Chords for Luther Vandross on Arsenio Hall's last show!
Tempo:
92.525 bpm
Chords used:
Em
G
D
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] joining Arsenio for his final nightly
who [Bm] will be going [G] third the godfather [A] of soul [Em] james brown
and sitting in the posse at great stage
tune in and grab a slice of history
[N] [A]
[N]
[C#m] [B]
[Bm] [E]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[E]
[N]
[C] [N]
oh boy oh man oh wait wait first of all
thank you america and thank you i love you there are a lot of people
i'm sure the first night on the air my first musical guest was this man
marla i know you know this is what i wanted
back to the beginning the genesis of my music
hey brother see i believe that the the whole thing's gotta come full circle
see i wanted to be the first one to come out and first of all congratulate you
on all these years right okay can i say one thing now
yeah go on okay okay so let's just make make it a mutual
jock session okay let me jock you for a minute we want to congratulate you
because you're skinny my brother you see look at you
you're skinny i mean you're skinny i know you're happy
absolutely oh absolutely yeah go get skinny um i wanted to come out
i wanted to be the first one to tell you this
because i feel that i speak on behalf of everybody that's backstage this
you should see the party that's going on backstage people love people love this
man so unconditionally you know he's been a part of our lives he's done
so much for us and and i just wanted to tell you how much
you know i'm i'm sad but i know you and you know me and i'm and i'm happy for
you at the same time i'm i'm sad to see you go because america
is going to have a big chunk missing out of it
this is
but if there's one thing that i do know
if there's one thing that i do know is that he knows what he's doing
and he's going to do the right thing and i'm going to be involved
where and whatever it is so uh i just wanted to come [G] out and say that to you i
don't want to take up all your time wait wait wait before you go before you go
okay uh hey [N] hey no no no celery sticks that's what i meant
wait okay okay now don't get mad at me but uh before you go if you would just
do me one favor okay you know we don't even need no we don't
even need no music because when it's pure you don't need nothing with you
right wait wait wait this way now don't don't run
don't run wait hey hey gordy bart hook this up you you've had it many times in
the past hook this up like you like it hooked up
and [G#m] and no hey wait wait [C] would you please michael give me a c major nine
what i mean a c major nine
[N] how do you know that's what i want
[G] i was gonna ask you okay acapella right here oh
sing let me hold [N] you tight
only for one night let me keep you near
and marla when we have to go to commercial go to commercial
but right now we all belong to luther do what you want to do brother
please please just please if y'all want to come in
if y'all know where he's at meet him y'all y'all don't meet him y'all
let me hold [Dm] you
if [B]
[F#] [G] only for [F] one night
[Am] let me keep you
[Dm]
so [F] [G]
[C] [F#] [F] [Em]
[Dm] now [F] if only [Em] [C] for
[D] [Dm]
[A] [D] [N]
two
because no one has to know if you want [E] to [G]
be
totally [N]
discreet
i'll stay at your side [B] if only for one
[E] [A] yes
[Am] [C#m] [Am]
[A]
[C#] [D] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [D]
who [Bm] will be going [G] third the godfather [A] of soul [Em] james brown
and sitting in the posse at great stage
tune in and grab a slice of history
[N] [A]
[N]
[C#m] [B]
[Bm] [E]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em]
[E]
[N]
[C] [N]
oh boy oh man oh wait wait first of all
thank you america and thank you i love you there are a lot of people
i'm sure the first night on the air my first musical guest was this man
marla i know you know this is what i wanted
back to the beginning the genesis of my music
hey brother see i believe that the the whole thing's gotta come full circle
see i wanted to be the first one to come out and first of all congratulate you
on all these years right okay can i say one thing now
yeah go on okay okay so let's just make make it a mutual
jock session okay let me jock you for a minute we want to congratulate you
because you're skinny my brother you see look at you
you're skinny i mean you're skinny i know you're happy
absolutely oh absolutely yeah go get skinny um i wanted to come out
i wanted to be the first one to tell you this
because i feel that i speak on behalf of everybody that's backstage this
you should see the party that's going on backstage people love people love this
man so unconditionally you know he's been a part of our lives he's done
so much for us and and i just wanted to tell you how much
you know i'm i'm sad but i know you and you know me and i'm and i'm happy for
you at the same time i'm i'm sad to see you go because america
is going to have a big chunk missing out of it
this is
but if there's one thing that i do know
if there's one thing that i do know is that he knows what he's doing
and he's going to do the right thing and i'm going to be involved
where and whatever it is so uh i just wanted to come [G] out and say that to you i
don't want to take up all your time wait wait wait before you go before you go
okay uh hey [N] hey no no no celery sticks that's what i meant
wait okay okay now don't get mad at me but uh before you go if you would just
do me one favor okay you know we don't even need no we don't
even need no music because when it's pure you don't need nothing with you
right wait wait wait this way now don't don't run
don't run wait hey hey gordy bart hook this up you you've had it many times in
the past hook this up like you like it hooked up
and [G#m] and no hey wait wait [C] would you please michael give me a c major nine
what i mean a c major nine
[N] how do you know that's what i want
[G] i was gonna ask you okay acapella right here oh
sing let me hold [N] you tight
only for one night let me keep you near
and marla when we have to go to commercial go to commercial
but right now we all belong to luther do what you want to do brother
please please just please if y'all want to come in
if y'all know where he's at meet him y'all y'all don't meet him y'all
let me hold [Dm] you
if [B]
[F#] [G] only for [F] one night
[Am] let me keep you
[Dm]
so [F] [G]
[C] [F#] [F] [Em]
[Dm] now [F] if only [Em] [C] for
[D] [Dm]
[A] [D] [N]
two
because no one has to know if you want [E] to [G]
be
totally [N]
discreet
i'll stay at your side [B] if only for one
[E] [A] yes
[Am] [C#m] [Am]
[A]
[C#] [D] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [D]
Key:
Em
G
D
C
A
Em
G
D
[Em] joining Arsenio for his final nightly _
who [Bm] will be going [G] third the godfather [A] of soul [Em] james brown
and sitting in the posse at great stage
tune _ _ in _ _ and grab a slice of history
_ _ _ [N] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ oh boy oh man oh wait wait first of all
thank you america and thank you i love you there are a lot of people
i'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sure the first night on the air my first musical guest was this man
marla i know you know this is what i wanted
_ back to the beginning the genesis of my music
hey brother see i believe that the the whole thing's gotta come full circle
see i wanted to be the first one to come out and first of all congratulate you
on all these years right okay can i say one thing now
yeah go on okay okay so _ let's just make make it a mutual
jock session okay let me jock you for a minute we want to congratulate you
because you're skinny my brother you see look at you
you're skinny _ _ i mean you're skinny i know you're happy
absolutely oh absolutely yeah go get skinny um i wanted to come out
i wanted to be the first one to tell you this
because i feel that i speak on behalf of everybody that's backstage this
you should see the party that's going on backstage people love people love this
man so unconditionally you know he's been a part of our lives he's done
so much for us and and i just wanted to tell you how much
you know i'm i'm sad but i know you and you know me and i'm and i'm happy for
you at the same time i'm i'm sad to see you go because america
is going to have a big chunk missing out of it
this is _
_ but _ _ _ if there's one thing _ that i do know
if there's one thing that i do know is that he knows what he's doing
and he's going to do the right thing and i'm going to be involved
_ _ where and whatever it is so uh i just wanted to come [G] out and say that to you i
don't want to take up all your time wait wait wait before you go before you go
okay uh hey [N] hey no no no celery sticks that's what i meant
wait _ okay okay now don't get mad at me but uh before you go if you would just
do me one favor okay you know we don't even need no we don't
even need no music because when it's pure you don't need nothing with you
right wait wait wait this way now don't don't run
don't run wait hey hey gordy bart hook this up you you've had it many times in
the past hook this up like you like it hooked up
and [G#m] and no hey wait wait [C] would you please michael give me a c major nine
what i mean a c major nine
_ _ [N] how do you know that's what i want _
[G] i was gonna ask you okay acapella right here oh _
sing let me hold [N] you tight
_ _ only for one night let me keep you near
_ _ _ _ and _ marla when we have to go to commercial go to commercial
but right now we all belong to luther do what you want to do brother
please please just please if y'all want to come in
if y'all know where he's at meet him y'all y'all don't meet him y'all
let me hold [Dm] you
if _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ [G] only for [F] one night _
[Am] _ let me keep you
[Dm] _ _
so [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] now _ _ [F] if only [Em] [C] for
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ two
because _ _ no one has to know if you want [E] to _ [G]
be
_ _ totally _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ discreet
i'll stay at your side _ [B] if only for one
[E] _ _ [A] yes
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
who [Bm] will be going [G] third the godfather [A] of soul [Em] james brown
and sitting in the posse at great stage
tune _ _ in _ _ and grab a slice of history
_ _ _ [N] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ oh boy oh man oh wait wait first of all
thank you america and thank you i love you there are a lot of people
i'm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sure the first night on the air my first musical guest was this man
marla i know you know this is what i wanted
_ back to the beginning the genesis of my music
hey brother see i believe that the the whole thing's gotta come full circle
see i wanted to be the first one to come out and first of all congratulate you
on all these years right okay can i say one thing now
yeah go on okay okay so _ let's just make make it a mutual
jock session okay let me jock you for a minute we want to congratulate you
because you're skinny my brother you see look at you
you're skinny _ _ i mean you're skinny i know you're happy
absolutely oh absolutely yeah go get skinny um i wanted to come out
i wanted to be the first one to tell you this
because i feel that i speak on behalf of everybody that's backstage this
you should see the party that's going on backstage people love people love this
man so unconditionally you know he's been a part of our lives he's done
so much for us and and i just wanted to tell you how much
you know i'm i'm sad but i know you and you know me and i'm and i'm happy for
you at the same time i'm i'm sad to see you go because america
is going to have a big chunk missing out of it
this is _
_ but _ _ _ if there's one thing _ that i do know
if there's one thing that i do know is that he knows what he's doing
and he's going to do the right thing and i'm going to be involved
_ _ where and whatever it is so uh i just wanted to come [G] out and say that to you i
don't want to take up all your time wait wait wait before you go before you go
okay uh hey [N] hey no no no celery sticks that's what i meant
wait _ okay okay now don't get mad at me but uh before you go if you would just
do me one favor okay you know we don't even need no we don't
even need no music because when it's pure you don't need nothing with you
right wait wait wait this way now don't don't run
don't run wait hey hey gordy bart hook this up you you've had it many times in
the past hook this up like you like it hooked up
and [G#m] and no hey wait wait [C] would you please michael give me a c major nine
what i mean a c major nine
_ _ [N] how do you know that's what i want _
[G] i was gonna ask you okay acapella right here oh _
sing let me hold [N] you tight
_ _ only for one night let me keep you near
_ _ _ _ and _ marla when we have to go to commercial go to commercial
but right now we all belong to luther do what you want to do brother
please please just please if y'all want to come in
if y'all know where he's at meet him y'all y'all don't meet him y'all
let me hold [Dm] you
if _ _ [B] _
_ [F#] _ [G] only for [F] one night _
[Am] _ let me keep you
[Dm] _ _
so [F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Dm] now _ _ [F] if only [Em] [C] for
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ two
because _ _ no one has to know if you want [E] to _ [G]
be
_ _ totally _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ discreet
i'll stay at your side _ [B] if only for one
[E] _ _ [A] yes
_ [Am] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C#] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _