Jimmy Mack Chords

...JIMMY MACK... by Martha & The Vabdellas
----------------..........................

*from 'Watchout!' (1966)*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: C#)


Chorus 1:

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
             F
When are you coming back?

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
             F            G7
When are you coming back?

Verse 1:

C   F        C            F
 My arms are missing you,
C   F             Dm7      G7
 My lips feel the same way too.
C  F        C                F
 I tried so hard to be true,
C   F     C               F
 Li-ike I promised I'd do.
C         F
 But this boy,
      C              F
Keeps coming around,
C               F
 He's trying to wear,
      C              F
My re-sistance down.

Chorus 2:

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
             F
When are you coming back?

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
           F           G7
You better hurry back.

Verse 2:

C   F        C            F
 He calls me on the phone,
C      F     Dm7     G7
 About three times a day.
C       F
 Now my heart's,
     C            F
Just listening to,
C        F      C    F
 What he has to say.
         C          F
But this loneliness,
       C            F
That I have within,
      C            F
Keeps reaching out,
   C              F
To be his friend.

Chorus 3:

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
             F
When are you coming back?

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
           F           G7
You better hurry back.

Break:

          C
Need your loving,
               (Jimmy Mack,
F          C           
 Won't you hurry back?)
F          C
 Need your loving,
           (Jimmy Mack,
           C           F  G7
You better hurry back).

Interlude:

C  F (x4)
Dm7  G7, C

F  G7
    I wanna say;

Verse 3:

C        F
 I'm not getting,
C             F
 Any stronger,
C        F
 I can't hold out,
C          F
 Very much longer.
C             F
 Trying hard,
C           F
 To be true,
    C
But Jimmy, he talks,
F        C             F
 Just as sweet as you.

Chorus 4:

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
             F
When are you coming back?

Dm7     F
 Jimmy, Jimmy,
   Cmaj7
Oh Jimmy Mack,
           F           G7
You better hurry back.

Coda:

          C
Need your loving,
            F
(Hurry back,
C             F
 Jimmy Mack).
          Dm7
Need your loving,
         (Hurry...
Hurry, hurry.
    C           F
Hey Jimmy Mack,
           C          F
You better hurry back.
    C           F
Hey Jimmy Mack,
             C            F
When are you coming back?

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Dm7     F      Cmaj7    G7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0211  133211  x32000  323000


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)