You Ought To Be With Me
Al Green
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Tom : C#m
G#m D#m G F
[Verse]
E D
Sit right down and talk to me about how you want to be
F#m B
You ought to be with me, yeah you ought to be with me
G#m A
Thinking 'bout what people do, talking 'bout how I love you
G
Thinking there's nothing to what to say
A B C#m B
You're gonna be with me anyway
E D
They don't want to see us do all of the things we want to
F#m B
You oughta be with me, yeah you oughta be with me
E B Bm Am
You don't have to waste my time if you want to be a friend of mine
F#m Am
You can hear me now and walk away and turn your back for another day
[Bridge]
A G#m A G#m F#m G#m F#m E G#m C#m
[Verse]
E D
Ought to be the kind of girl that can brighten this ol' world
F#m B
And it's hard to see why you and me can't be together happily
G#m A
I'm not trying to realize you being with some other guy
G
I don't know the reasons why
A B C#m B
You oughta be with me until I die
E Bm Am A C#m
Yeah you oughta be with me until I die
E Bm Am
I don't want to waste my time if you want to be a friend of mine
F#m Am
I wanna hold you tight, love you right, put good feelings in your life
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