Biography:
Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American rhythm and blues singer.
Most of her career has been as lead singer for The Staple Singers. She first recorded solo for the Stax subsidiary Volt in 1969. Subsequent efforts included a Curtis Mayfield-produced soundtrack on Curtom, a nod to disco for Warner Bros. Records in 1979, a stab at electro-pop with Holland-Dozier-Holland in 1984, and a collaboration with Prince in the late
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[Intro]
F
[Verse]
(Mavis Staples)
F
Sometimes I get so worried
F
I don't know what to do
Gm
But all the things I worry about
F Bb
Very few of them come true
F
And when they do I call on you
(Jeff Tweedy)
F
Every time I get crowded
F
Sometimes I just can't breathe
Gm
I try not to think about it
F Bb
When I feel it coming over me
F
I know exactly what I need
[Chorus]
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I'll always be your friend
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I can count on you to the end
[Verse]
(Mavis Staples)
F
Sometimes I feel like talking
F
And then I don't know what to say
(Jeff Tweedy)
Gm
Sometimes I have the answers
F Bb
But my questions get taken away
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
F
That's when I always call your name
[Chorus]
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I'll always be your friend
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I can count on you to the end
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I'll always be your friend
Bb Gm
Ain't no doubt about it
F Bb
I can count on you (Count on you to the end)
F
To the end
[Outro]
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
F
Every time I get worried
F
When I don't know what to do
Gm
I think of all the things I've worried about
F Bb
How few of them ever came true
F
If that don't work I'll call on you
F
[Verse]
(Mavis Staples)
F
Sometimes I get so worried
F
I don't know what to do
Gm
But all the things I worry about
F Bb
Very few of them come true
F
And when they do I call on you
(Jeff Tweedy)
F
Every time I get crowded
F
Sometimes I just can't breathe
Gm
I try not to think about it
F Bb
When I feel it coming over me
F
I know exactly what I need
[Chorus]
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I'll always be your friend
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I can count on you to the end
[Verse]
(Mavis Staples)
F
Sometimes I feel like talking
F
And then I don't know what to say
(Jeff Tweedy)
Gm
Sometimes I have the answers
F Bb
But my questions get taken away
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
F
That's when I always call your name
[Chorus]
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I'll always be your friend
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I can count on you to the end
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
Bb F
Ain't no doubt about it
Gm F
I'll always be your friend
Bb Gm
Ain't no doubt about it
F Bb
I can count on you (Count on you to the end)
F
To the end
[Outro]
(Jeff Tweedy + Mavis Staples)
F
Every time I get worried
F
When I don't know what to do
Gm
I think of all the things I've worried about
F Bb
How few of them ever came true
F
If that don't work I'll call on you
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