Bill Withers – Use Me (Guitar Tab)

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------------................ *from 'Still Bill' (1972)* [Intro] (Riff)
    E7#9                            A7
e|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-x2-|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|----|---------------|
A|-5h7-----7-5-----7-|-----7-5---4-7---|----|--2-3-4--------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------| (x2)

(Other variant during verse)
    E7#9                            A7
e|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-x2-|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|----|--4h5----------|
A|-5h7-----7-5-----7-|-----7-5---4-7---|----|-------7-------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------| (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]
    E7#9                            A7
e|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-x2-|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|----|---------------|
A|-5h7-----7-5-----7-|-----7-5---4-7---|----|--2-3-4--------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------| (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
e|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-x2-|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|----|---------------|
A|-5h7-----7-5-----7-|-----7-5---4-7---|----|--2-3-4--------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------| (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|-------------------|-----------------|-x2-|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|----|---------------|
A|-5h7-----7-5-----7-|-----7-5---4-7---|----|--2-3-4--------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------| (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
e|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
B|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------|
G|-------------------|-----------------|-x2-|---------------|
D|-----5-------5-----|--5--------------|----|---------------|
A|-5h7-----7-5-----7-|-----7-5---4-7---|----|--2-3-4--------|
E|-------------------|-----------------|----|---------------| (x2)
(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- E7#9 A7 EADGBE EADGBE 07578x 575655 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])