You Ought To Be With Me Chords by Al Green

Tempo:
106.6 bpm
Chords used:

Gm

Bb

F

C

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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AL GREEN - You Ought To Be With Me chords
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[Am]
[E]
[Ab]
[Dbm]
[F] Sit back down and talk to me [Eb]
About how you want to be
You [Gm] wanna be with me Yeah, you [C] wanna be with me
[Am]
Thinking about what people do [Bb]
Talking about how we use to [Ab] be
Thinking there's nothing to us Say you [Bb] wanna be [C] with me [Dm] [C] anyway
[F]
They don't want to see us do [Eb]
All of the things we want to
You [Gm] wanna be with me Yeah, you [C] wanna be with me
Oh, [F]
you don't have to [Gm] waste my [Cm] time If you want to [Bbm] be a friend of mine
[Gm] You can leave [Bb] me now And walk away and [A] turn your back
For another [Dbm] day, [Bb] yeah [Am] [Gm] [Am] Oh, [Gm] baby
[Am] [Gm]
[F] Oh, [Dm] [Am] [D]
[C]
[F] don't be the kind of girl [Eb]
That can brighten this whole world
[Gm] And it's hard to see Why you and me [C] can't be together happily
[Am]
I'm trying to realize [Bb]
You'll be with some other guy
[Ab]
I don't know the reason why You [Bb] wanna be [C] with me [Dm] until I [C] die
[F]
[Cm]
[Bbm] [Gm]
[Bb] Hey, you wanna [A]
be with me until I die [F] I don't want to [Cm] waste my time
If you want to be [Eb] a friend of mine [Bb] I don't wanna hold you tight
Love you right [A] Put a good feeling in your life
[F] [Cm]
[Bbm] [Bb]
Key:  
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
C
3211
Am
2311
Gm
123111113
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
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To learn Al Green - You Ought To Be With Me chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Eb, Gm, C, F, Eb, Bb, A, F, Cm, Am, Bb, Ab, Bb and C. A strategic approach would be to train at 53 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 107. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Bb Major.

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[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] Sit back down and talk to me _ [Eb]
About how you want to be
You [Gm] wanna be with me _ Yeah, you [C] wanna be with me
_ _ _ [Am]
Thinking about what people do [Bb]
Talking about how _ we use to [Ab] be
Thinking there's nothing to us Say you [Bb] wanna be [C] with me [Dm] _ [C] anyway
_ [F]
They don't want to see us do [Eb]
All of the things we want to
You [Gm] wanna be with me _ Yeah, you [C] wanna be with me
_ Oh, [F]
you don't have to [Gm] waste my [Cm] time If you want to [Bbm] be a friend of mine
[Gm] You can leave [Bb] me now And walk away and [A] turn your back
For another [Dbm] day, [Bb] yeah [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] Oh, [Gm] baby
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[F] Oh, [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[F] don't be the kind of girl [Eb]
That can brighten this whole world
[Gm] And it's hard to see Why you and me [C] can't be _ together _ happily
_ [Am]
I'm trying to _ realize _ [Bb]
You'll be with some other guy
[Ab]
I don't know the reason why You [Bb] wanna be [C] with me [Dm] until I [C] die
[F] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ Hey, you wanna [A]
be with me until I die [F] I don't want to [Cm] waste my time
If you want to be [Eb] a friend of mine [Bb] I don't wanna hold you tight
Love you right [A] Put a good feeling in your life
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Facts about this song

This track, written by Willie Mitchell, Al Green and Al Jackson, is part of the album Greatest Hits: The Best of.

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