...TAKE YO' PRAISE... by Camille Yarbrough ---------------------..................... *from 'The Iron Pot Cooker' (1975)* Intro: (n.C) We've come a long, long way together, through the hard times and the good. I have to, celebrate you, baby, I have to praise you like I should. Chorus 1:

You're so ^G#7rare, you're so ^A#7fine;^C#7 I'm so ^D#7glad you're ^G#7mine. You're so ^G#7rare, you're so ^A#7fine;^C#7 I'm so ^D#7glad you're ^G#7mine.

Verse 1:

You make me ^G#7glad, I'm a ^D#7woman, 'cos you're a ^F#feeling, thinking ^G#7man. And anytime, I know you're ^D#7needing; I'm going to ^F#please you every way I ^G#7can.

Chorus 2:

You're so ^G#7rare, you're so ^A#7fine;^C#7 I'm so ^D#7glad you're ^G#7mine. You're so ^G#7rare, you're ^A#7so fine;^C#7 you've cleared the ^D#7questions from my ^G#7mind.

Verse 2:

I was a-^G#7fraid to say; I ^D#7love you, afraid to ^F#take and too eager to ^G#7give. You helped me deal with what I'm ^D#7feeling, with ^F#why and how, I want to ^G#7live.

Chorus 3:

You're so ^G#7rare, man, you're ^A#7so fine;^C#7 you know I'm ^D#7so glad you're ^G#7mine. You're so ^G#7rare, man, you're ^A#7so fine;^C#7 I'm ^D#7sho' nuff glad your ^G#7mine.

Verse 3:

I have to ^G#7praise you, when you ^D#7hold me, when you ^F#work your way a-^G#7round. Ain't a part of me left ^D#7over,^F# that your sweet love ain't ^G#7found.

You make my ^G#7moan turn to ^D#7whisper, you make my ^F#whisper, turn to ^G#7call. You make me scream and scream that, I ^D#7love you, When you, (^F#when you), make me rise and ^G#7fall.

Chorus 4:

You're so ^G#7rare, and you're ^A#7so fine;^C#7 I'm so ^D#7very, very ^G#7glad you're mine. You're so ^G#7rare, yu're so ^A#7fine,^C#7 oh, (oh), ^D#7you're mine, you're ^G#7mine.

Verse 5:

You know I ^G#7want the best for you ^D#7baby, and what you ^F#want, I want for ^G#7you. And we can work together ^D#7baby, to ^F#see it, to see it all come ^G#7true.

Chorus 5:

'Cos you're so ^G#7rare and you're ^A#7so fine, ^C#7 And Lord ^D#7knows; I'm so ^G#7very glad you're mine. You're so ^G#7rare, so rare and you're so ^A#7very, very fine; ^C#7 Oh, you cleared all the ^D#7questions ^G#7from my mind.

Verse 6:

We've come a ^G#7long, long way to-^D#7gether, Through the ^F#hard times and the ^G#7good. I'm going to take this day to celebrate you ^D#7baby; ^F# 'Cos I have to stop and ^G#7praise you, like I should.

Chorus 6:

You're so ^G#7rare, take yo' praise, and you're ^A#7so fine, ^C#7 And I ^D#7hope you know, I'm ^G#7glad you're mine. Take yo' ^G#7praise; you're so rare, take yo' ^A#7praise; you're so fine...

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Camille Yarbrough - Take yo praise