
Exactly Like You
Aretha Franklin
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Tom: D
D A7 G A7
A7/9 D6 Cdim
I used to have a perfect sweetheart
Em7 A7
A7/13- D Cdim
Not a real one, just a dream
Em7 Gdim Em7 G/B A7
A wonderful vision of us as a team
D A7 G A7
A7/9 D6 Cdim
Can you imagine how I feel now
Em7 A7
A7/13- B7
Love is real now, it's ideal
Em7 A7 D B7
You're just what I wanted
Em7 A7 Cdim
A7 A7/13-
And now it's nice to live, paradise to live
Melody
D G Em7 D E7 D9 A7 E7
I know why I've waited, know why I've been blue
A7 G
A Em7 A7 D Em7 Fdim D A4/7
Prayed each night for someone exactly like you.
D G Em7 D E7 D9 A7 E7
Why should we spend money on a show or two
A7 G Fdim A7 Em7 D G Fdim D
No one does those love scenes exactly like you
Bridge
D9 Am7 D7 G6 Edim
You make me feel so grand
A7 Em7 D G D
I want to hand the world to you
F#7 Bm7 G Gdim
You seem to understand
A7 D7M D6
Each foolish little scheme I'm scheming
Em7 A7
A7/13-
Dream I'm dreaming
D G Em7 D E7 D9 A7 E7
Now I know why mother taught me to be true
A7 G Fdim A7 Em7 D G Fdim D
She meant me for someone exactly like you
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