20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Commodores

The Commodores: The Definitive Collection

Nightshift

The Commodores were a highly successful soul/funk band in the 1970s. They met as freshmen at Tuskegee Institute, and signed to Motown having first caught the public eye supporting The Jackson Five on tour.  Original Band Personnel      * Lionel Richie (vocals, saxophone, piano) - born on 20 June 1949, in Tuskegee, Alabama.     * Thomas McClary (lead guitar) - born on 6 October 1950, in Eustis, Florida.     * Milan Williams (keyboards) - born on 28 March 1948, died June 9th, 2006 in Houston.     * William King (trumpet) - born on 30 January 1949, in Florida. 

Nightshift

Intro:

G  Em, D, C  Em7, D

Verse 1:

G       Em        D
 Marvin, he was a friend of mine,
             C                         D
And he could sing a song, his heart in every line.
G       Em           D
 Marvin, sang of the joy and pain,
          C                            D
He opened up our minds and I still can hear him say;

Bridge 1:

    Em             C                   D
Aw, talk to me, so you can see; what's going on.
Em             C                    Em7
 Say you will, sing your songs, for-evermore, evermore.

Chorus 1:

              G             Em                  D
Gonna be some sweet sounds, coming down, on the night shift.
             C                               G
I bet you're singing proud, oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd.
           G                         Em              D
Gonna be a long night; it's gonna be alright, on the night shift.
                C                          D                G           Em7
Oh, you found a-nother home, I know you're not alone on the night shift.
            C                          D                G
You found a-nother home, I know you're not alone on the night shift.

Interlude:

G  Em, C  D

Verse 2:

G       Em  C              D
 Jackie,     hey, what you doing now?
              C                       D
It seems like yesterday, when we were working out.
G        Em   C       D
 Jackie,  you set the world on fire.
             C                       D
You came and gifted us; your love it lifted us, higher and higher.

Bridge 2:

Em              C               D
 Keep it up and we'll be there, at your side.
    Em            C                    Em7
Oh, say you will, sing your songs, for-evermore, evermore, evermore.

Chorus 2:

              G             Em                  D
Gonna be some sweet sounds, coming down, on the night shift.
             C                               G
I bet you're singing proud, oh, I bet you'll pull a crowd.
           G                         Em              D
Gonna be a long night; it's gonna be alright, on the night shift.
                C                          D                G           Em7
Oh, you found a-nother home, I know you're not alone on the night shift.
            C                          D                G
You found a-nother home, I know you're not alone on the night shift.

(Repeat to Fade)

Easy - The Commodores 
  Lionel Ritchie

        (G# Cm A#m D#)x2

        G#              Cm                     A#m           D#
Verse   Know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain
        G#         Cm            A#m      D#
        Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow
        G#       Cm                         A#m        D#
        Seems to me girl you know I've done all I can
        G#        Cm               A#m              D#
        You see I beg, stole and I borrowed ...     yeah  ooh

                        G#  Cm A#m     D#                G#     Cm A#m D#
  Ref:  That's why I'm easy        I'm easy like sunday morning
                        G#  Cm A#m     D#                G# A#m B  G#
        That's why I'm easy        I'm easy like sunday mooooooooorning

        G#              Cm                     A#m           D#
Verse   Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?
        G#         Cm            A#m      D#
        I've paid my dues to make it
        G#       Cm                         A#m        D#
        Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be
        G#        Cm               A#m              D#
        

                   C#           A#m
Bridge  I wanna be high     so high
                   C#                             A#m
        I wanna be free to know the things I do alright
                   C#            A#m         B F# B C#
        I wanna be free     just me   oh baby         uh

Easy

G# Cm A#m D#

G#             Cm
Know it sounds funny
                 A#m            D#
But I just can't stand the pain
G#m      Cm                A#m     D#
   Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow
G#m      Cm 
Seems to me girl
                   A#m        D#
You know I've done all I can
G#       Cm
You see I begged, stole
          A#m     D#    D#   D#
And I borrowed
                    G#    Cm   A#m
Ooh, that's why I'm easy
    D#                  G#    Cm   A#m   D#
I'm easy like sunday morning
                G#   Cm   A#m
That's why I'm easy
     D#                 G#   A#m  B  G#
I'm easy like sunday morning
G#         Cm
Why in the world
                  A#m            D#
Would anybody put chains on me?
G#      Cm              A#m      D#
   I've paid my dues to make it
G#             Cm
Everbody wants me to be
          A#m           D#
What they want me to be
G#      Cm           A#m         D#        D#
I'm not happy when I try to fake it! No!
                    G#    Cm   A#m
Ooh, that's why I'm easy
    D#                  G#    Cm   A#m   D#
I'm easy like sunday morning
                G#   Cm   A#m
That's why I'm easy
     D#                 G#   A#m  B  G#
I'm easy like sunday morning
           C#       A#m
I wanna be high, so high
           C#                               A#m
I wanna be free to know the things I do are right
           C#        A#m   B  F#  B  C#
I wanna be free Just me, babe!
                    G#    Cm   A#m
Ooh, that's why I'm easy
    D#                  G#    Cm   A#m   D#
I'm easy like sunday morning
                G#   Cm   A#m
That's why I'm easy
     D#                G#   A#m  B
I'm easy like sunday morning
                    G#    Cm   A#m
Ooh, that's why I'm easy
    D#                  G#    Cm   A#m   D#
I'm easy like sunday morning
                G#   Cm   A#m
That's why I'm easy
     D#                 G#   A#m  B  G#
I'm easy like sunday morning

Like Sunday Morning

Intro:

C, Dm, C

Verse 1:

C
 Sail on down the line,
         Dm
About a, half a mile or so.
Don't really wanna know,
C
 Where you're going.

C
 Maybe once or twice you see,
Dm
 Time after time I tried,
To hold on to what we got,
    C
But now you're going.

Chorus 1:

F            G
 And I don't mind,
          C             C/B   Am      C7
About the things you're gonna sail on,
F              G            C    C/B  Am, C7
 I give all my money and my time.
F              G
 I know it's a shame,
        C          C/B       Am
But I'm giving you back your name,
G      F
 Yeah, yeah.

Bridge 1:

     F       C     Dm
Yes, I'll be on my way,
  F        C       Dm
I won't be back to stay.
  F          C      Dm
I guess I'll move a-long,
                  C      G
I'm looking for a good...time.

Interlude:

C, Dm, C

Verse 2:

C
 Sail on down the line, it's,
Dm
 Funny how the time can go,
Friends says they told me so,
       C
But it doesn't matter.

C
 It was plain to see,
     Dm
That a small town boy like me,
Just wasn't your cup of tea,
      C
I was wishful thinking.

Chorus 2:

F              G
 I gave you my heart,
      C        C/B      Am     C7
And I tried to make you happy,
F                G             C    C/B  Am
 And you gave me nothing in re-turn.
C7           F                G
 You know it ain't so hard to say;
          C           C/B  Am
Would you please just go a-way...
G      F
 Yeah, yeah.

Bridge 2:

     F        C      Dm
I've thrown away the blues,
    F        C     Dm
I'm tired of being used.
       F     C      Dm
I want every-one to know,
                  C      G
I'm looking for a good...time.
Bb    F     G
 Good time...

Coda:

Fmaj7     Em7
 Sail on, honey,
Fmaj7              Em7     Dm7
 Good times, never felt so good.

Fmaj7     Em7
 Sail on, honey,
Fmaj7              Em7     Dm7
 Good times, never felt so good.

(Repeat to Fade)

Sail On

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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Zebra

C                     G
Se a vida as vezes dá uns dias de segundos cinzas
           Am           F
E o tempo tic taca devagar
         Dm                   Am
Ponha o teu melhor vestido, brilha teu sorriso
      F              C
Vem pra cá, vem pra cá

                                     G
Se a vida muitas vezes só chuvisca, só garôa
        Am               F
E tudo não parece funcionar
         Dm                  Am
Deixe esse problema a toa, pra ficar na boa
      C
Vem pra cá

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                  C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá

refrão:
           Am            F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C           G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C          E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
            F                 C                 G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            Am
Do lado de cá

             Am7M            Am7
A vida é agora, vê se não demora
  Dm            E7
Pra recomeçar
Am           Am7M          Am7
É so ter vontade de felicidade
  Dm     G
Pra pular

Refrão:
            Am              F
Do lado de cá, a vista é bonita
          C        G
A maré é boa de provar
            Am                 F
Do lado de cá, eu vivo tranquila
                  C         E7
E o meu corpo dança sem parar
              F                C                  G
Do lado de cá, tem música, amigos e alguém para amar
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            C G Am F
Do lado de cá
            ( C G Am F ) (2x)
Do lado de cá

Do Lado De Cá

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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Better Than

Intro: C F C

C                             C6      C
Baby when I met you there was peace unknown
                            C6         C7
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb.
      F                                     C  
I was soft inside there was something going on.

C                             C6      C
You do something to me that I can't explain
                     C6      C7         F                
Hold me closer and I feel no pain every beat of my heart
                       C           
We got something going on.

C              Fmaj7
Tender love is blind
              F
It requires a dedication.
Fm
All this love we feel needs no conversation.
   C                C6 C
We ride it together uh huh
       C                    C6 C
Making love with each other uh huh.

C
Islands in the stream
C6      F
That is what we are
Dm                        G
No one in between how can we be wrong?
      C           C6  F
Sail away with me to another world
         C                C6 C
And we rely on each other uh huh
         Dm               C6 C
From one lover to another uh huh.

C                               C6      C
I can't live without you if the love is gone
                               C6     C7
Everything is nothing when you got no one
            F
And you did walk in the night
                           C6   C
Slowly losing sight of the real thing.

    C                              C6     C
But that won't happen to us and we got no doubt
                            C6     C7
Too deep in love and we got no way out
        F
And the messages is clear
                              C6   C7
This could be the year of the real thing.

C                Fmaj7                    F
No more will you cry baby I will hurt you never.
   Fm                              
We start and end as one in love forever
   C                C6 C
We ride it together uh huh
       C                    C6 C
Making love with each other uh huh.

C
Islands in the stream
C6      F
That is what we are
Dm                        G
No one in between how can we be wrong?
      C           C6  F
Sail away with me to another world
         C                C6 C
And we rely on each other uh huh
         Dm               C6 C
From one lover to another uh huh.

C
Islands in the stream
C6      F
That is what we are
Dm                        G
No one in between how can we be wrong?
      C           C6  F
Sail away with me to another world
         C                C6 C
And we rely on each other uh huh
         Dm               C6 C
From one lover to another uh huh.

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