«You Make Me Feel Brand New»
(Thom Bell — Linda Creed)
Intro [chorus transposed from G to E]:
(electric sitar and piano)
Amaj7 F#m7 G#m7 G#m7/C# G#m F#m7 B7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
(strings enter)
Amaj7 F#m7 G#m7 G#m7/C# G#m F#m7 B7
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Amaj7 G#m7 F#m7 F#m7/B E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
E
My love
Am/E E
I’ll never find the words, my love
Am/E E
To tell you how I feel, my love
G#m7/C# F#7 F#m7/B B7
Mere words could not explain
Am7 D7 G
Precious love
Cm/G G
You held my life within your hands
Cm/G G
Created everything I am
Cm/G G
Taught me how to live again
Bm
Only you
Em Bm
Care when I needed a friend
Em Am7
Believed in me through thick and thin
Cmaj7 Bm7
This song is for you
Am7 Bm7 Cmaj7 Am7/D D
Filled with gratitude and love
Chorus:
Am7 D7 Cmaj7
God bless you
Am7 Bm7
You make me feel brand new
Bm7/E Bm Am7 D7 Cmaj7
For God blessed me with you
Am7 Bm7
You make me feel brand new
Bm7/E Bm Am7 D7 Cmaj7 (Cmaj7) Bm7 Am7
I sing this song ’cause you
Am7/D G
Make me feel brand new
(electric sitar and vibes)
(G) Cm/G E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Verse 2:
My love
Whenever I was insecure
You built me up and made me sure
You gave my pride back to me
Precious friend
With you I’ll always have a friend
You’re someone who I can depend
To walk a path that sometimes bends
Without you
Life has no meaning or rhyme
Like notes to a song out of time
How can I repay
You for having faith in me
Coda [repeat partial chorus to fade]:
Am7 D7 Cmaj7
God bless you
Am7 Bm7
You make me feel brand new
Bm7/E Bm Am7 D7 Cmaj7
For God blessed me with you
Am7 Bm7
You make me feel brand new
Bm7/E Bm Am7 D7 Cmaj7
I sing this song for you
[continue instrumentally; fade]
— another ace 70’s tab from Andrew Rogers
