Chords with lyrics
"Whispers (Gettin' Louder)"
(B. Acklin - D. Scott)
Intro:
Chorus:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
(The whispers ...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
Calling [2: out] ...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
(The whispers ...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Bb majorBb AbAb G minorGm F minorFm
Calling your ...
[1st time:]
F minorFm G minorGm Bb majorBb AbAb G minorGm AbAb G minorGm F minorFm Bb majorBb
v v v v v v v v
-/---/-------/-------/-------/---|-/---/---/---/-------------------
Verse 1:
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
In my lonely...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
There's nothing left ...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
I think of how our ...
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 AbAb
And why it ...
Pre-chorus:
vibes arr. for guitar:
(Eb7Eb7) Ab/Eb Eb7Eb7
v v v v v v v v
-9---9---8-8---6-|---6-------------
-11--11--9-9---8-|---8-------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
Eb7Eb7
I think of how sweet all the ...
Eb7Eb7 (Eb7Eb7) Ab/Eb Eb7Eb7
And all the good ....
Eb7Eb7 (Eb7Eb7) Ab/Eb Eb7Eb7
I want you to come home ...
(Eb7Eb7) Ab/Eb
So sad
[repeat chorus]
Post-chorus:
(acapella w/bass):
v v v v v v v v
---------------------------------|-----------------1---1-----------
-1---------------1---1-----------|---------1---------------3---1---
-----1---3---1-----------4---3---|-1---3-------1-------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
Don't you hear it ...
Ab6Ab6 AbAb
/ /
v v v v v v v v
---------------------------------|-----------------1---1-----------
-1---------------1---1-----------|---------1---------------3---1---
-----1---3---1-----------4---3---|-1---3-------1-------------------
---------------------------------|---------------------------------
hear it, ....
Verse 2:
Every time I think ...
[repeat post-chorus]
Coda [chords as per pre-chorus]:
(The whispers gettin' louder) ....[fade]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers