Chords for Gladys Knight & The Pips ~ I've Got To Use My Imagination 1973 Disco Purrfection Version
Tempo:
121.5 bpm
Chords used:
Am
A
C
F
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [G] [Am]
[A] I've [G] [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[G] [A] [C]
[A] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] [Em] [C] [A]
got to use [Dm] [C] [A]
my imagination [Dm] [C] [A] to think of [Dm] good reasons [Cm] [Dm] to
[G] [D] keep [A] on keeping [F] [C] [A]
on.
Got to make the best [D] [C] of a bad [D] [G] situation.
[Dm]
[G] Ever [F] since that day, ever since that [E] time that [A] you were gone.
[F] [C]
[Em] [A] I've just been running [Am] around [G] [Am]
like a [G] [Am]
[F] fridge cold and
[F#] [D] [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[F] [C] [F]
[Em]
I [C] just don't know.
I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I [Am] [A]
[C] [Am]
[A] [G] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] [C] [Am]
don't do
[F] [C]
[Dm] it, it's too [A] well [D] [Am] understood.
I'm just sad, sad [Bm] season.
[Am] Sad, sad season.
[Dm] When I'm [D]
[F] gone, I'm in your [C#m] heart.
I [G] don't [Am] realize, [G] [D] [Am] realize.
I've [A] got to [Am] use [Bm] [C]
my imagination to think of [F] good reasons to keep on [C] keeping on.
I've got to make
[Am] the best of [C] a bad [Dm] situation.
[F] Ever since that day, ever since [E] that time that you [A] were gone.
[D] [Am] I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I don't [C] [A]
[Em] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] [E] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] do it, [Em] [Am]
it's
[D] [C] too [F] [C]
[Dm] well [D] [Am] understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[D] Sad, [Am] sad season.
When I'm [F] gone, [D] [Dm]
[D] [D#] [F] I'm in [E] your heart.
I don't [Am] realize, [D] realize.
[Am] [Dm] I've [A] got to [C] use my imagination to think of [D] good [F] reasons to keep [Am] on keeping on.
I've got to make the best [C] of a bad [Dm] [F] situation.
Ever since that day, ever since that time that [E]
[G] you were [Am] gone.
I've got to keep on keeping [Em] on.
[Dm] [Am] I've got to use [A] my imagination [A#] [Am] to [G] think of good [Dm] [F] reasons [Dm] to keep on [Am] pushing on.
I've got to make the best of a bad [Dm] [C] [F] situation.
[G] Ever since [F] that day, ever since [E] that time that you were [A] gone.
I've got to [D] [A] keep on keeping on.
Yes, ma [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[A] [F#m] [A]
'am.
[C] [Am]
[G] [A] [Em] [C] [Am]
[Em] [A] I've got [Am] to keep on keeping on.
Reality don't do me no good.
I'm [D] misunderstood.
[F] [C] It's [Dm] too [C#] well [D] understood.
It's too [Am] well understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[Bm] Sad, [C] sad [F] season.
When a good [D] life.
When a good life.
Got to [F] live.
Got to [C#m] live.
With all of my [Em] heart.
[A] [C] Realize.
[G] [Am] Realize.
Oh, [D] I really [A] got to use.
[Bm] Got [C] to use.
My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think [F] of good reasons.
I've got to use.
Keep [C] on keeping on.
I've got to use.
I've got to make the best of. Best of.
Best of a bad [Dm] situation.
[F] Bad situation.
Ever since that day.
Ever since that day.
I [E] went up and down.
I got to do [Am] what I got to do.
You're just not.
I've got to keep on.
I've been a bad.
[Em] I'm confused.
[A#] [Am] [C]
[A#] [Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm] [Cm] [Dm]
[F] [E]
[C]
I've got to use.
I've got to use.
My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think of good reasons.
[F] [Dm]
[Am]
[A] I've [G] [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[G] [A] [C]
[A] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] [Em] [C] [A]
got to use [Dm] [C] [A]
my imagination [Dm] [C] [A] to think of [Dm] good reasons [Cm] [Dm] to
[G] [D] keep [A] on keeping [F] [C] [A]
on.
Got to make the best [D] [C] of a bad [D] [G] situation.
[Dm]
[G] Ever [F] since that day, ever since that [E] time that [A] you were gone.
[F] [C]
[Em] [A] I've just been running [Am] around [G] [Am]
like a [G] [Am]
[F] fridge cold and
[F#] [D] [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[F] [C] [F]
[Em]
I [C] just don't know.
I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I [Am] [A]
[C] [Am]
[A] [G] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] [C] [Am]
don't do
[F] [C]
[Dm] it, it's too [A] well [D] [Am] understood.
I'm just sad, sad [Bm] season.
[Am] Sad, sad season.
[Dm] When I'm [D]
[F] gone, I'm in your [C#m] heart.
I [G] don't [Am] realize, [G] [D] [Am] realize.
I've [A] got to [Am] use [Bm] [C]
my imagination to think of [F] good reasons to keep on [C] keeping on.
I've got to make
[Am] the best of [C] a bad [Dm] situation.
[F] Ever since that day, ever since [E] that time that you [A] were gone.
[D] [Am] I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I don't [C] [A]
[Em] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] [E] [C] [Am]
[G] [A] do it, [Em] [Am]
it's
[D] [C] too [F] [C]
[Dm] well [D] [Am] understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[D] Sad, [Am] sad season.
When I'm [F] gone, [D] [Dm]
[D] [D#] [F] I'm in [E] your heart.
I don't [Am] realize, [D] realize.
[Am] [Dm] I've [A] got to [C] use my imagination to think of [D] good [F] reasons to keep [Am] on keeping on.
I've got to make the best [C] of a bad [Dm] [F] situation.
Ever since that day, ever since that time that [E]
[G] you were [Am] gone.
I've got to keep on keeping [Em] on.
[Dm] [Am] I've got to use [A] my imagination [A#] [Am] to [G] think of good [Dm] [F] reasons [Dm] to keep on [Am] pushing on.
I've got to make the best of a bad [Dm] [C] [F] situation.
[G] Ever since [F] that day, ever since [E] that time that you were [A] gone.
I've got to [D] [A] keep on keeping on.
Yes, ma [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[A] [G] [Am]
[A] [F#m] [A]
'am.
[C] [Am]
[G] [A] [Em] [C] [Am]
[Em] [A] I've got [Am] to keep on keeping on.
Reality don't do me no good.
I'm [D] misunderstood.
[F] [C] It's [Dm] too [C#] well [D] understood.
It's too [Am] well understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[Bm] Sad, [C] sad [F] season.
When a good [D] life.
When a good life.
Got to [F] live.
Got to [C#m] live.
With all of my [Em] heart.
[A] [C] Realize.
[G] [Am] Realize.
Oh, [D] I really [A] got to use.
[Bm] Got [C] to use.
My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think [F] of good reasons.
I've got to use.
Keep [C] on keeping on.
I've got to use.
I've got to make the best of. Best of.
Best of a bad [Dm] situation.
[F] Bad situation.
Ever since that day.
Ever since that day.
I [E] went up and down.
I got to do [Am] what I got to do.
You're just not.
I've got to keep on.
I've been a bad.
[Em] I'm confused.
[A#] [Am] [C]
[A#] [Am]
[Dm]
[Am]
[Dm] [Cm] [Dm]
[F] [E]
[C]
I've got to use.
I've got to use.
My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think of good reasons.
[F] [Dm]
[Am]
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_ [A] I've _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
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[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ [A] _
got to use [Dm] _ [C] _ _ [A] _
my imagination [Dm] _ [C] _ [A] to think of [Dm] good reasons [Cm] _ [Dm] to _
[G] [D] keep [A] on keeping [F] _ [C] _ _ [A]
on.
Got to make the best [D] _ [C] of a bad [D] _ [G] situation.
_ [Dm] _
[G] Ever [F] since that day, ever since that [E] time that [A] you were gone.
[F] _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] [A] I've just been running [Am] around [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
like a _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] fridge cold and _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I [C] just don't know.
_ _ I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
don't do _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
[Dm] it, it's too [A] well [D] _ _ [Am] _ understood.
I'm just sad, sad [Bm] season.
[Am] Sad, sad season.
[Dm] When I'm _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] gone, I'm in your [C#m] heart.
I [G] don't [Am] realize, _ [G] _ [D] [Am] realize.
I've [A] got to [Am] use [Bm] _ [C] _ _
my _ imagination _ _ _ to think of [F] good reasons to _ keep on [C] keeping on.
I've got to make _
_ [Am] _ _ the best of [C] a bad [Dm] situation.
_ _ [F] Ever since that day, ever since [E] that time that you [A] were gone.
_ [D] [Am] I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I don't [C] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [A] do it, [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ it's
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] too [F] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] well _ [D] _ _ [Am] understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[D] Sad, [Am] sad season.
When I'm [F] gone, [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ [D#] _ [F] _ I'm in [E] your heart.
I don't [Am] realize, [D] _ realize.
[Am] [Dm] I've [A] got to [C] use my _ _ _ _ _ imagination _ _ to think of [D] good [F] reasons to _ keep [Am] on keeping on.
I've got _ _ _ _ _ to make the best [C] of a bad [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ situation.
Ever since that day, ever since that time that [E] _ _
[G] you were [Am] gone.
_ _ I've got to keep on keeping [Em] on.
_ [Dm] [Am] I've got to use [A] my imagination _ [A#] _ [Am] _ _ to [G] think of good [Dm] [F] reasons _ [Dm] _ to keep on [Am] pushing on.
I've got _ _ to make the best _ of a bad [Dm] _ _ [C] [F] situation.
_ [G] Ever since [F] that day, ever since [E] that time that you were [A] gone.
I've got to [D] _ [A] _ keep on keeping on.
Yes, ma _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ 'am.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] [A] I've got [Am] to keep on keeping on.
_ _ _ _ Reality _ don't do me no good. _ _ _
I'm [D] misunderstood.
[F] _ _ _ [C] It's [Dm] too [C#] well [D] understood.
It's too [Am] well understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[Bm] Sad, [C] sad [F] season.
When a good [D] life.
When a good life. _
Got to [F] _ live.
Got to [C#m] live.
With all of my [Em] heart.
[A] [C] Realize.
_ [G] _ [Am] Realize.
Oh, [D] I really [A] got to use.
[Bm] Got [C] to use. _
_ _ My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think [F] of good reasons.
I've got to use.
Keep [C] on keeping on.
I've got to use.
I've got to make the best of. Best of.
Best of a bad [Dm] situation.
[F] Bad situation.
Ever since that day.
Ever since that day.
I [E] went up and down.
I got to do [Am] what I got to do.
You're just not.
I've got to keep on.
I've been a bad.
[Em] I'm confused.
[A#] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've got to use.
I've got to use.
My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think of good reasons.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [A] I've _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ [A] _
got to use [Dm] _ [C] _ _ [A] _
my imagination [Dm] _ [C] _ [A] to think of [Dm] good reasons [Cm] _ [Dm] to _
[G] [D] keep [A] on keeping [F] _ [C] _ _ [A]
on.
Got to make the best [D] _ [C] of a bad [D] _ [G] situation.
_ [Dm] _
[G] Ever [F] since that day, ever since that [E] time that [A] you were gone.
[F] _ [C] _ _ _
[Em] [A] I've just been running [Am] around [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
like a _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] fridge cold and _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
I [C] just don't know.
_ _ I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
don't do _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
[Dm] it, it's too [A] well [D] _ _ [Am] _ understood.
I'm just sad, sad [Bm] season.
[Am] Sad, sad season.
[Dm] When I'm _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] gone, I'm in your [C#m] heart.
I [G] don't [Am] realize, _ [G] _ [D] [Am] realize.
I've [A] got to [Am] use [Bm] _ [C] _ _
my _ imagination _ _ _ to think of [F] good reasons to _ keep on [C] keeping on.
I've got to make _
_ [Am] _ _ the best of [C] a bad [Dm] situation.
_ _ [F] Ever since that day, ever since [E] that time that you [A] were gone.
_ [D] [Am] I've got to keep [D] on [A] keeping on.
If I don't [C] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ [A] do it, [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ it's
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [C] too [F] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] well _ [D] _ _ [Am] understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[D] Sad, [Am] sad season.
When I'm [F] gone, [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[D] _ [D#] _ [F] _ I'm in [E] your heart.
I don't [Am] realize, [D] _ realize.
[Am] [Dm] I've [A] got to [C] use my _ _ _ _ _ imagination _ _ to think of [D] good [F] reasons to _ keep [Am] on keeping on.
I've got _ _ _ _ _ to make the best [C] of a bad [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ situation.
Ever since that day, ever since that time that [E] _ _
[G] you were [Am] gone.
_ _ I've got to keep on keeping [Em] on.
_ [Dm] [Am] I've got to use [A] my imagination _ [A#] _ [Am] _ _ to [G] think of good [Dm] [F] reasons _ [Dm] _ to keep on [Am] pushing on.
I've got _ _ to make the best _ of a bad [Dm] _ _ [C] [F] situation.
_ [G] Ever since [F] that day, ever since [E] that time that you were [A] gone.
I've got to [D] _ [A] _ keep on keeping on.
Yes, ma _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ 'am.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ [Em] _ [C] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] [A] I've got [Am] to keep on keeping on.
_ _ _ _ Reality _ don't do me no good. _ _ _
I'm [D] misunderstood.
[F] _ _ _ [C] It's [Dm] too [C#] well [D] understood.
It's too [Am] well understood.
I'm just sad, sad season.
[Bm] Sad, [C] sad [F] season.
When a good [D] life.
When a good life. _
Got to [F] _ live.
Got to [C#m] live.
With all of my [Em] heart.
[A] [C] Realize.
_ [G] _ [Am] Realize.
Oh, [D] I really [A] got to use.
[Bm] Got [C] to use. _
_ _ My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think [F] of good reasons.
I've got to use.
Keep [C] on keeping on.
I've got to use.
I've got to make the best of. Best of.
Best of a bad [Dm] situation.
[F] Bad situation.
Ever since that day.
Ever since that day.
I [E] went up and down.
I got to do [Am] what I got to do.
You're just not.
I've got to keep on.
I've been a bad.
[Em] I'm confused.
[A#] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I've got to use.
I've got to use.
My imagination.
I've got to use.
To think of good reasons.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _