Tabs
Scandalous
Intro riff (transcribed for guitar)
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 N.C. Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 NC
E-----------4--3-----------------------4--3--------------------------4-|
B-1--2--4-------------------1--2--4-------------------------1--2--4----|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb(addG#) F minorFm BbmBbm Bb*7 NC etc
E-----------1----------------------------------------------------4---3--|
B--2-----------1--2--4-------------------------1---2---4----------------|
G------------------------3-----5---3------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 N.C.
Come closer
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 NC
Feel what you've been dyin for
Gb(addG#) F minorFm BbmBbm Bb*7 NC
Don't be afraid, baby. Touch it and explode.
(Same pattern is followed for verse 2?)
Understand, understand that I love you
Ah, but more than that, I want you
Everybody always told me good things come to those who wait
But I've got so much on the menu, I just can't, I just can't?
(until?)
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7(sus4) Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
I can't wait baby, I can't wait
Abmaj7(addE) Amaj7(addB)
baby, to wrap
Dbmaj7(addA) Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
my legs all around you girl
Gb(addG)
Cuz sugar you know you're just the kind of lover
Fm6Fm6
I've been looking for
BbmBbm
Tonight why don't we skip all the foreplay mama
Fb*7
and just get down here on the floor'
Chorus
AbAb Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Scandalous I'm talking about you and me
AbAb Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Marvelous Baby, baby, can't you see'
GbGb F minorFm
Anything you ever dreamed of I'm willing to be
BbmBbm Fb*7
Tonight is gonna be scandalous cuz tonight I'm gonna be
your fantasy
(then comes a solo-type of part ("My dearest, my dearest")
which follows this chord pattern, slightly different than before)
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 N.C. Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 NC
Gb(addG#) F minorFm BbmBbm Bb(')
Verse 3 (same as Verse 1 except where indicated *)
Whisper, whisper a question
With my body, I'll scream a reply
Ebm7*
Anything's acceptable
Just ask me and I'll try
To hell with hesitation
Bb(')*
To hell with reasons why
Outro
Essentially the same as Verse 1
Note: There are various keyboard riffs he plays
throughout the song which I will transcribe at a later date.
Chords (EADGBE)
Abmaj7Abmaj7 (4655xx)
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 (x46564)
Gb(addG#) (244324)
F minorFm (133111)
BbmBbm (x13321)
Bb*7 (012020)
Dbmaj7(sus4) (x46574)
Abmaj7(addE) (46555x)
Abmaj7(addB) (4655x7)
Dbmaj7(addA) (x47564)
Gb(addG) (xx4323)
Fm6Fm6 (133131)
AbAb (466544)
GbGb (244322)
Bb(') (xx2324)
EbM7Ebm7 (x68676)