Biography:
Joan Armatrading MBE (born Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading in Basseterre, Saint Kitts on 9 December 1950) and brought up in Birmingham, England, is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Armatrading has mixed eclectic musical styles over decades of recording and performing. She has had several British hit singles, the biggest of which were "Love & Affection", "Me Myself I", and "Drop the Pilot". Her music is generally pop, with forays into rock, folk, jazz, and even reggae. Her popularity is primarily as an album artist.
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Song: Love and affection
Artist: Joan Armatrading
Composer: Joan Aramtrading
Album: Joan Armatrading
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
15th April 2014
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically
suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
C#m7 = x46600 E = 022100 G6 = 355400
F#13 = 2x4340 Fmaj7#11 = 133200 Asus2 = x02200
A6 = 507670 F#11 = 244300 Bsus4 = x24400
B6add11 = 7x9890 E5 = 079900 B/D# = x6333x
Emaj7 = 066400 Badd11 = 799800 A7/E = 002020
Aadd9 = 577600 Emaj7/G# = 466400 or x66400 B7/F# = 224242
Aadd9/G# = 477600 Bbmaj7 = x13231 A7/G = 575655
Alternative option to the Aadd9 and Aadd9/G#:
Asus2 = x02200
Asus2/G# = 402200
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
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[Verse 1]
C#m7 F#13 A6 B6add11 Emaj7
I am not in love, but I'm open to per - suasion,
Aadd9 Aadd9/G# F#11 C#m7
East or west, where's the best... for ro - mancing?
Aadd9 Aadd9/G#
With a friend... I can smile,
F#11 Aadd9
But with a lover I could hold my head back,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
I could really laugh, really laugh!
[Verse 2]
C#m7 F#11 Emaj7/G# Aadd9
Thank you, you took me dancing... 'cross the floor,
Aadd9/G# F#11 Aadd9
Cheek to cheek, but with a lover I could really move,
E5 Badd11
Really move, I could really dance, really dance, really dance,
Aadd9 Badd11 E5
Really dance, ...I could really move, ...really move,
Badd11 Aadd9
Really move, ...really move!
[Verse 3]
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Aadd9/G#
Now if I can feel the sun... in my eyes, and the rain on my face,
F#11 C#m7 Bbmaj7 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Why can't I feel--------- ...love------------------?
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
I can really love, ..really love, ...really love,
Badd11 E5 Badd11
Really love, ...really love, love, love, love, ...love, love,
Aadd9
Love, love, love!
[Verse 4]
Badd11 E5 Emaj7/G# Aadd9 Badd11 E5
Now I got all--------- the friends that I want,
(Oh, baby, lover, oo - hoo!)
Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
I may need more----,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
But I shall just stick to those that I have got! | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
Asus2 Bsus4
With friends I still feel so insecure,
C#m7 B/D#
Little darling, I believe you can help me a lot,
A7/E B7/F#
Just take my hand and lead me where you will,
A7/G Badd11
No conversation, no wave goodnight!
[Verse 6]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Just make love-------------- ...with affection,
(Well, baby, lover----!)
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing me another love song, but this time with a little dedication,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Sing it, sing it, (Sing it, sing it!) you know that's what I like,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Lover , oo - hoo, once more with feeling,
Badd11 G6 F#11 Fmaj7#11 E5
Give me love, give me love, give me love, ...love------!
[Break]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x3]
G6 F#11 Fmaj7#11 E
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 7]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Make love---------------- ...with affection,
(Well, baby, lover, oo-hoo!)
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing me another love song, but this time with a little dedication,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing it, sing it! (Sing it, sing it!)
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
You know that's what I like, lover, oo-hoo, ...once more with feel- ing!
(Oh, baby!)
[Verse 8]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing me another love song, but this time with a little dedication,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing it, sing it! (Sing it, sing it!)
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
You know that's what I like, lover, oo-hoo, ...with affection,
(Oh, baby!)
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Oo - hoo! with a little dedication!
[Coda]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Lover, oo - hoo! once more with a - feeling,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
oo - hoo! you know that's what I like,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11 E
Lover, oo -hoo! Oo - hoo-----------------!
e |---------0-------------|[Repeat]
B |---2--h4---p4--p2--0---|
G |-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|
=================================================================================
An alternative way to play Verse 5, without the ascending bass note:
[Verse 5]
Asus2 Bsus4
With friends I still feel so insecure,
C#m7 Badd11
Little darling, I believe you can help me a lot,
Aadd9 Badd11
Just take my hand and lead me where you will,
Aadd9 Badd11
No conversation, no wave goodnight!
Artist: Joan Armatrading
Composer: Joan Aramtrading
Album: Joan Armatrading
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar.com)
15th April 2014
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically
suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
C#m7 = x46600 E = 022100 G6 = 355400
F#13 = 2x4340 Fmaj7#11 = 133200 Asus2 = x02200
A6 = 507670 F#11 = 244300 Bsus4 = x24400
B6add11 = 7x9890 E5 = 079900 B/D# = x6333x
Emaj7 = 066400 Badd11 = 799800 A7/E = 002020
Aadd9 = 577600 Emaj7/G# = 466400 or x66400 B7/F# = 224242
Aadd9/G# = 477600 Bbmaj7 = x13231 A7/G = 575655
Alternative option to the Aadd9 and Aadd9/G#:
Asus2 = x02200
Asus2/G# = 402200
Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks
====================================================================
[Verse 1]
C#m7 F#13 A6 B6add11 Emaj7
I am not in love, but I'm open to per - suasion,
Aadd9 Aadd9/G# F#11 C#m7
East or west, where's the best... for ro - mancing?
Aadd9 Aadd9/G#
With a friend... I can smile,
F#11 Aadd9
But with a lover I could hold my head back,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
I could really laugh, really laugh!
[Verse 2]
C#m7 F#11 Emaj7/G# Aadd9
Thank you, you took me dancing... 'cross the floor,
Aadd9/G# F#11 Aadd9
Cheek to cheek, but with a lover I could really move,
E5 Badd11
Really move, I could really dance, really dance, really dance,
Aadd9 Badd11 E5
Really dance, ...I could really move, ...really move,
Badd11 Aadd9
Really move, ...really move!
[Verse 3]
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Aadd9/G#
Now if I can feel the sun... in my eyes, and the rain on my face,
F#11 C#m7 Bbmaj7 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Why can't I feel--------- ...love------------------?
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
I can really love, ..really love, ...really love,
Badd11 E5 Badd11
Really love, ...really love, love, love, love, ...love, love,
Aadd9
Love, love, love!
[Verse 4]
Badd11 E5 Emaj7/G# Aadd9 Badd11 E5
Now I got all--------- the friends that I want,
(Oh, baby, lover, oo - hoo!)
Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
I may need more----,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
But I shall just stick to those that I have got! | / / / / |
[Verse 5]
Asus2 Bsus4
With friends I still feel so insecure,
C#m7 B/D#
Little darling, I believe you can help me a lot,
A7/E B7/F#
Just take my hand and lead me where you will,
A7/G Badd11
No conversation, no wave goodnight!
[Verse 6]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Just make love-------------- ...with affection,
(Well, baby, lover----!)
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing me another love song, but this time with a little dedication,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Sing it, sing it, (Sing it, sing it!) you know that's what I like,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Lover , oo - hoo, once more with feeling,
Badd11 G6 F#11 Fmaj7#11 E5
Give me love, give me love, give me love, ...love------!
[Break]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
||: / / / / | / / / / :|| [x3]
G6 F#11 Fmaj7#11 E
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 7]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Make love---------------- ...with affection,
(Well, baby, lover, oo-hoo!)
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing me another love song, but this time with a little dedication,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing it, sing it! (Sing it, sing it!)
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
You know that's what I like, lover, oo-hoo, ...once more with feel- ing!
(Oh, baby!)
[Verse 8]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing me another love song, but this time with a little dedication,
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9
Sing it, sing it! (Sing it, sing it!)
Badd11 E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
You know that's what I like, lover, oo-hoo, ...with affection,
(Oh, baby!)
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Oo - hoo! with a little dedication!
[Coda]
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
Lover, oo - hoo! once more with a - feeling,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11
oo - hoo! you know that's what I like,
E5 Badd11 Aadd9 Badd11 E
Lover, oo -hoo! Oo - hoo-----------------!
e |---------0-------------|[Repeat]
B |---2--h4---p4--p2--0---|
G |-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|
A |-----------------------|
E |-----------------------|
=================================================================================
An alternative way to play Verse 5, without the ascending bass note:
[Verse 5]
Asus2 Bsus4
With friends I still feel so insecure,
C#m7 Badd11
Little darling, I believe you can help me a lot,
Aadd9 Badd11
Just take my hand and lead me where you will,
Aadd9 Badd11
No conversation, no wave goodnight!
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