Lauryn Hill - The sweetest thing
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbfEcgJ5UBA
Tuning: Standard
Notes: Pretty straightforward song, I've added the small yet important Dm7-C#m7-Cm7/Cm7-C#m7-Dm7 transitions'
details, under [Picking Detail]. Happy playing!
[Chords]
Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 D#maj7 F#m7 Bm7 Gm7 C9
e|--5-----4-----3-----6-----2-----2-----3-----x---|
B|--6-----5-----4-----8-----2-----3-----3-----3---|
G|--5-----4-----3-----7-----2-----2-----3-----3---|
D|--7-----6-----5-----8-----2-----4-----3-----2---|
A|--5-----4-----3-----6-----4-----2-----5-----3---|
E|--x-----x-----x-----x-----2-----x-----3-----x---|
[Picking Detail]
Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
e|--8--5--7--4--6--3---|---6--3--7--4--8--5---|
B|--6-----5-----4------|---4-----5-----6------|
G|--5-----4-----3------|---3-----4-----5------|
D|--7-----6-----5------|---5-----6-----7------|
A|--5-----4-----3------|---3-----4-----5------|
E|--x-----x-----x------|---x-----x-----x------|
[Intro]
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
[Verse 1]
Dm7 The sweetest thing I've ever known Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Was like a kiss on the collarbone Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Soft caress of happiness Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
The way you walk, your style of dressCm7 C#m7 Dm7
I wish I didn't get so weak Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Ooo, baby, just to hear you speak Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Makes me argue just to see Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
How much you're in love with me Cm7
[Chorus 1]
See, like a D#maj7queen, a quDm7een uCm7pon her throne Cm7 C#m7
It was the Dm7sweet, sweet, Dm7sweetest C#m7thing I Cm7know Cm7 C#m7
It was the Dm7sweet, sweet, Dm7sweetest C#m7thing I Cm7know Cm7 C#m7
[Verse 2]
Dm7 I get mad when you walk away Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
So I tell you "Leave", when I mean "Stay"Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Warm as the sun dipped in blackDm7 D#m7 Cm7
Fingertips on the small of my backCm7 C#m7 Dm7
More valuable than Dm7all D#m7I Cm7own Cm7 C#m7
Dm7 Like your precious, precious, precious, precious, Dm7preciD#m7ous dCm7ark skin tone Cm7 C#m7
[Bridge]
It was the Dm7sweet, sweet, Dm7sweetest C#m7thing I Cm7know
It was the...F#m7
Bm7Ah, F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7I tried to explainF#m7 Bm7
Gm7 C9Ah, Gm7 C9 Gm7but baby, it's in C9vain Gm7 C9
[Verse 3]
Dm7 Speaking on my mother's phoneDm7 D#m7 Cm7
The touching makes me think I'm grownCm7 C#m7 Dm7
Sweet prince of the ghettoDm7 D#m7 Cm7
Your kisses taste like amarettoCm7 C#m7 Dm7
Intoxicating, Dm7oh, D#m7so Cm7 intoxicating Cm7 C#m7
Dm7 How sad, how sad that Dm7all D#m7things Cm7come to an end
[Chorus 2]
But then aD#maj7gain, Dm7 I'm, I'm Cm7not alone Cm7 C#m7
It was the Dm7sweet, sweet, Dm7sweetest C#m7thing I Cm7know Cm7 C#m7
It was the Dm7sweet, Dm7sweetest C#m7thing I Cm7know
[Outro]
F#m7 Bm7I F#m7 Bm7 someF#m7times watch Bm7you in your sleep F#m7 Bm7
Gm7 C9Ah, Gm7 C9 excuse Gm7me if I get C9too cheesyGm7, C9 hey
It was the Dm7sweet, sweet, Dm7sweetest C#m7thing I Cm7know...