Capo: 3

...SAD SONG (FA FA FA FA FA)... by Otis Redding -------------------------------................ *from 'The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul' (1966)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: Bb) Intro: G E7 Chorus 1:

^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa.

Verse 1:

^G I keep singin' them sad, sad song, y'all; Sad song is ^Call I ^Gknow. ^G I keep singin' them sad, sad song, y'all; Sad song is ^Call I ^Gknow.

Bridge 1:

^G It has a sweet melody, ^Dtonight, ^C Anybody can sing it, ^Gany old time. It got to your heart, ^Dput you in a groove, And ^Cwhen you sing this song, It will make your ^Gwhole body move. It goes;

Chorus 2:

^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa. (I'll turn); ^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn now); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa.

Verse 2:

^G All my life I've been singin' them sad songs, Trying to get my ^Cmessage to ^Gyou. ^G But you see, only song, y'all, I can sing, And when I can hear you singing, My message ^Cwill be to ^Gyou. It goes;

Chorus 3:

^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa.

Break:

It's a, ^G Lovely ^Dsong, y'all, ^Gsweet ^Cmusic, honey. It ^Gfeels to life ^Dover, it tells a story over. You ^Ggot to get your ^Dmessage; a ^Gstone ^Cmessage, honey. A ^Glovely line,^D baby, I've been ^Gwanting a ^Cline, watch it.

Interlude: G E7 Chorus 4:

^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa. (Everybody, it's good, everybody); ^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (one more time); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa. ^G Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (throw me the line y'all), Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Cfa fa ^Gfa.

(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G E7 C D EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 020100 x30210 xx0232 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Otis Redding - Sad song fa fa fa fa fa