Chords for ARETHA FRANKLIN ON CURTIS MAYFIELD - THE MAKINGS OF YOU

Curtis Mayfield album, a tribute to Curtis [D] Mayfield.
The makings [N] of you.
The makings of you.
Hey baby.
Woo!
Yeah.
Not a dynamite song.
Oh, absolutely.
And when _ I re-recorded it, he wrote several of the verses.
The lyrics, just incredible.
They're [G] not to be believed what he wrote, you know.
Incredible.
He [Eb] really is.
And you know, so I [Db] kind of felt like Curtis was forgotten for a long time.
He didn't hear much talk about Curtis Mayfield.
But I thought that for our people, that [N] he had so many positive messages.
That's right.
He was so aware socially.
And some of the, you know, James Brown has always given credit for
Say It Loud, I'm Black and a Proud Man.
That was significant to me.
It was the first time I heard that.
But it was also Curtis Mayfield saying, keep on pushing and we're a winner.
Right.
You know, all these things that he said that he's just, he was kind of forgotten.
But there was that side of him, the social side.
But then we looked at the love side, the balance.
Yes.
What is happening is, it's so fitting for him because he truly was the voice of a nation.
He really was.
And still is.
He's still writing.
When you look at some of the people that are performing on this album, we've got Steve
Wynwood, Rod Stewart, Elton John with the Sounds of Blackness, Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers,
Aretha Franklin.
I mean, it's just like_
_ An endless list of superstars.
Yeah.
And I think that that is, obviously, it says something about the man Curtis Mayfield.
That's absolutely right.
But [G]
I'm just [B] wondering if I could get you to play a little [Gm] bit of that.
Of the makings of you?
Yes.
[Cm] Are you going to sing it?
[Fm] Oh, no, not with you sitting here.
Come on, sing one or two lines.
[Gm] _ [F] You know the first line? _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] [Bb] It's been a [Eb] miracle _ _ _ [Ab] for what you've [Eb] done.
_ Oh, please stay right by my side.
_ Oh, yes, [Gm] you can be better than [Eb] one. _ _
[Fm] _ Oh, yeah, the righteous way to go.
[Gm] Oh, _
[G] yeah, [B] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ it is [Fm] true.
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_ [E] _ _ [N] Appreciate that.
I have [D] to roll videotape on [N] this.
I'm going to make sure I have this.
OK.
Just keep that one section in my car, put it on audio tape.
Listen, the queen of soul.
I love it.
[Gb] I love it.
Again, an [G] album as a tribute to Curtis Mayfield is available in