Chords for James Brown - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Parts 1&2)

Tempo:
127.7 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Abm

Bm

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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James Brown - I Can't Stand Myself (When You Touch Me) (Parts 1&2) chords
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[Eb]
[B]
[Eb] When you touch me, [Bm]
[Gbm] when you [Eb] touch me, [Abm] you're done.
[Eb] When you touch me, look at me.
I can't stand it, can't stand it.
I can't stand your love, can't stand your love.
You don't love nobody [Bm] else.
[Ebm] Get back.
[Eb] I can't stand myself.
[Gb]
[Eb] Can't stand your love.
I got up
[Bm] early [Eb] in the morning.
Can't get it right.
Had a little time.
My baby left my hand.
Early in the morning.
Gotta do the walk.
Baby, just let me talk.
When you touch me, good God.
When you touch me, all right.
Come on, baby.
Hold my hand.
[Ab] [Eb] Just want you to know I'm a soul man.
Can't stand it, can't stand it.
Ah, good God.
Can't stand it.
Look at you.
Can't stand it, baby.
Ow!
Can't stand it, can't stand your love.
Can't stand it, can't stand your love.
[D] [Eb] Look at you, baby.
Baby, what you want me to do?
Baby, what you want me to do?
You made me, made me [Abm] love you.
[Eb] Give me fever, my body [B] wet.
[Bb] [Eb] You give me fever, break out in a cold sweat.
Baby, good God.
Baby, yeah.
Sometimes I'm wet, sometimes it's cold.
Sometimes I ring so hard.
Ow!
Come on.
Good [Ebm] God.
[Eb] Baby, look at you.
[Ab] [Eb] Can't stand your love, can't stand your love.
Can't stand your love, can't stand your love.
I can't stand it.
[Ebm] I can't [Eb] stand it.
[Abm] God.
[Eb] Can't stand it.
All right.
I can't stand it.
All right.
Baby.
There he is.
Baby.
Tim.
Help me out, Tim.
Let me have you walk a little bit, Tim.
[Ab] [A] [Eb] Good God.
Good God.
All right.
[A] Ow!
[Eb] Ah!
[Abm] [Eb] Can't stand it.
[Ab] Wait a minute, Tim.
[Eb] Let me get this little thing together over here.
Can't stand it.
Can't stand your love.
Ah!
Can't stand it.
You know, baby, what it's all about.
You know, baby, what it's all about.
Sometimes.
Sometimes.
Sometimes.
[Ebm] Sometimes.
[D] [Eb] Sometimes.
Sometimes.
[Ab] [Eb] Sometimes.
Baby.
Oh.
Good God.
Can't stand your love.
Oh.
Ah!
When you touch me, [D] set my soul.
When you touch [Eb] me, when you touch me, set my soul.
Sometimes I get so undecided.
[D] I don't [Eb] know where to go.
Good God.
All right now.
[Bm] Come on now.
Come [Eb] here.
Good God.
[Ab] Good [Eb] God.
Now everybody lay out for the drummer.
Good God.
Everybody lay out for the drummer.
Good God.
Now when you touch me,
[E] when you touch me,
when you touch me,
[Eb] make me feel,
[Abm] make me feel [Ab] so [N] doggone good.
When you touch me,
when [Eb] you touch me,
sometimes I,
sometimes I, said I,
said I,
said I,
said I.
Good God.
Now here,
you feel this band [E] fellas?
[Eb] You feel the groove?
Look here,
[N] now when I scream this second time,
[Abm] I want everybody coming on cue.
Can you do that?
When I say I'll,
when I say I'll again,
and I'll say now.
Is that all right?
Let's do it.
Good [Eb] God.
Now.
Good God.
Good God.
[Abm]
Now,
all right now.
[Ab] [Eb]
Can't stand it.
Can't stand the love.
Can't stand it.
Can't stand the love.
Yeah.
[Ab]
[Eb] Can't stand the love.
God.
Can't stand the love.
Can't,
can't,
can't,
can't,
can't,
can't,
do the duck,
do the duck.
Can't stand the love.
I just said [Ab] it.
[Eb] I can't. [Ab] Can't.
[Eb] Can't stand it.
Can't stand the love.
[D] You [Eb] know baby,
what it's all about.
About your woman.
I have no doubt.
When I get the feeling,
like a man who's tired.
You know baby,
just dissatisfied.
[Bm] I just [Eb] dissatisfied.
I just dissatisfied.
Just ain't,
[B] [Eb] dissatisfied.
Baby,
I love you.
[Ab] I love you.
[Eb] Better than I do myself.
Good thought, [B] good thought, I [Eb] wouldn't take you [Ab] or nobody [Bm] else, [Eb] just stand myself.
Good thought, good thought, just stand myself, just stand myself, just stand myself.
[G]
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Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Abm
123111114
Bm
13421112
D
1321
Eb
12341116
Ab
134211114
Abm
123111114
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To learn James Brown - (When You Touch Me, Part 1 & 2) I Cant Stand Myself chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Ab, Eb, Ab, D, Eb, Ebm and Eb of chords. Kick off your practice at a gentle 63 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 128 BPM. With Ab Minor as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[Eb] _ When you touch me, [Bm] _ _
[Gbm] when you [Eb] touch me, [Abm] you're done. _ _
_ [Eb] When you touch me, look at me.
I can't stand it, _ _ _ _ _ can't stand it. _ _ _ _
I can't stand your love, _ _ _ _ _ can't stand your love.
_ _ _ You _ don't love _ nobody [Bm] else.
[Ebm] Get back.
[Eb] I can't stand myself.
[Gb] _
[Eb] Can't stand your love.
I got up _
[Bm] early [Eb] in the morning.
_ Can't get it right.
_ Had a little time.
My baby left my hand.
_ Early in the morning.
Gotta do the walk.
_ _ Baby, just let me talk.
_ When you touch me, good God.
_ When you touch me, _ all right.
_ Come on, baby.
_ Hold my hand.
[Ab] _ [Eb] Just want you to know I'm a soul man.
Can't stand it, _ _ _ _ _ can't stand it.
Ah, good God.
Can't stand it.
Look at you. _
_ _ _ Can't stand it, baby. _
Ow!
Can't stand it, can't stand your love.
_ Can't stand it, can't stand your love.
[D] _ [Eb] Look at you, baby.
Baby, what you want me to do?
_ _ _ Baby, what you want me to do?
_ You made me, _ made me [Abm] love you.
[Eb] Give me fever, _ my body [B] wet.
[Bb] _ [Eb] You give me fever, break out in a cold sweat.
_ _ Baby, _ good God.
_ _ Baby, _ yeah.
_ Sometimes I'm wet, _ sometimes it's cold.
Sometimes I ring so hard.
_ Ow!
Come on.
_ Good [Ebm] God.
_ _ _ [Eb] Baby, look at you.
[Ab] _ [Eb] Can't stand your love, can't stand your love.
Can't stand your love, can't stand your love.
_ I can't stand it. _
[Ebm] I _ can't [Eb] stand it. _ _
_ [Abm] _ God.
[Eb] Can't stand it.
All right.
_ I can't stand it. _
All right.
_ _ Baby. _
There he is.
_ _ Baby. _ _
_ Tim.
Help me out, Tim. _ _
Let me have you walk a little bit, Tim. _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [A] [Eb] Good God. _ _ _
_ Good God. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ All right.
_ [A] Ow!
[Eb] Ah!
_ [Abm] _ [Eb] Can't stand it. _ _
_ [Ab] Wait a minute, Tim.
[Eb] Let me get this little thing together over here.
_ _ Can't stand it. _ _
_ _ Can't stand your love. _ _
_ Ah! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Can't stand it. _
_ _ _ You know, baby, what it's all about.
You know, baby, what it's all about.
_ Sometimes. _ _
Sometimes.
_ _ Sometimes. _ _
[Ebm] Sometimes.
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ Sometimes.
Sometimes.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] Sometimes. _ _
_ _ _ Baby.
_ Oh.
Good God.
_ Can't stand your love.
_ Oh.
Ah!
When you touch me, [D] set my soul.
_ When you touch [Eb] me, _ when you touch me, set my soul.
_ Sometimes I get _ so undecided. _ _ _
_ [D] I don't [Eb] know where to go.
Good God.
_ _ All right now.
_ [Bm] Come on now.
Come [Eb] here.
_ _ Good God.
_ [Ab] Good [Eb] God.
Now everybody lay out for the drummer.
_ Good God.
_ Everybody lay out for the drummer.
_ Good God.
_ Now when you touch me,
[E] _ when you touch me,
when you touch me,
[Eb] make me feel,
[Abm] make me feel [Ab] so [N] doggone good.
When you touch me,
when _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] you touch me,
_ _ sometimes I,
_ sometimes I, said I,
_ said I,
_ said I, _ _ _ _
_ said I.
Good God. _
_ Now here,
_ you feel this band [E] fellas?
_ [Eb] You feel the groove?
_ _ Look here,
[N] now when I scream this second time,
[Abm] I want everybody coming on cue.
Can you do that?
When I say I'll,
when I say I'll again,
and I'll say now.
Is that all right?
_ Let's do it. _ _ _
Good [Eb] God. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now. _ _ _
Good God.
Good God.
_ [Abm]
Now,
all right now.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Can't stand it.
Can't stand the love.
_ _ Can't stand it.
Can't stand the love.
Yeah.
_ [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ Can't stand the love. _ _
God.
Can't stand the love. _
Can't,
_ can't,
can't, _
can't,
can't,
can't,
do the duck,
do the duck.
Can't stand the love.
_ I just said [Ab] it.
[Eb] I _ _ can't. _ [Ab] Can't.
[Eb] Can't stand it.
Can't stand the love.
[D] You [Eb] know baby,
what it's all about.
_ About your woman.
I have no doubt.
When I get the feeling,
like a man who's tired.
You know baby,
just dissatisfied.
[Bm] _ I just [Eb] dissatisfied.
I just dissatisfied.
Just _ _ _ ain't,
[B] _ _ _ [Eb] dissatisfied. _ _
Baby,
I love you.
_ [Ab] I love you.
[Eb] Better than I do myself.
Good thought, [B] good thought, I _ [Eb] wouldn't take you [Ab] or nobody [Bm] else, [Eb] just stand myself.
Good thought, good thought, just stand myself, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ just stand myself, _ just stand myself. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by James Brown.

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