Biography:
Ray Charles (Ray Charles Robinson, Albany, Georgia, September 23, 1930 - Beverly Hills, California, June 10, 2004), was an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, and band leader.
As a rock and roll, rhythm & blues, soul, blues, jazz, country and pop musician he helped to shape the sound of rhythm & blues.
He brought a soulful sound to everything from country music ("I Can't Stop Loving You") to rock and roll ("Mess Around"), to pop standards to a now-iconic rendition of "America the Beautiful.
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Other songs:
- Baby Its Cold Outside
- Busted
- Crying Time
- Georgia On My Mind
- Hit The Road Jack
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- I Got A Woman
- If You Go Away
- Lonely Avenue
- Mess Around
- Unchain My Heart
- You Don't Know Me
- Aint That Love
- Am I Blue
- America The Beautiful
- Baby Dont You Cry
- Born To Lose
- Bulldog Bite Hunker Down Hairy Dawg
- Careless Love
- Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
- Come Back Baby
- Come Live With Me
- Come Rain Or Come Shine
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- Dont Put All Your Dreams In One Basket
- Drown In My Own Tears
- Ellie My Love
- Funny But I Still Love You
- Good Love Gone Bad
- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Hard Times No One Knows Better Than I
- Here We Go Again
- I Can See Clearly Now
- I Cant Stop Loving You
- I Dont Need No Doctor
- I Got A Woman Part 1
- If I Could
- If I Were You
- If You Were Mine
- Im Going Down To The River
- Just For A Thrill
- Lets Go Get Stoned
- My First Night Alone Without You
- My Heart Cries For You
- No Letter Today
- Rays Blues
- Shake A Tail Feather
- Sinners Prayer
- So Help Me God
- Sunshine
- Take These Chains
- Take These Chains From My Heart
- Tell All The World About You
- Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again
- That Lucky Old Sun
- That Spirit Of Christmas
- The Brightest Smile In Town
- The Jealous Kind
- Three Quarter Time
- Together Again
- Two Old Cats Like Us
- What Id Say
- What Would I Do Without You
- Without Love There Is Nothing
- You Always Miss The Water
- You Dont Know Me
- Your Cheatin Heart
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[Intro]
Daug
[Verse 1]
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb Eb7 Bbm
Come live with me and won't you be my love? (Yeah)
Eb7 Ab Db
Share my bread and wine
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb C7 Fm7 Bb7
Be wife to me, be life to me, be mine
[Chorus]
Eb Ebmaj7
Oh, come live with me
Eb Eb7 Bbm
And be my love
Eb7 Ab Db
Let our dreams combine
Eb Bb7 Eb (Bbm7 Eb7)
Be great to me, be fate to me, be mine
[Bridge]
Ab Abmaj7
With these hands
Ab Abm
I'll build a roof
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb6
To shield your head
(Dm7 G7) Cm
Yes, and with these hands
Cm7 F7
I'll carve the wood
Bb7 Cm7 Bb7
For our baby's bed
[Chorus]
Eb Ebmaj7
Oh, come live with me
Eb Eb7
And be my love
Bbm Eb7 Ab Db
So I can love you all the time
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Ab Eb
Be part of me, girl, be the heart of me, be mine
[Verse 2]
Eb7
(Why don't y'all help me now?)
Ab Abm Eb Eb7
I'll try to do my best for you, I swear, I promise you
G7 Cm Cm7
And girl, didn't I tell you, I'll cry for you, don't you know?
F7 Bb7
I will accompany you, I say my whole life through
[Outro]
B7 E Emaj7
Oh, come live with me and won't you be my love?
Bm7 E7 A (Am D)
Hey, hey, share my bread and wine
E Dbm7 Gbm7 B7 A E Gbm E
Be part of me, oh, be the heart of me, baby, please be mine
Daug
[Verse 1]
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb Eb7 Bbm
Come live with me and won't you be my love? (Yeah)
Eb7 Ab Db
Share my bread and wine
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb C7 Fm7 Bb7
Be wife to me, be life to me, be mine
[Chorus]
Eb Ebmaj7
Oh, come live with me
Eb Eb7 Bbm
And be my love
Eb7 Ab Db
Let our dreams combine
Eb Bb7 Eb (Bbm7 Eb7)
Be great to me, be fate to me, be mine
[Bridge]
Ab Abmaj7
With these hands
Ab Abm
I'll build a roof
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb6
To shield your head
(Dm7 G7) Cm
Yes, and with these hands
Cm7 F7
I'll carve the wood
Bb7 Cm7 Bb7
For our baby's bed
[Chorus]
Eb Ebmaj7
Oh, come live with me
Eb Eb7
And be my love
Bbm Eb7 Ab Db
So I can love you all the time
Eb Cm7 Fm7 Bb7 Eb Ab Eb
Be part of me, girl, be the heart of me, be mine
[Verse 2]
Eb7
(Why don't y'all help me now?)
Ab Abm Eb Eb7
I'll try to do my best for you, I swear, I promise you
G7 Cm Cm7
And girl, didn't I tell you, I'll cry for you, don't you know?
F7 Bb7
I will accompany you, I say my whole life through
[Outro]
B7 E Emaj7
Oh, come live with me and won't you be my love?
Bm7 E7 A (Am D)
Hey, hey, share my bread and wine
E Dbm7 Gbm7 B7 A E Gbm E
Be part of me, oh, be the heart of me, baby, please be mine
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