Whip Appeal Live chords by Babyface

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 shape and playing E string)
C#sus4addb2:  X45774
(as barre chord on 4th relative fret)
Bm6:          7X677X
Everything else is played like normal.

  // Intro:
| Am13  Esus4  E   | Am13   B7sus4/E   E   | Am13   E7  E/G#   | Cadd9   Am13   E |
| Am13  Esus4  E   | Am13   B7sus4/E   E   | Am13   E7  E/G#   | Cadd9   Am13   E | Am   NC |
                                                                                    Somebody... (see below)

  // Verse:
NC               E   E7
Somebody told me
E
There'd be trouble at home
Am13
'Cause we never talk a lot
B7sus4/E            E
When we spend time alone
Am              Am13
So how are we supposed to know
E
Know when something is wrong
      Am                      Am7
Well, we've got a right to communicate
E                E/D
It keeps a happy home


  // Pre-chorus:
    C#m E  AM7          BM
And no one does it like me
    G#m            C#m
And no one but you baby
D7/A                            Bsus2    NC
Has that kind of whip appeal on me


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

| Click   | Click   | Click   |
                     Am   Am13
Keep on whippin' on me, yeah
           E    E7
Work it on me, yeah
              Am     Am13           E    E7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me
                    Am   Am13
Keep on whippin' on me (as you)
           E    E7
Work it on me
              Am     Am7            E    E7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me


  // Pre-chorus 2:
    C#m E  AM7          BM
And no one does it like me
    G#m            C#m
And no one but you baby
D7/A                            Bsus2
Has that kind of whip appeal on me


  // Bridge 1:
             E
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
              Bsus2   B/A
So work it on me
     G#m
It's better than love
C#m
Sweet as can be
C#m    C#5/B G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
              D   A/C#   B
So whip it on me


  // Bridge 2 (same structure as #1, but more vocal embellishments; 3 & 4 also continue/repeat):
             E
Whatever you want
                  E7sus2
It's alright with me
                       AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
              Bsus2   B/A
So work it on me
     G#m
It's better than love
C#m
Sweet as can be
C#m    C#5/B G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
              D   A/C#   B
So whip it on me

  // Bridge 3 (same structure again):
             E
Whatever you want
                  E7sus2
It's alright with me
                       AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
              Bsus2   B/A
So work it on me
     G#m
It's better than love
C#m
Sweet as can be
C#m    C#5/B G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
              D   A/C#   B
So whip it on me

  // Final Bridge (starts the same, then changes at end):
             E
Whatever you want
                  E7sus2
It's alright with me
                       AM7
'Cause you've got that whip appeal
              Bsus2   B/A
So work it on me
     G#m
It's better than love
C#m
Sweet as can be
C#m    C#5/B G#5 AM7
You've got that whip appeal
D   A/C#    B    N/C
No, no, no, no

  // Chorus 2:
                    Am   Am13
Keep on whippin' on me, yeah
           E    E7
Work it on me, yeah
              Am     Am13           E    E7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me
                    Am   Am13
Keep on whippin' on me (as you)
           E    E7
Work it on me
              Am     Am7            AM7
Whip all your sweet sweet lovin' on me


  // Outro:
AM7
AM7/G#
F#m11
E11
Bm6