Tuning: E A D G B E

I THANK YOU As recorded by Sam & Dave (From the 1968 Album I THANK YOU) [Intro]

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(I want everybody to get up off your seat

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And get your arms together, and your hands together

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And give me some of that o-o-old soul clapping)

[Chorus]

^EbYou didn't have to love me like you did ^EbBut you did, but you did ^EbAnd I thank you ^EbYou didn't have to squeeze me like you did ^EbBut you did, but you did ^EbAnd I thank you

[1st Verse]

^Eb7If you took your love to somewhere else ^EbI wouldn't know what it meant to be loved to death ^EbYou made me feel like I've never felt ^Eb7Kisses so good I had to h^B7oller for help

[Chorus]

^EbYou didn't have to squeeze me but you did ^EbBut you did but you did ^EbAnd I thank you ^EbYou didn't have to hold me but you did ^EbBut you did but you did ^EbAnd I thank you

[2nd Verse]

^Eb7Every day was something new ^Eb7You pull out your bag and your fine to-do ^Eb7You got me trying new things too ^Eb7Just so I can keep ^B7up with you

[Chorus]

^EbYou didn't have to shake me like you did ^EbBut you did but you did ^EbAnd I thank you ^EbYou didn't have to make it like you did ^EbBut you did but you did ^EbAnd I thank you

[3rd Verse]

^EbAll my life I've been shortchanged ^EbWithout your love baby, it's a crying shame ^EbAnd now I know what the fellas are talking about ^EbWhen they say that they ^B7been turned out

[Bridge]

^Eb7I want to thank you (thank you) Thank ^Ab7you (oh, baby) ^Eb7Thank you baby (yeah, yeah) Oh baby ^Ab7(I gotta be thanking) ^Ab7Got to say

[Interlude] Cm Db Cm Db Ab Eb [Chorus]

^EbYou didn't have to love me like you did ^EbBut you did, but you did ^Eb(And I thank you.) ^EbYou didn't have to hold me like you did ^EbBut you did, but you did ^Eb(And I thank you.)

[Outro]

^EbThank you (thank you, b^Ab7aby) Baby (^Db7Got to thank you) ^Db7Baby (oh, baby) ^B7Thank! I've! Got! I've got to (thank you baby) ^Eb7 ^Eb7Thank you baby (oh baby) ^Db ^B

Sam & Dave - I thank you