Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbfEcgJ5UBA
Tuning: Standard
Notes: Pretty straightforward song, I've added the small yet important Dm7-C#m7-Cm7/Cm7-C#m7-Dm7 transitions'
details, under [Picking Detail]. Happy playing!
[Chords]
Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 D#maj7 F#m7 Bm7 Gm7 C9
e|--5-----4-----3-----6-----2-----2-----3-----x---|
B|--6-----5-----4-----8-----2-----3-----3-----3---|
G|--5-----4-----3-----7-----2-----2-----3-----3---|
D|--7-----6-----5-----8-----2-----4-----3-----2---|
A|--5-----4-----3-----6-----4-----2-----5-----3---|
E|--x-----x-----x-----x-----2-----x-----3-----x---|
[Picking Detail]
Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
e|--8--5--7--4--6--3---|---6--3--7--4--8--5---|
B|--6-----5-----4------|---4-----5-----6------|
G|--5-----4-----3------|---3-----4-----5------|
D|--7-----6-----5------|---5-----6-----7------|
A|--5-----4-----3------|---3-----4-----5------|
E|--x-----x-----x------|---x-----x-----x------|
[Intro]
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
[Verse 1]
Dm7 Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
The sweetest thing I've ever known
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Was like a kiss on the collarbone
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Soft caress of happiness
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
The way you walk, your style of dress
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
I wish I didn't get so weak
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Ooo, baby, just to hear you speak
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Makes me argue just to see
Cm7
How much you're in love with me
[Chorus 1]
D#maj7 Dm7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
See, like a queen, a queen upon her throne
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
[Verse 2]
Dm7 Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
I get mad when you walk away
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
So I tell you "Leave", when I mean "Stay"
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Warm as the sun dipped in black
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Fingertips on the small of my back
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
More valuable than all I own
Dm7 Dm7 D#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
Like your precious, precious, precious, precious, precious dark skin tone
[Bridge]
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
F#m7
It was the...
Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
Ah, I tried to explain
Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9
Ah, but baby, it's in vain
[Verse 3]
Dm7 Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Speaking on my mother's phone
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
The touching makes me think I'm grown
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
Sweet prince of the ghetto
Cm7 C#m7 Dm7
Your kisses taste like amaretto
Dm7 D#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
Intoxicating, oh, so intoxicating
Dm7 Dm7 D#m7 Cm7
How sad, how sad that all things come to an end
[Chorus 2]
D#maj7 Dm7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
But then again, I'm, I'm not alone
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7 Cm7 C#m7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7
It was the sweet, sweetest thing I know
[Outro]
F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 Bm7
I sometimes watch you in your sleep
Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9 Gm7 C9
Ah, excuse me if I get too cheesy, hey
Dm7 Dm7 C#m7 Cm7
It was the sweet, sweet, sweetest thing I know...
