Capo: 3

...FA-FA-FA-FA-FA (SAD SONG)... by Otis Redding -------------------------------................ *from 'The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul' (1966)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: D#) Intro: F A7 Chorus 1:

^F Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Ffa fa ^Ffa.

Verse 1:

^F I keep singin' them sad, sad songs, y'all; sad song is ^Fall I ^Fknow. ^F I keep singin' them sad, sad songs, y'all; sad song is ^Fall I ^Fknow.

Bridge 1:

^F It has a sweet melody, ^Gtonight, ^F Anybody can sing it, ^Fany old time. It got to your heart, ^Gput you in a groove, And ^Fwhen you sing this song, It will make your ^Fwhole body move. It goes;

Chorus 2:

^F Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Ffa fa ^Ffa. (I'll turn); ^F Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn now); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Ffa fa ^Ffa.

Verse 2:

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

Chorus 3:

^F Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa, (your turn); Fa fa fa fa, fa ^Ffa fa ^Ffa.

Break:

It's a,^F lovely ^Gsong, y'all, ^Fsweet ^Fmusic, honey. It ^Ffeels to life ^Gover, it tells a story over. You ^Fgot to get your ^Gmessage; a ^Fstone ^Fmessage, honey. A ^Flovely line,^G baby, I've been ^Fwanting a ^Fline, watch it.

Interlude: F A7 Chorus 4:

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

(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- F A7 F G 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