I've Got To Use My Imagination
Goffin/ Goldberg
Gladys Knight and the Pips - Joan Osborne version
Key of Am
Tempo 116 pyschadelic funk groove
(Backing vocals in brackets) simplified
[Intro]
Am Am Am Am Am Am
[Chorus ]
Am
I've really got to use My imagination
Dm
To think of good reasons
Am
To keep on keepin' on (Keep on keepin' on)
Am
Got to make the best of (Best of, best of)
Dm
A bad situation (Bad situation)
F7
Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
Em Am
I woke up and found you gone (Gone, gone)
[Verse]
Am
Darkness all around me, Blockin' out the sun
Dm Am
Old friends call me But I don't want to talk to no one
C Dm
Emptiness has found me And it won't let me go
F7
Why I go on livin'
Em Am
I just don't know (You're too strong, got to keep on keepin' on)
[Chorus]
Am
I've really got to use (I’ve got to use)
My imagination (My imagination)
Dm F7
To think of good reasons (think of good reasons)
Am
To keep on keepin' on (Keep on keepin' on)
I got to make the best of (Best of, best of)
Dm
A bad situation (Bad situation)
F7
Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
Em Am
I woke up and found you gone (Gone, gone)
[Break ]
Am Am Am Am Am Am
[Verse 2]
Am
Hiding from reality, won't do me no good
Dm
'Cause our misunderstanding
Am
Is too too well understood, Such a sad, sad season
C Dm F7
When a good love dies Not a day goes by
Em Am
Oooh I don't realize (You're too strong, got to keep on keepin' on)
[Chorus]
Am
I've really got to use (I’ve got to use)
My imagination(My imagination)
Dm
To think of good reasons (think of good reasons)
Am
To keep on keepin' on (Keep on keepin' on)
I got to make the best of (Best of, best of)
Dm
A bad situation (Bad situation)
F7
Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
Em Am
I woke up and found you gone (Gone, gone)
[Chorus]
Am
I've really got to use (I’ve got to use)
My imagination(My imagination)
Dm
To think of good reasons (think of good reasons)
Am
To keep on keepin' on (Keep on keepin' on)
I got to make the best of (Best of, best of)
Dm
A bad situation (Bad situation)
F7
Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
Em F7
I woke up, Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
Em F7
I woke up, Ever since that day (Ever since that day)
Em Am
I woke up and found you gone (Gone, gone)
