Chords for How to play BABA OH by Sonnie Badu

_ _ _ We're [F] in your _ presence _ _ let [C] it rain
_ _ _ Oh
[G] _ _
And _ _ fall [Am] on me
_ We are [F] in your presence
_ _ _ Let it [C] _ _
rain
_ Oh
[G] _ _ _
Let _ it [C] fall _ _ _
_ _ Open the [F] _ _
floodgates
_ _ In [C] abundance _
_ Cause _ [G] your _ rain
To fall [Am] on me _
_ _ Open the [F] _ _
floodgates
_ _ _ [C] In abundance
_ _ And cause [G] your _ rain
To _ fall [C] on me
_ _ _ Bye [F]-bye _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh [G] Bye-bye _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
Oh
Bye [F]-bye _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Oh _ Bye [G]-bye _ _
So _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ how to play Baba O by Sonny Badu
_ _ [N] It starts with a fa chord, but before the song even starts at all there is a do [A#] chord on [C] the background _
_ _ _ _ We're in your [F] _
presence That's fa
Let it [C] do this is your do chord.
On my left hand I'm holding me and do
_ an inversion of the original do chord
So _ I'm holding this
_ First inversion, but I'm omitting the [E] middle because I don't want it to sound all noisy and
_ Non distinct like glory so I'm holding just the me and the do.
[C] Now there's a difference between do
_ like this and me [E] and do
_ Listen to it you hear the [C] difference
This sounds like the song has ended
_ but this sounds like _
There's still [G] tension in it.
It's not it doesn't feel like the song is ending
So this do I like to use this inversion of do when the song is in the middle of the progression
It's not ending.
It's not the last chord of the progression.
_ So
We are in your [F] _
presence
Let [E] it rain _
I _ use the one that has tension because I'm still going somewhere.
[F] I can do we are in your presence
_ [C] Let it rain.
_ _ _ Oh
[G] _ _
Yuri
So [C] that do is also good, but I prefer the one that has tension _
If you can't bring yourself to play this you can play this
It also is a do chord.
So
We are in [F] your presence
_ Let it [C] _ rain
_ _ Oh
[G] _
So _ let it fall on [Am]
me as now we are in [F] your presence
Let _ [C] it rain _ _ Oh
_ [G] Let _ _ it [C] fall on me
I've ended so now I do
_ Open [F] the _ _ floodgates
Far _ [C] in above
the same chord progression
[G] Because you're ready _
To _ [Am] fall on me
Open _ [F] the floodgates _ _
In [C] _ abundance
_ _ Cuz [G] you're ready
_ _ For _ _ [C] me
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ Oh
So you see from [G] salt I went to that [Am] _ _ _ _
instead [F#] of something
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Oh
It works by professor [G] I _ _
_ _ prefer _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ the
Right choose one [B] far do so do or far do so la can choose anyone I prefer _ Oh
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
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_ _ _ Oh
That's how to play