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When I Need You – Leo Sayer
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Written by: Albert Hammond/Carole Bayer Sager
From: “Endless Flight” (1976)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: soprano C
Tabbed out in friendly C. To match Leo Sayers’s recording (which is a little
flat, too) transpose this chord sheet +1 or use one of those cute ukulele
capos on the 1st fret.
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CHORDS
g-C-E-A
Fadd9 0-0-1-0
Abdim7 1-2-1-2
Dm7 2-2-1-3
Cadd9 0-2-0-3
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[Intro]
| C | C7 | F | Fm | C | Am | G | Fadd9 G |
[Verse]
When I Cneed you
I just close my eyes and I'm Gwith you
And Gall that I Abdim7so want to Amgive you
It's Amonly a heartbeat aGway
( break ]
[Verse]
Fadd9When G7I Cneed love
I hold out my hands and I Gtouch love
I Gnever knew Abdim7there was so Ammuch love
AmKeeping me warm night and Gday
( break ]
[Bridge]
AmMiles and miles of empty space in beGtween us
A Amtelephone can't take the place of your Gsmile
But you Cknow I won't be Am7traveling forDm7ever
It's Dm7cold Cadd9out, but Dm7hold Cadd9out and Fadd9do like I Fadd9do
[Verse]
When I Cneed you
I just close my eyes and I'm Gwith you
And Gall that I Abdim7so want to Amgive you, babe
It's Amonly a heartbeat aGway
( break ]
[Bridge]
AmIt's not easy when the road is your Gdriver
AmHoney, that's a heavy load that we Gbear
But you Cknow I won't be Am7traveling a Dm7lifetime
It's Dm7cold Cadd9out, but Dm7hold Cadd9out and Fadd9do like I Fadd9do
[ C ]
Oh, I need you
[Solo]
| C | C7 | F | Fm | C | Am | G | Fadd9 G |
[Verse]
When I Cneed Clove
(break)
I hold out my hands and I Gtouch love
I Gnever knew Abdim7there was so Ammuch love
AmKeeping me warm night and Gday
( break ]
[Verse]
When I Cneed you
I just close my eye-eyes G...
G And you lie heAbdim7re by my Amside
AmKeeping me warm night and Gday
( break ]
[Verse]
I just Chold out my hand, I just hold out my hand
And I'm Gwith you darling
Yes, I'm Gwith you darling, Abdim7all I want to Amgive you
Is Amonly a heartbeat aGway
( break ]
[Verse]
For I Cneed you, darling, oh, I want you
(fade out over the last three lines)