Chords for Me And Mrs. Jones (Live in England - December 1973)
Tempo:
155.1 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Bb
Gm
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Eb] I'd like to thank you.
[Ab] [Cm] I'd like to say [Eb] [Gm] it's [Ab]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Gm]
[Cm]
[Eb] I'd like to thank you.
[Ab] [Cm] I'd like to say [Eb] [Gm] it's [Ab]
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
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[Eb] I'd like to thank you. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] I'd like to say [Eb] _ _ [Gm] it's _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] a pleasure. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] Because _ when I was back in [Bb] the States, _ [G] I talked to BBC _ _ [F] about seven [Eb] times.
_ [Gm] I'm talking about long, [Ab] long distance.
[C] _ _ [Eb] And I'd like to [Gm] thank _ [Ab] my [C] English audience.
_ [Eb] _
Because without [Ab] you, I would have never won [Cm] the [Bb] 1972 Grammy Award
[Gm]
for [Ab] this particular song.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
We're going to deep in the Philadelphia [C] _
[Eb] side.
_ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Coming from Philadelphia back [C] alley. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] Philadelphia pool [Gm] room.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [C] _ The [Eb]
Philadelphia ghetto and [Ab] back streets. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
And [Gm] that's where we hooked [Ab] up.
We met.
We [Eb] started a thing [Gm] together.
Talking [Ab] about, talking about [A] me [Eb] and Mrs.
Jones.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] We started a thing.
[Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] [Ab] Going on. _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ We both know that it's wrong. _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ But it's [Ab] much too strong _ _
[Bb] _ to _ _ let it go.
_ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] We meet every day _ _ [Gm]
at _ that same cafe.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb]
I know, I know [Eb] she'll be _ there.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[D] _ _ [Cm] Holding _ _
[F] hands.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ Making all kinds of _ [F] plans. _
[Eb] All the _ _ [D] jubilees.
[Ab] Baby, [Bb] it's all _ _ _ [Fm] me. _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ Mrs.
[Eb]
Mrs.
_ Jones. _
Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
Jones.
[Cm]
[Eb] Mrs.
_ Jones. _ _
_ _ _ We [Gm] got a thing. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb]
[Ab] Going on. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ We both know that it's wrong.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [D] _ But [Bb] it's much too strong. _ _ _
_ To _ _ _ _ let it [G] go _ now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ We got to [Bb] _ be _ [Gm] extra _ careful. _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Fm] _
That [Ab] we [G] don't feel our [Bb] house up too _ high.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[D] _ Cause [Eb] _ she's [F] _ got [Gm] _ her own _ _ obligations.
_ _ _ [F] _ And so, [Dm] and _ [Ab] so do [Bb] _ _ I.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
Mrs. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Mrs.
[Eb] Jones. _ _
[Bb] Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
[Cm] Jones.
Mrs.
[Bb] Jones. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ We [Ab] got [Bb] a thing. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Going [Gbm] _ [Ab] _ on.
_ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ We both know [Ab] that it's wrong. _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F]
But it's much [B] too strong.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ To _ let it go now.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Well, it's time for us [Gm] to be leaving. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Fm] _ It hurts [Am] so much.
[Ab] It hurts so [F] much.
[Bb] So bad. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _
Now [Eb] she'll go her way.
[C] _ _
_ [Gm] _ And I'll go mine. _ _ _
_ [F] Tomorrow we'll [Eb] meet.
The [Dm] same place.
[Ab] The [Bb] same _ time.
_ [G] _
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Mrs.
_ [Bb] Mrs.
[Eb] Jones.
_ [Gm] _ [Ab] Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
[Cm] Jones.
Mrs.
[Eb] Jones.
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ We [Cm] got a thing. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Cm] We got to be extra [Ab]
careful.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ We can't afford to [Ab]
feel.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] Our house up too high.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] I want to meet.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] And talk with you.
At the same [Eb] place.
[Gm] _ [Ab] The same time.
The [G] same cafe.
[Bb] And we're going [Gm] to hold hands like [Ab] we used to.
We're going to [Cm] talk it over.
Talk it over.
[Eb] Talk it over.
Talk [G] it over.
Talk it [Ab] over.
Talk it over.
Talk it over. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] We know.
You [Eb] know.
They know.
I know. You know.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ But [Gm] I'm pretty [Ab]
strong.
_ _ [Eb] _ We got to let them know [G] now.
That we [Ab] got a thing going on.
A thing [Eb] going on.
A thing going [Ab] on.
A thing going [Bb] on.
A thing [Eb] going on.
A [Bb] thing going [Cm] on.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Gm] _ Ladies and gentlemen.
[Ab] Mr.
Billy Ball.
Mr.
[Eb] Philadelphia.
Mr. Philadelphia.
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] It _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ hurts so [Ab] much.
It [Bb] hurts _ _
_ [Eb] so [Bb] much. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Now she'll go her [Bb] way. _
[Gb] _ [Gm] _ And I'll go mine. _ _ _ _
[E] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] Tomorrow we'll meet.
[Dm] _ Same place.
[Am] The [Bb] same time. _ _
_ [Fm] Me. _ [B] Me.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I'd like to thank you. _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] I'd like to say [Eb] _ _ [Gm] it's _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Eb] a pleasure. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Ab] Because _ when I was back in [Bb] the States, _ [G] I talked to BBC _ _ [F] about seven [Eb] times.
_ [Gm] I'm talking about long, [Ab] long distance.
[C] _ _ [Eb] And I'd like to [Gm] thank _ [Ab] my [C] English audience.
_ [Eb] _
Because without [Ab] you, I would have never won [Cm] the [Bb] 1972 Grammy Award
[Gm]
for [Ab] this particular song.
_ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
We're going to deep in the Philadelphia [C] _
[Eb] side.
_ _ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] Coming from Philadelphia back [C] alley. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] Philadelphia pool [Gm] room.
_ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [C] _ The [Eb]
Philadelphia ghetto and [Ab] back streets. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _
And [Gm] that's where we hooked [Ab] up.
We met.
We [Eb] started a thing [Gm] together.
Talking [Ab] about, talking about [A] me [Eb] and Mrs.
Jones.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] We started a thing.
[Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] [Ab] Going on. _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ We both know that it's wrong. _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ But it's [Ab] much too strong _ _
[Bb] _ to _ _ let it go.
_ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Cm] We meet every day _ _ [Gm]
at _ that same cafe.
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bb]
I know, I know [Eb] she'll be _ there.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
[D] _ _ [Cm] Holding _ _
[F] hands.
_ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ Making all kinds of _ [F] plans. _
[Eb] All the _ _ [D] jubilees.
[Ab] Baby, [Bb] it's all _ _ _ [Fm] me. _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ Mrs.
[Eb]
Mrs.
_ Jones. _
Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
Jones.
[Cm]
[Eb] Mrs.
_ Jones. _ _
_ _ _ We [Gm] got a thing. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gb]
[Ab] Going on. _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ We both know that it's wrong.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [D] _ But [Bb] it's much too strong. _ _ _
_ To _ _ _ _ let it [G] go _ now. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ We got to [Bb] _ be _ [Gm] extra _ careful. _ _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Fm] _
That [Ab] we [G] don't feel our [Bb] house up too _ high.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[D] _ Cause [Eb] _ she's [F] _ got [Gm] _ her own _ _ obligations.
_ _ _ [F] _ And so, [Dm] and _ [Ab] so do [Bb] _ _ I.
_ _ [G] _ _ _
Mrs. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Mrs.
[Eb] Jones. _ _
[Bb] Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
[Cm] Jones.
Mrs.
[Bb] Jones. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ We [Ab] got [Bb] a thing. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ Going [Gbm] _ [Ab] _ on.
_ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Fm] _ We both know [Ab] that it's wrong. _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [F]
But it's much [B] too strong.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ To _ let it go now.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Well, it's time for us [Gm] to be leaving. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [Fm] _ It hurts [Am] so much.
[Ab] It hurts so [F] much.
[Bb] So bad. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [D] _
Now [Eb] she'll go her way.
[C] _ _
_ [Gm] _ And I'll go mine. _ _ _
_ [F] Tomorrow we'll [Eb] meet.
The [Dm] same place.
[Ab] The [Bb] same _ time.
_ [G] _
Yeah.
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ Mrs.
_ [Bb] Mrs.
[Eb] Jones.
_ [Gm] _ [Ab] Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
[Cm] Jones.
Mrs.
[Eb] Jones.
_ [G] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ We [Cm] got a thing. _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Cm] We got to be extra [Ab]
careful.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ We can't afford to [Ab]
feel.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] Our house up too high.
[Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [F] _ [Eb] I want to meet.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab] And talk with you.
At the same [Eb] place.
[Gm] _ [Ab] The same time.
The [G] same cafe.
[Bb] And we're going [Gm] to hold hands like [Ab] we used to.
We're going to [Cm] talk it over.
Talk it over.
[Eb] Talk it over.
Talk [G] it over.
Talk it [Ab] over.
Talk it over.
Talk it over. _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] We know.
You [Eb] know.
They know.
I know. You know.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ But [Gm] I'm pretty [Ab]
strong.
_ _ [Eb] _ We got to let them know [G] now.
That we [Ab] got a thing going on.
A thing [Eb] going on.
A thing going [Ab] on.
A thing going [Bb] on.
A thing [Eb] going on.
A [Bb] thing going [Cm] on.
_ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[Gm] _ Ladies and gentlemen.
[Ab] Mr.
Billy Ball.
Mr.
[Eb] Philadelphia.
Mr. Philadelphia.
[Bb] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Gm] It _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ [Fm] _ _ hurts so [Ab] much.
It [Bb] hurts _ _
_ [Eb] so [Bb] much. _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _
Now she'll go her [Bb] way. _
[Gb] _ [Gm] _ And I'll go mine. _ _ _ _
[E] _ [F] _ _ [Ab] Tomorrow we'll meet.
[Dm] _ Same place.
[Am] The [Bb] same time. _ _
_ [Fm] Me. _ [B] Me.
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