Todd Rundgren – We Gotta Get You A Woman (Guitar)

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This is still incomplete, but I get so many requests for it that I'm making it public anyway. Intro (piano arr. for guitar):
        v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
  e|--------13-12--8-|--------13-12--8--|
  B|-----------------|------------------|
  G|--------14-12--10|--------14-12--10-|
  D|-----------------|------------------|
  A|-----------------|------------------|
  E|-----------------|------------------|
F E C A G F Verse 1:
        Bbmaj9      Am7      Gm7               Am7
        [D-F-A-C]
Le - roy, boy is that you?
        Bbmaj9                     Am7      Gm7               Am7
               I thought your post-hangin' days were through

        Bbmaj9         Am7       Gm7           C
               Sunk-in eyes and full of sighs

        Gm7      C   Gm7  C   Gm7      C
        Tell no lies          you get wise

        Gm7        C               Gm7               C
        I tell you now we're gonna pull you through

        Gm7          C                  Gm7        Dm7/G  G
        There's only one thing left that we can do
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This is close but not 100% correct. Chorus: (Voice these chords with C on top wherever possible.)
        C        Am7       Dm7    Dm7/G
        We gotta get you a woman

                  Bbmaj9          Am7            Gm7        Dm7/G G
        It's like nothin' else to make you feel sure you're alive

        C        Am7       Dm7    Dm7/G
        We gotta get you a woman

           Bbmaj9     Am7            Gm11          Dm7/G    G
        We better get walkin', we're wastin' time talkin' now
^^^^^^^^^^^ The 2nd and 3rd time there are variants of this which I haven't done yet. Verse 2:
        Bbmaj9      Am7      Gm7               Am7
        Leroy, boy, you're my friend

        Bbmaj9      Am7      Gm7               Am7
        You say how and I'll say when

        Bbmaj9      Am7      Gm7               Am7
        Come and meet me down the street

        Gm7      C   Gm7  C   Gm7      C
        Take a seat, it's my treat

        Gm7        C               Gm7               C
        You may not ever get this chance again

        Gm7          C                  Gm7        Dm7/G  G
        That empty feeling's just about to end
(Repeat chorus) Bridge 1:
                     Ebmaj7             Dm7
        Talkin' 'bout life and what it means to you

        Ebmaj7                              Dm7
               It don't mean nothin' if it don't run through

        Ebmaj7                             Dm7        G
               I got one thing to say, you know it's true

                    F   C/E  Bb/D  Bbmaj9     Dm7/A  Dm7/G
                                  [D-F-A-C ...............]
You got to find some time to get this thing together (Repeat chorus) Bridge 2:
                      Ebmaj7            Dm7
        Talkin' 'bout things about that special one

        Ebmaj7                             Dm7
               They may be stupid but they sure are fun

        Ebmaj7                                Dm7      G
               I'll give it to you while we're on the run

                    F    C/E Bb/D  Bbmaj9     Dm7/A  Dm7/G
        Because we ain't got time to get this thing together, 'cause we

        Ebmaj9 Gm7/D Gm7/C          Fmaj7         Em7
        [G-Bb-D-F ........]
Got to get together with a woman who has been around
        Fmaj7                              Em7
              One who knows better than to let you down

        Ebmaj7                                      Dm7         G
               Let's hope there's still one left in this whole town

                         F   C/E  Bb/D  Bbmaj9     Dm7/A   Dm7/G
        And that she'll take some time to get this thing together 'cause

        Bbmaj9    Dm7/A   Dm7/G
        (Get this thing together 'cause)

        Bbmaj9    Dm7/A   Dm7/G
        Get this thing together 'cause
Coda:
        Dm9         Dm9/G      Cmaj7     Am7
        [C-E-F-A]           [B-C-E-G] [A-C-E-G]
We gotta get you a woman
        Dm9         Dm9/G      Cmaj7  Am7
            We gotta get you a woman

        Dm9         Dm9/G      Cmaj7  Am7
            We gotta get you a woman

                        Dm7  N.C.
        And when we're through with you

                        Cmaj7
        We'll get me one too
-- another half-ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers