Chord/Tab song: Wrote a Song for Everyone

Chord,Tablature, lyric, sheet, guitar, ukulele song: Wrote a Song for Everyone - ( Wrote A Song For Everyone - Mavis Staples Tabbed by: ...)

5 years ago779 Mavis Staples
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Wrote A Song For Everyone - Mavis Staples


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Tabbed by: Magic Bear
E-mail: sfloody17@bellsouth.net

Tuning: Down a Whole Step, DGCFAD

Intro Riff:



e|-----3--3--------0---0---0-------2----------------------------------------|
B|-----3--3--------1---1---1-------3----------------------------------------|
G|-----0--0--------0---0---0-------2----------------------------------------|
D|-----0--0--------2---2---2-------0----------------------------------------|
A|-----2--2---2-2--3---3---3------------------------------------------------|
E|-----3--3-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Intro x2

Verse 1:
[G]Met myself a c[D]omin' co[C]unty welfare l[G]ine.

[G]I was feelin' st[C]rung out, Hu[G]ng out on the l[D]ine.

[G]Saw myself a g[D]oin', do[Em]wn to war in J[C]une.

[G]I want, All[D] I want is to [C]write myself a [G]tune.

For the Chorus, Change From the G to the C in the same style as the Intro Riff

CHORUS:
[C]Wrote A Song For E[G]v'ryone,

[C]Wrote a song for [G]truth.

[C]Wrote A Song For E[G]v'ryone[Em]

And I c[C]ouldn't even talk to yo[G]u.


Intro Riff

Verse 2:
Got myself arrested, Wound me up in jail.
Richmond 'bout to blow up, Communication failed.
If you see the answer, now's the time to say.
All I want, All I want is to get you down to pray.

CHORUS

Guitar Solo
Use Verse Chords

CHORUS

Saw the people standin' thousand years in chains.
Somebody said it's diff'rent now, look, it's just the same.
Pharaohs spin the message, round and round the truth.
They could have saved a million people, How can I tell you?

CHORUS
CHORUS
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There Are a couple of weird rhythms in the song, just listen to it a couple of times and
play around with your strumming patter and you'll get it.

Email me with any questions

-The Magic Bear

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