20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Smokey Robinson

Smokey & Friends

The Definitive Collection

William &quot;Smokey&quot; Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&amp;B and soul singer and songwriter. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with the Motown record label, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy. As both a member of Motown group The Miracles and a solo artist, Robinson recorded seventy Top 40 hits for Motown between 1959 and 1990, and also served as the company's Vice President from 1961 to 1988.  

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The Love I Saw In You Was Just A Mirage

Cruisin'                              

Intro: E 

       E                F#m7              E         F#m7
Verse: Baby let's cruise       away from here
       E                F#m7              E         F#m7
       Don't be confused,      the way is clear
                  E                      F#m7
       And if you want it, you got it forever,
       E                        F#m7
       This is not a one night stand
          E                       F#m7
       So let the music take your mind,
       E                         F#m7
       Just release and you will find

          E                      A
Chorus:   You're gonna fly away, glad you're goin' my way
          D B                  E
          I love it when we're cruisin' together
          E                         A
          Music is played for love, cruisin' is made for love
          D B                  E
          I love it when we're cruisin' together

       E                F#m7               E          F#m7
Verse: Baby tonight            belongs to us
       E                F#m7               E          F#m7
       Everything's right,     do what you must
                   E                       F#m7
       And inch by inch we grow closer and closer
       E                          F#m7
       To every li'l part of each other
          E                       F#m7
       So let the music take your mind,
       E                         F#m7
       Just release and you will find

Chorus:   You're gonna fly away...

Instrumental with vocal phrases

       E                F#m7                     E        F#m7
Verse: Baby let's cruise,      let's float let's glide
       E         F#m7                    E       F#m7
       Let's open up           and go inside
                  E                      F#m7
       And if you want it, you got it forever,
                    E                                 F#m7
       I could just stay here beside you and love you baby
       E             F#m7
       Let the music take your mind,
       E                         F#m7
       Just release and you will find

Chorus:   You're gonna fly away...        x 2

Cruisin'

I SECOND THAT EMOTION

A  G  D
 D
Maybe you wanna give me kisses sweet

But only for one night and no repeat

And maybe you'll go away and never call
    G                A                 D
A taste of honey is worse than none at all

CHORUS:
       G                         D
Oh in that case I don't want no part
                      G                      D
I do believe that that would only break my heart

Oh, but if you feel like lovin' me
  A               G                      D
And you got the notion, I second that emotion
                                      A           G
Said, if you feel like givin' me a lifetime of devotion
                D       A  G  D   A  G  D
I second that emotion

Maybe you think that love would tie you down
And you don't have the time to hand around
Or maybe you think that love was made for fools
And so it makes you wise to break the rules
CHORUS TWICE

I Second That Emotion

D#			Cm
I don't care what they think about me
D#			Cm
I don't care what they say
D#			Cm
I don't care what they think if you're leaving
D#			Cm
I'm gonna beg you to stay
D#			Cm
I don't care if they start to avoid me
D#			Cm
I don't care what they do
D#		   Cm
I don't care about anything else
    D#	           Cm
But being with you being with you

D#		D#
Honey don't go don't leave this scene
   G#			   Fm
Be out of the picture and off of the screen
D#		D#
Don't let them say we told you so
      G#			Fm
Don't tell me you love me and then let me go
Gm
I heard the warning voice
     Cm
From friends and my relations
G#			    A#
They tell me all about your heart-break reputation

D#			Cm
I don't care what they think about me
D#			Cm
I don't care what they say
D#			Cm
I don't care what they think if you're leaving
D#			Cm
I'm gonna beg you to stay
D#			Cm
I don't care if they start to avoid me
D#			Cm
I don't care what they do
D#		   Cm
I don't care about anything else
    D#	           Cm
But being with you being with you

D#		  D#
People can change they always do
G#			  Fm
Haven't they noticed the changes in you
D#	   	  D#
Or can it be that like love I am blind
     G#				Fm
Do I want it so much 'til it's all in my mind
Gm
One thing I know for sure
   Cm 	
Is really really real
G#			A#
I never felt before the way you make me feel

D#			Cm
I don't care what they think about me
D#			Cm
I don't care what they say
D#			Cm
I don't care what they think if you're leaving
D#			Cm
I'm gonna beg you to stay
D#			Cm
I don't care if they start to avoid me
D#			Cm
I don't care what they do
D#		   Cm
I don't care about anything else
    D#	           Cm
But being with you being with you

Being With You

        G
Ive got sunshine
C            G
On a cloudy day
C           G
When it's cold outside
C                     G
Ive got the month of May


C

G  Am7  C     D
I guess you'd say


G        Am7      C        D
What can make me feel this way


G
My Girl


              C
Talking bout my girl


D
My Girl!


My Girl

# Kinda iffy so ya...

# # - Hammer On
# / - Slide
# ^ - Bend 

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Just My Imagination

Ooo Baby Baby       

Intro: Bm7 D
Bm7              D
Ooo  la  la  la  la

Verse 1
          Gmaj7
I did you wrong
                     Am7
My heart went out to play
                  Bm7
And in the game I lost you
                Am7
What a price to pay


Chorus
    D7
I'm cryin'
 Gmaj7     Am7
Ooo  baby  baby
 Gmaj7     Am7
Ooo  baby  baby
 Gmaj7     Am7
Ooo  baby  baby  (2nd & 3rd time only)


Verse 2
   Gmaj7                    Am7
Mistakes I know I've made a few
             Bm7
But I'm only human
                  Am7
You made mistakes too !

Chorus ( Repeat)  with Sax

Verse 3
         Bm7
I'm just about at
              D
The end of my rope
                 Bm7
But I can't stop tryin'
                D
I can't give up hope
        G
Cause I feel
                      Am7
Someday I'll hold you near
                Bm7
Whisper I still love you
                  Am7
until that is day here  Ooo


Chorus (Repeat)  with Sax
   Gmaj9
Ooo

Ooo Baby Baby

C       Am
/ / / / / / / /
C       Am
/ / / / / / / /
C
I don't like you, but I love you
Am
Seems that I'm always thinkin' of you
C                       F
Tho' oh oh you treat me badly
           Dm
I love you madly

    G7           C
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
    Am
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
Baby

C
I don't want you, but I need you
Am
Don't wanna kiss you, but I need to
C                    F
Tho' oh oh you do me wrong now
           Dm
My love is strong now

    G7           C
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
    Am
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
             C7
Baby, I love you
          F
And all I want you to do is just
C                         G7
Hold me, hold me, hold me (hold me)

C       Am
/ / / / / / / tighter
C       Am
C / / / / / / tighter

C
I wanna leave you, don't wanna stay here
Am
Don't wanna spend another day here
C                  F
Tho' oh oh I wanna split now
        Dm
I can't quit now

    G7           C
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
    Am
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold on me)
             C7
Baby, I love you
          F
And all I want you to do is just
C                                      G7
(Hold) please, (hold) squeeze, hold me (hold me)

    C
You really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold)
            Am
I said, you really got a hold on me
(You really got a hold)
              C
You know, you really got a hold on me
...fade

You Really Got A Hold On Me

[intro]
F Am Dm Am A# Dm Gm C

[Verse 1]
             F 
Baby really hurt me
                Am 
crying in the taxi
                Dm
He dont wanna know me
                         Am                     A#     Dm
says you make the big mistake of dancing in my store 
Gm                  C
   Says it was poison
                 F
So I guess I go home 
          Am                     Dm
into the arms of the girl that I love
                Am 
the only love I havent screwed up
A#                  Dm
   She's so hard to please
             Gm      C  
but shes a forest fire
        F               
I do my best to meet her demands
Am
play it romance
         Dm
we slow dance in the living room
    Am                      A#
but all that a stranger would see
        Dm           Gm               C     
is one girl swaying alone stroking her cheek

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Verse 2]
            F 
The truth is, I am toy
                Dm
that people enjoy
                Am               A#
till all of the tricks dont work anymore
Dm              Gm       C
And then they are bored of me
             
                    F
I know that its exciting
                     Am
running through the night but
              Dm                Am
every perfect summer's eating me alive
            A#    Dm
unitl youre gone
Gm          C
Better on my own

[Chorus]

      F         Am            Dm 
They say, "you're a little much for me
         Am     A# 
You're a liability
          Dm         Gm    C
You're a little much for me"
               F              Am 
So they pull back make other plans
       Dm 
I understand
     Am     A# 
I'm a liability
        Dm         Gm    
Get you wild, make you leave
       C            Dm            F    A#       
I'm a little much for eh oh-na-na-na everyone

[Outro]
             Dm           F           A#
They're gonna watch me disappear into the sun
                 Dm        F           A#
You're all gonna watch me disappear into the sun

Liability

INTRO:

A |---------------------|
E |--7--7--7----------- -|
C |---------------------|
G |---------------------|

VERSE 1:   

C#m          E       B      A                     C#m   E    B   A 
I’m going away to be alone I’m coming back with answers
C#m           E            B    A            C#m   E   B   A
Don’t try to call my telephone it’s disconnected
C#m           E          B       A               C#m   E   B   A
And I don’t know where I’m going but can you guide me
C#m              E        B        A              C#m   E   B   A
But if I find love where I’m going will it survive me


PRE-CHORUS 1:

C#m            B   A                         C#m         A   B
‘Cause in your own space you’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not affected
C#m         B   A                           C#m         A   B
And in your own time you’re still attracted but in your own life


CHORUS:

A                                 C#m            B
This heart attack I’ve gotta get away not coming back
A                                 C#m                     B
I want some downtime so call me when you can and I’ll be fine


VERSE 2: [same chords as VERSE1]
I’ve found the time to be alone I don’t know what you’re asking
I’m waiting by the telephone and you’re still barking
My heart stops it isn’t… going could you revive me
I think I’m lost without knowing so come and find me


PRE-CHORUS 2:  [same chords as PRE-CHORUS1]
‘Cause in the same space we’re disconnected and in your own mind you’re not attracted
But in your own life over reacted and in your own time


{CHORUS x2}


Sometimes if we don’t go sometimes you don’t know
You don’t go I don’t go I don’t go you don’t go

C#5  B5  A5                      C#5  A5  B5
            I’ve got your back              but you don’t got mine
C#5  E5  A5                    C#5  A5  B5
            This heart attack              then I’m feeling fine


CHORUS x2

C#m          E       B    A 
I’m going away to be alone
C#m          E       B    A 
I'm going away to be alone ...............

This Heart Attack

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

A                                     E 
Roll into your town and I'm walking around
                                                Fm                        
Got some extra time think I'll throw some money down
                                                     D
And you follow me around, and you're asking for the time

Your asking what I found 
                         A
think I'm gonna rob you blind

maybe it's the tattoo on my arm
        E
that I drew while I was bored waiting tables in new york
Fm                                            D
 a  heart and two flowers intertwined with a vine

Up Here

Intro:

Bb - F - A

F                 C
I've been feeling lonesome
F                            C
I'm down, don't know what to do
D
I let you lie to me
F
plant seeds inside
            E
to see them grow
                      F
only to leave them to die

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
    A
for you

F                  C
I've been lost and finding
F                           C
out that I've been such a fool
D           
you thought you'd stick around
F
until the day you found
    E                    F
someone to make me obsolete

  C
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm F
why cry
    Bb
for you... 


Guitar Solo:

Bb - F - A (2x)

  C     
I learned my lesson
       E
I won't be forgetting
       F
I won't give my heart out
    A
with-out suspecting

Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
Bb  F
why cry
Dm G
why cry
    A
for you

Why Cry

[Verse 1]
 G                              D
You like New York City in the daytime
 Bm                   A
I like New York City in the nighttime
 G                          D
You say you like sleeping with the air off
Bm                  A
I don't, I need it on
G                  D
You like the light coming through the windows
 Bm                      A
I sleep late, so I just keep 'em all closed
G                  D
You ignore the music on the radio
Bm                 A
I don't, I sing-a-long


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change


[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time


[Verse 2]
G                        D
Cold outside and you're just in a T-shirt
Bm                   A
I have cold blood even in a sweater
G                         D
You start your night sippin' by the Kilo
Bm                   A
I don't, I know you know


[Pre-Chorus]
G               D        Bm             A
I don't ask for you to change, baby no no no
    G              D          Bm    A
And you don't ask for me to change



[Chorus]
N.C.                     D
Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                   A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why
 G              D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why
G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm                   A
(We don't even know, know, know, know, know)




[Bridge]
G                          D
Somehow we end up on the same side
Bm                          A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright
G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine
G                         D
Somehow we end up on the same side (up on the same side)
Bm                            A
And you wouldn't think that we'd be alright

(Think that we'd be alright)

G                      D            Bm             A
Even our eyes are different colors, but we see fine


[Chorus]

 N.C.                     D
(Oh)Tell me how we're not alike
       Bm               A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)
G              D
Funny how the stars crossed right
       Bm                  A
'Cause we work so well and we don't even know why

(But we don't even know why)
G                D
You can call it fire and ice
    Bm                  A
But we work so well and we don't even know why

('Cause we work so well and we don't even know why, why)

G              D
We don't even know why, no no
Bm                          A
We don't even know why, no no no


[Post-Chorus]

N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime (we don't even know)
Bm                 A
We like it in the end of time (we don't even know)
N.C.
No no no no
D
We like it in the daytime
Bm             A
We like it in the nighttime

Intro  D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 1
    D                              Bm7
We never spoke a word, but every thought she had 
                         G     A Asus A
I heard from across the room 
             D                               Bm7
If we were standin' face to face I couldn't find the words 
               G               A Asus A
To say give me one more move 
        G              A             G                   A
I don't even know her name, I guess foolish pride's to blame


Chorus 
          D                        D7
Now, I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
        Bm7                 F#              G                    A
And my heart won't tell my mind to tell my mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
        Bm7 A   G                              Gm
Now I'm fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Interlude   D     Bm7   G     A     x2


Verse 2
          D                           Bm7
Wise man next to me did say 'bout the one that got away
        G                    A
Son, I missed my chance 
           D                            Bm7
Don't you let regret take place of the dreams you have to chase
     G               A
Ask her to dance, go on, son
           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith


Chorus
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A   G                               Gm
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away 


Solo   D    Bm7  Bm  F#  G   A  D    D7    Bm  F# |A   D 


           G                 A              G                  A
You might fall down on your face, roll the dice and have some faith
 
          D                        D7
Don't be fallin' in love as she's walkin' away
           Bm7                   F#                G                    A
When your heart won't tell your mind to tell your mouth what it should say
 D                                  D7
May have lost this battle, live to fight another day
         Bm7 A    Bm7 A       Bm7 A       G                      G   
Don't be fallin', fallin' in, fallin' in love as she's walkin' away


Outro  (G)   Gm  Bm7  E G  Gm  D

As She's Walking Away

D G D A D x 2

D
I been loved and I been alone
G
all my life I been a rolling stone
D
done everything a man can do
G	                       C	D
everything but get a hold on you
C			D
done everything a man can do
G	D 	A 	D
everything but get a hold on you

D
I've been blessed and I've been cursed
G
all my lies have been unrehearsed
D	
a wall of fire that I walked through
G			C	D
only trying to get a hold on you
C				D
a wall of fire that I walked through
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D

A
I saw you waiting at the gate
D
but I arrived a moment late 
A
I saw you shed a single tear
G	D	A	D
but still I can't get there from here

D
I been high and I been low
G
I been people that I don't know 
D
I been to China and to Peru

G			C    D
only trying to get a hold on you
C			D
I been to China and to Peru
G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

G	D	A	D
only trying to get a hold on you

Hold On You

Riff:
|3-----------6-------------------|3-----------6---------------|
|3-------6/8-6-----------8-------|3-------6/8-6-----------8---|
|3-------5/7-7-----------7-------|3-------5/7-7-----------7---|
|0-------------------------------|0---------------------------|
Repeat 2x


| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo joo eyeball he one holy roller

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He wear no shoe shine he got toe jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot Coca-Cola

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He say,"I know you and you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me



Repeat Riff



| Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - | Cm - - - |
He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker

| G7 - - - | G7 - - Gb7 | F7 - - - | - - - - |
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

| Am - - G7 | F7 - G7 - |
Come together right now over me


Repeat Riff

Come Together

Am                              E
There are children standing here,
                              G
Arms outstretched into the sky,
                          D
Tears drying on their face.
              Am
He has been here.
                          E
Brothers lie in shallow graves.
                           G
Fathers lost without a trace.
                           D
A nation blind to their disgrace,
                        Am
Since he's been here.
                    E
And I see no bravery,
 G                  D
No bravery in your eyes anymore.

Only sadness.

(Continue the same chord progression)

Houses burnt beyond repair.
The smell of death is in the air.
A woman weeping in despair says,
He has been here.
Tracer lighting up the sky.
It's another families' turn to die.
A child afraid to even cry out says,
He has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

There are children standing here,
Arms outstretched into the sky,
But no one asks the question why,
He has been here.
Old men kneel to accept their fate.
Wives and daughters cut and raped.
A generation drenched in hate.
Says, he has been here.

And I see no bravery,
No bravery in your eyes anymore.
Only sadness.

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