Everybody Needs Somebody (Ver2) by The Blues Brothers

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Song title : Everybody needs somebody to love 
Artist : blues brothers


notation :
G       ----2)-----  
D       -----------
A       -----------
E       -----------
        1 & 2 & 3 &... 

is like :
G       ----12------  
D       -----.------
A       -----.------
E       -----.------
        1 & 2. & 3 &... 

I hope that's clear enough.


theme
G       ----------------|----------------|
D       --------3---3---|--------3---3---|
A       3---3-----------|1---1-----------|
E       ----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

transition
G       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---5---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---5---6---|
A       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

G       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---6---|5---5---5---5---|5---3---2---0---|
A       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

chorus
G       ----------------|------2-----5---|----------------|------2-----5---|
D       ------2-----5---|3---------------|------2-----5---|3---------------|
A       3---------------|---------------2|3---------------|---------------2|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

G       ----------------|------2-----5---|----------------|------2-----5---|
D       ------2-----5---|3---------------|------2-----5---|3---------------|
A       3---------------|---------------2|3---------------|----------------|
D       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

transition
G       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---5---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---5---6---|
A       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

G       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       7---7---7---7---|7---7---7---6---|5---5---5---5---|5---3---2---0---|
A       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

theme x4
G       ----------------|----------------|
D       --------3---3---|--------3---3---|
A       3---3-----------|1---1-----------|
E       ----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

G       ----------------|
D       ----------------|
A       3\--------------|
E       ----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

speech x2
G       0)------2)------|3)------2)------|0)------2)------|3)------2)------|
D       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

theme x12
G       ----------------|----------------|
D       --------3---3---|--------3---3---|
A       3---3-----------|1---1-----------|
E       ----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
variation:
G       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       ----2---3-------|----0---3-------|----2---3-------|----0---3-------|
A       3-----------0---|1-----------0---|3-----------0---|1-----------0---|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |

G       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D       ----2---3---5---|----0---3-------|----2---3-------|----0---3-------|
A       3---------------|1-----------0---|3-----------0---|1-----------0---|
E       ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |


Submitted by Fred (bass-junior@caramail.com)

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