Whip Appeal Live chords by Babyface

Chords with lyrics

Whip Appeal
by Babyface (Kenneth Edmonds)
as performed on the live album ?MTV Unplugged NYC 1997?
Because of bring Unplugged, the chords and whole song structure
is very different to the ?Tender Lover? version.

Capo 4 - Standard Tuning
Some chord voicings are more straighforward
when played this way (the hand moves to these positions more easily:
B7sus4/E:   022202 (actually is Esus2sus4)
Am13:     X02012
Cadd9:    X32030
E/G#:     476454
(as barre chord on 4th relative fret with C majorC shape and playing E MajorE string)
C#sus4addb2: X45774
(as barre chord on 4th relative fret)
Bm6:     7X677X
Everything else is played like normal.

 // Intro:
| Am13Am13 Esus4Esus4 E MajorE  | Am13Am13  B7sus4/E  E MajorE  | Am13Am13  E7E7 E/G#  | Cadd9Cadd9  Am13Am13  E MajorE |
| Am13Am13 Esus4Esus4 E MajorE  | Am13Am13  B7sus4/E  E MajorE  | Am13Am13  E7E7 E/G#  | Cadd9Cadd9  Am13Am13  E MajorE | A minorAm  NC |
                                          Somebody... (see below)

 // Verse:
NC        E MajorE  E7E7
Somebody told me
E MajorE
There'd be trouble at home
Am13Am13
'Cause we never talk a lot
B7sus4/E      E MajorE
When we spend time alone
A minorAm       Am13Am13
So how are we supposed to know
E MajorE
Know when something is wrong
   A minorAm           Am7Am7
Well, we've got a right to communicate
E MajorE        E/D
It keeps a happy home


 // Pre-chorus:
  C# minorC#m E MajorE AM7     BM
And no one does it like me
  G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m
And no one but you baby
D7/A              Bsus2Bsus2  NC
Has that kind of whip appeal on me

 // Chorus:
| Click  | Click  | Click  | Click  |

| Click  | Click  | Click  |
           A minorAm  Am13Am13
Keep on whippin' on me, yeah
      E MajorE  E7E7
Work it on me, yeah
       A minorAm   Am13Am13      E MajorE  E7E7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me
          A minorAm  Am13Am13
Keep on whippin' on me (as you)
      E MajorE  E7E7
Work it on me
       A minorAm   Am7Am7      E MajorE  E7E7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me


 // Pre-chorus 2:
  C# minorC#m E MajorE AM7     BM
And no one does it like me
  G# minorG#m      C# minorC#m
And no one but you baby
D7/A              Bsus2Bsus2
Has that kind of whip appeal on me


 // Bridge 1:
       E MajorE
Whatever you want (Whatever you want baby)
         E7sus2
It's alright with me (yeah it's alright with me)
            AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
       Bsus2Bsus2  B/A
So work it on me
   G# minorG#m
It's better than love
C# minorC#m
Sweet as can be
C# minorC#m  C#5/B G#5G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
       D MajorD  A/C#A/C#  BB
So whip it on me


 // Bridge 2 (same structure as #1, but more vocal embellishments; 3 & 4 also continue/repeat):
       E MajorE
Whatever you want
         E7sus2
It's alright with me
            AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
       Bsus2Bsus2  B/A
So work it on me
   G# minorG#m
It's better than love
C# minorC#m
Sweet as can be
C# minorC#m  C#5/B G#5G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
       D MajorD  A/C#A/C#  BB
So whip it on me

 // Bridge 3 (same structure again):
       E MajorE
Whatever you want
         E7sus2
It's alright with me
            AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
       Bsus2Bsus2  B/A
So work it on me
   G# minorG#m
It's better than love
C# minorC#m
Sweet as can be
C# minorC#m  C#5/B G#5G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
       D MajorD  A/C#A/C#  BB
So whip it on me

 // Final Bridge (starts the same, then changes at end):
       E MajorE
Whatever you want
         E7sus2
It's alright with me
            AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
       Bsus2Bsus2  B/A
So work it on me
   G# minorG#m
It's better than love
C# minorC#m
Sweet as can be
C# minorC#m  C#5/B G#5G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
D MajorD  A/C#A/C#  BB  N/C
No, no, no, no

 // Chorus 2:
          A minorAm  Am13Am13
Keep on whippin' on me, yeah
      E MajorE  E7E7
Work it on me, yeah
       A minorAm   Am13Am13      E MajorE  E7E7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me
          A minorAm  Am13Am13
Keep on whippin' on me (as you)
      E MajorE  E7E7
Work it on me
       A minorAm   Am7Am7      AM7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me


 // Outro:
AM7
AM7/G#
F#m11F#m11
E11E11
Bm6Bm6