Be My Number Two

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From: helmers@chemie.fu-berlin.de (Juergen Helmers)

BE MY NUMBER TWO Joe Jackson

This is just a simple try to adapt this lovley piano-based

ballad to the guitar. If you need it, I maybe could write

down and mail you the tabs as I play it, but firstgive it a go

and work out your own..

INTRO

F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C

F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C

Verses:

F Bb C

Won't you be my number two

F Bb C

Being number one or trough (?)

am7 gm7 C

There won't be too much to do

dm7 C

just smile when I feel blue

F Bb C

And there's not much left of me

F Bb C

What you get is what you see

am7 gm7 C

Is it worth the energy

dm7 C

I leave it up to you

Break:

Bb F C F

And if you got something to say to me

Bb F C F

Don't try to lay off only weights on me

Bb F C F

I know that it's really not fair of me

Bb9 C9

But my heart seemed too much action

F Bb C

And every time I look at you

F Bb C

you'll be who I want you to

am7 gm7 C

And I'll do what I can do

dm7 C Bb^6

To make a dream or two come true

Bb^6 gm7 F

if you be my, if you be my number two.

F Bb C F Bb C am7 gm7 C dm7 C

End:

Bb^6 gm7 gm7/c F^79

Chords:

F: Bb: C:

e|--1--------x-----------x---|
b|--1--------3-----------5---|
g|--2--------3-----------5---|
d|--3--------3-----------5---|
a|--3--------1-----------3---|
e|--1--------x-----------x---|

Use these chords for the first two lines of each verse and

the break.

The am7, gm7 and dm7 in the rest of each verse are:

am7: gm7: dm7:

e|--x------x-------x-------|
b|--5------3-------10------|
g|--5------3-------10------|
d|--5------3-------10------|
a|--x------x-------x-------|
e|--5------3-------10------|

For last C in each verse I take an upper position:

C:

e|-----x-------------------|
b|-----8-------------------|
g|-----9-------------------|
d|-----10------------------|
a|-----x-------------------|
e|-----8-------------------|

The Bb9 and the C9 in the end of the break are:

Bb9: C9:

e|--x-----------x---|
b|--1-----------3---|
g|--3-----------5---|
d|--3-----------5---|
a|--1-----------3---|
e|--x-----------x---|

So you finally need the chords I play in the end of the Song.

I end up in the 10th position (dm7) and progress in a downward

movement in an ending-sequence to a finally F^7/9:

Play the dm7 at the 10th and the C at the 8th position. Go

down two frets to the 6th position and try a Bbmajor6 like

this:

Bb^6:

e|---------x--------|
b|---------6--------|
g|---------7--------|
d|---------5--------|
a|---------x--------|
e|---------6--------|

In the ending sequence I use the already mentioned gm7 after which I go over a gm7

add C on b-string at first position,

gm7/C:

e|---------x---------|
b|---------1---------|
g|---------3---------|
d|---------3---------|
a|---------x---------|
e|---------3---------|

to the last chord, a F major7/9:

F^7/9:

e|---------0---------|
b|---------1---------|
g|---------0---------|
d|---------3---------|
a|---------x---------|
e|---------1---------|

I hope you like it and enjoy... Juergen

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Juergen Helmers Freie Universitaet Berlin

Tel.: + 49 30 6269734 Institut fuer Biochemie

Fax :(+ 49 30 6269734) helmers@chemie.fu-berlin.de

WWW-Page-URL: http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/user/helmers

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