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Not Johnnie Taylor's biggest hit - 'Disco Lady' would become the first RIAA
platinum single in 1976 - but probably his best-remembered song:
"Who's Making Love"
(Banks - Crutcher - Davis - Jackson)
Intro:
bass (pickup beat)
v
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guitar 1:
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Oww-howw! Hear me now!
bass:
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guitar 1 (intro, end of chorus 1):
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(All you)
bass (intro, end of chorus 1):
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Verse 1:
(guitar 2: fills during verse and chorus):
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All you fellows, gather 'round me
And let me give you some good advice
What I'm gonna, gonna ask you now
You better think about it twice
While you're lying, cheating on your woman
There is something you never ever thought of, now tell me
Chorus:
Who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love [1: hear me now]
[1: Now] who's making love to your old lady
[1: 2, 3: F]
While you were out making love
Verse 2:
I've seen so, so many fellows
Fall in that same old bag
Thinking that a woman is made to
To be beat on and treated so bad
Oh, fellows, let me ask you something
I'm sure that you never even dreamed of, now tell me
[repeat chorus]
Bridge:
I know there are some women guilty of this too
I'm not tryin' to run your life, the choice is up to you
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Oh, you oh! oh, you, you you
Verse 3:
The reason why I ask this question
I used to be the same old way
When I decided to straighten up
I found it was a bit too late
Oh, yeah, that's when it all happened
Something I never, never dreamed of
Chorus 3:
Somebody was-a lovin' my old lady
While I was out making love
Somebody was-a lovin' my old lady
While I was out making love
Coda [repeat to fade]:
F F Ab Bb Ab F [continue]
Now who's making love to your old lady
While you were out making love
(Who? Who? Your old lady)
(While you were out making love)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers