out, i found out, children yeah
Took me out, yes she did
and then she teased me a little bit
she told me she would love me
teased me a little bit, y’all, huh, yeah
but i’ll take the easy way out, girl, huh
i said i got a good reason now, huh
i’m gonna take the easy way out, huh
She was a day tripper girl, now
she give me a one-way ticket there, y’all
it was so, so very long, baby, ha
i found out, i found out
yes i did, ha
Listen to me, let me tell you about her
she give me a hard time
everything about that girl
is good reason, children
i’m gonna take the easy way out, y’all, huh
i said i got a good reason, girl, yeah, huh
i’m gonna take the easy way out, now
She was a day tripper girl, now, ha
i got a one-way ticket there girl
it took me so, so very long, y’all, huh
i found out, i found out
i found out, oh yeah
(ad lib)
Day tripper girl, yeah
she give me one-way ticket there, y’all
it took me so, so very long, huh
i found out, i found out
ouh, ooh baby
She’s a teaser, nothing but a teaser
good teaser, nothing but a teaser now
give me a hard time
on everything i do, y’all
(ad lib and fade)

RESPECTOR

Respect
otis redding
What you want, honey, you got it
and what you need, baby, you’ve got it.
all i’m asking, is for a little respect
when i come home, hey now
hey hey hey, yeah now
Do me wrong, honey, if you want to
you can do me wrong honey, while i’m gone.
all i’m asking, is for a little respect
when i come home, ooh, yeah now
hey hey hey, yeah now
Hey little girl, you’re so sweet, little honey
and i’m about to, just give you all of my money
and all i’m asking, hey, is a little respect
when i come home, hey hey
hey hey hey, yeah now
Hey little girl, you’re sweeter then honey
and i’m about to give you all of my money
but all i want you to do
is just give it, give it, respect
when i come home, hey hey
hey hey hey, yeah now, respect
It’s what i want from you
respect is what i need
respect is what i want
respect is what i need
Got to, got to have it
got to, got to have it
got to, got to have it
got to, got to have it
Talkin’
give us, give us, give us, give us
give us, give us, give us, give us
give us some baby, everything i need
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Transcribed by todd peach <[email protected]>

AMEN

Amen, uh, a-amen, uh
a-amen, amen, amen, with the horns, now
amen, with the rhytm, now
a-amen, a-amen
a-amen, amen, amen, everybody, now
a-amen, a-amen
a-amen, amen, amen, he let me tell you
This little life of mine
i’m gonna let it shine
this little life of mine
i’m gonna let it shine, yeah, yeah
this little life of mine
i’m gonna let it shine
let it shine, let it shine
to show my love
One thing my papa used to say he said that
even in my home son, i said what dad
i’m gonna let it shine, let me tell you
said even in your home son
you got to let your little light shine, yeah huh
even in your home son, ha
you got to let it shine
just let it shine, just let it shine
to show your love
and then i said daddy help me sing this line one time
A-amen, will you help me
a-amen, huh, with a feeling
a-amen, amen, amen, everybody together now
a-amen, little louder now
a-amen, everybody say
a-amen, amen, amen
amen

YOU LEFT THE WATER RUNNING

1, 2, 3, play
You left on the water running
when you left me behind, baby now
you left all the water running
it’s running from these eyes of mine

baby now that
you turned out the light of love
you left with another guy, honey that me
you turned off all your love for me
but you forgot to turn off the cry
ooh, forgot to turn off the cry
Baby now that
you pull the shades way down low
and disconnect the telephone
but baby these tears are running from my eyes
i can’t turn ‘em off and on

now baby now that
you left on the water running
when you left me behind, let me tell you
that you left all that water running
it’s running from these eyes of mine

and now you go
you locked the door
and then you throw the key away, baby now that
you’ll regret, baby, you’ll be upset, now
when you get your water bill to pay, ooh
when you get that water bill to pay

honey now that
you left all the water running
when you left me behind, let me tell you
that you left, ooh, the water running
it’s running from these eyes of mine
Baby now that
you left, ooh, the water running
running from these eyes of mine, baby now that
you left all the water running
when you left me behind…

ROCK ME BABY

You can rock me baby, ha
you can rock me all night long
rock me baby, rock me baby, rock me babe, huh
you girl you can’t rock me all night long, now oh now
just keep on rockin’ me little girl, girl
honey ’till my back ain’t got no bone, yeah, huh
Roll me, baby, ha
roll me like a wagon wheel, now, huh
keep on rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ me baby
just like they roll a wagon wheel, now oh my, oh my
because when you thought you roll little girl, huh
baby you just don’t know how good you make me feel, now oh
yeah, play the blues steve
(during steve cropper’s solo)
oh, hey, have mercy
too much soul, yeah
yeah, yeah, yeah, don’t do it to me,huh
don’t do it, huh
don’t do it
don’t do
don’t do that, huh
roll it baby, yeah
Keep on rocking me baby, he good rockin’
baby rock me, rock me so,now
keep on rockin’ me, baby
keep rocking me
keep rocking me
baby you know how to rock me so, now oh my, oh my
i want you to just keep om rocking me babe
rock me babe, rock me
’till i just can’t take it no more, oh my
I want you to rock, rock, rock, rock me babe
rock me babe, rock me babe, rock me babe
you don’t know what i need
i want you to keep rocking me
you don’t know what i want
i want you to keep rocking me
everything i love
i want you to keep rocking
give it, give it to me baby…

SOMETHING IS WORRYING ME

Something is worrying me, yeah
and that something is driving me in misery, oh
i can tell the way things change
that you’ve been loving some other man
that’s why something keeps on worrying me, yes it is
that’s why something is worrying me, oh
I can tell by the look in your eye
i can tell by the way you smile
i know things haven’t been this way
i stopped to love you each and every day
and that something keeps on worrying me, yeah
that’s why something is driving me in misery, yeah
I can tell by the look in your eye
that you’ve been loving some other guy
that’s why something keeps on worrying me, oh yes it is
that’s why something keeps on worrying me, darling
that something baby
is deep down in my heart
is worrying me baby
i know you love somebody
i know you have somebody else
it’s worrying me baby
i need you right here by my side

DON’T MESS WITH CUPID

Cupid draw back your bow

and you let your arrow go

straight to my lover’s heart for me

nobody but me

Cupid please hear my cry

and let your arrow fly

straight to my lover’s heart its for me

Now I don’t need to bother you, but I’m in disstress

There are dangerous of losing all of my happiness

but just between the two of us our love is conceiled

so help me if you will

[1:]

So,Cupid draw back your bow

and let your arrow go

straight to my lover’s heart its for me

nobody but me

[2:]

Cupid please hear my cry

and let your arrow fly

straight to my lover’s heart its for me

nobody but me

Cupid if you make your arrow make it for me

make it for me

I promise I will love you to eternity

but just between the two of us our love is conceiled

so help me if you will

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