Chord/Tab song: Whispers

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Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 16:26:51 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers 
Subject: ./w/wilson_jackie

                      "Whispers (Gettin' Louder)"
                         (B. Acklin - D. Scott)

Intro:

Chorus:

Ebmaj7     Ab     Ebmaj7     Ab
  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /

     Ebmaj7                    Ab
(The whispers gettin' louder)
                     Ebmaj7          Ab
Calling [2: out] your name          Peaches
     Ebmaj7                    Ab
(The whispers gettin' louder)
            Ebmaj7          Bb  Ab  Gm  Fm
Calling your name          Peaches

[1st time:]

 Fm  Gm      Bb      Ab      Gm    Ab  Gm  Fm  Bb
 v       v       v       v         v       v       v       v
-/---/-------/-------/-------/---|-/---/---/---/-------------------

Verse 1:

Ebmaj7         Ab
In my lonely, lonely room
       Ebmaj7                 Ab
There's nothing left but the past (nothing but the past)
  Ebmaj7            Ab
I think of how our love used to be
  Ebmaj7           Ab
And why it didn't last

Pre-chorus:

vibes arr. for guitar:

                             (Eb7)  Ab/Eb  Eb7
                              v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
                             -9---9---8-8---6-|---6-------------
                             -11--11--9-9---8-|---8-------------
                             -----------------|-----------------
                             -----------------|-----------------
                             -----------------|-----------------
                             -----------------|-----------------
   Eb7
I think of how sweet all the love was     (yeah, baby)
    Eb7                       (Eb7) Ab/Eb        Eb7
And all the good times we had             (yeah, baby)
    Eb7                          (Eb7)       Ab/Eb        Eb7
I want you to come home 'cause I feel so all alone and I feel
  (Eb7)  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               Peaches                   Don't you

                                                  Ab6  Ab
                                                   /   /
 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, little baby

Verse 2:

Every time I think about you
I can hear you calling my name (calling my name)
And every time I'm all alone
Those whispers they come back again

[repeat post-chorus]

Coda [chords as per pre-chorus]:

(The whispers gettin' louder)  Whispers gettin' louder
(The whispers gettin' louder)  Callin' your name
(The whispers gettin' louder)  Hear me, baby
(The whispers gettin' louder)  Callin' to you [fade]


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers




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