Chords for JILL SCOTT - The Fact Is ( I Need You ) LIVE at Elysee Montmartre

[Ab] This next song came in my dreams [Db] and it is a pleasure to share it with [G] you
I _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [Eb] can _ pay my own [Bm] light bill, baby
[G] Put [Eb] _ _ my own [G] gas in my own car I [Eb] _ _ can handle my [G] own shoe collection
[Eb] I've _ been blessed
[C] Thus [G] far I [Eb] _ can kill the spider [G] above my bed
[Eb] Although _ [Gm] it's hard [G] because [C] I'm [Em] scared
I [Eb] _ [Bb] can even stain [Em] and [G] polyurethane
[Dm] I'm very [Eb] handy, but some [Bb] things they [G] just don't change
I [Eb] _ _ need [G] you Yeah
_ _ [Eb] [Cm] Sometimes [Ebm] so [E] [G] hard to say
I [Eb] _ _ need [G] you
Some _ [Eb] _ things [Gb] remain
[G] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [G] Groceries, baby!
_ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] Get my hair tied, my [G] nails dried
If I want to
[Eb] I can [G] floss my own bling bling
_ _ [Eb] _ Write the [D] words to the [G] songs I sing
_ [Eb] [Bb] I can even [G] raise the child we'll make
[Eb] Make sure he's loved and [G] knows what God gave _ [Eb] us
I can teach him [C] how to [G] walk and stand
[Eb] _ But he needs you
[Em] Yeah, he'd be [Bm] mad
We [Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ [D]
need you
We [Eb] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Bb] _ [Bm]
need you
To [G] save us
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] [D] We need [G] you
_ [Eb] [Cm] We need you
We need you
[G] We need you
Some things don't [B] change
[Bm] I could be a congresswoman or a volunteer
[Eb] No police officer or carpenter
I [G] could be a [D] doctor and a lawyer and a [Gm] good guy
I could be a bad woman, would you [Ebm] run me [Am] analysis?
[G]
[Bm] I could be a computer [Eb] analyst, the queen with the nappy hair, raising the paper [G] far.
[Bm] I could be much more than a [Gm] mess this hot of [Eb] December.
[Gb] Sweet as a [G] first kiss and even though I can do.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Eb] I need you.
We need [E] you.
And [Em] even though I can do.
[Eb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ I need [Eb] you.
[Cm] [Ebm] We need you.
[G] And even though I can do all [Eb] these hair things by my damn self.
[G] I need you.
[Eb] We need you.
[D] _
[G] And even though I can do all [Eb] these hair things.
[G] I need you.
I do.
[Cm] _ I [G] _
could be a campus woman or a garbage [Eb] runner, no police officer or a passenger.
[Bm] Doctor and a lawyer and a social and a [Eb] book guy.
Woman, would you [Ebm] run [Am]
[G] me analysis?
I could be a computer [Eb] analyst, the queen with the nappy hair, _
[Bm] raising the paper far.
I could be much more than a period [Eb] old man, [Bb] hot as a summer.
[Em] Sweet as a first kiss and [Bm] even though I [Eb] can do all these hair things.
[G] [Bm] I need your uncles.
[D] I need your [Eb] grandpa.
[Cm] I need your [Ebm] neighbor.
[Gb] I need your cousin.
I need your daddy.
[D] [Eb] I need your daddy.
I need your grandpa.
I do.
I [G] do.
[Bm] I do.
I do.
[Eb] I do.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [D] _ _ So bad.
So gone.
[Gm]
So gone.
[Gb] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Very difficult to sing that song, you know.
But it is true.
All the brothers, all the uncles, grandpas, nephews.
You are so necessary to us.
Women are strong and very capable.
We can do anything, really. _
But there is a left and a right.
A ying and a yang.
An up and a down.
A dark and a light.
_ Need that balance, you know what I'm saying? _ _