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Song title:      Easy
Original Album:	 Commodores

Words and Music by Lionel Richie
Copyright © 1977 Motown Records
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)



INTRO:
Chords:
Ab   466544    Bbm7   x13121 or 686666
Cm7  x46454    Db/Eb  xx1121 or x6666x


[play: 4/4| Ab Cm7 | Bbm7 Db/Eb |

          | Ab Cm7 | Bbm7 |]



VERSE1:
Chords:
Ab  466544    Bbm7   x13121 or 686666
Cm  x46654    Db/Eb  xx1121 or x6666x


| Ab                Cm                   | Bbm7           Db/Eb
     Know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain

| Ab           Cm             | Bbm7  Db/Eb
     Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow


| Ab        | Cm                         | Bbm7      Db/Eb
     Seems to me, girl, you know I've done all I can

| Ab         | Cm                | Bbm7          | Db/Eb
     You see I begged, stole and I borrowed, yeah,       ooh,



CHORUS1:
Chords:
Ab    466544              Db/Eb  xx1121 or x6666x
Cm7   x46454              Gb     244322
Bbm7  x13121 or 686666    Db/F  xx3121


             | Ab        Cm7   | Bbm7 | Db/Eb          | Ab      Cm7   | Bbm7
That's why I'm easy,                I'm easy like Sunday morning
                    (Ah, ah, ah, ah)                        (Ah, ah, ah, ah)


Db/Eb          | Ab   Cm7 | Bbm7   Db/Eb           | Gb  Db/Fb  Db/Eb | Ab
  That's why I'm easy,        I'm  easy  like Sunday mor________________ning



VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

Chords:
Ab    466544              Db/Eb  xx1121 or x6666x
Cm    x46454              Cm7    x46454
Bbm7  x13121 or 686666

 
| Ab            Cm                    | Bbm7          Db/Eb
     Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?

| Ab      Cm7                | Bbm7  Db/Eb
     I've paid my dues to make it

| Ab         | Cm                     | Bbm7          Db/Eb
     Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be

| Ab       | Cm                | Bbm7        | Db/Eb
     I'm not happy when I try to fake it! No!  Ooh



CHORUS2:
Chords:
Bbm7  x13121 or 686666    Gb      244322
Eb7   x68686              Gbmaj7  xx3322
Ab    466544              Ebm7    x68676
Cm7   x46454


             | Ab        Cm7   | Bbm7 | Db/Eb          | Ab      Cm7   | Bbm7
That's why I'm easy,                I'm easy like Sunday morning
                    (Ah, ah, ah, ah)                        (Ah, ah, ah, ah)


Db/Eb          | Ab   Cm7 | Bbm7   Db/Eb           | Gb  Db/F  Db/Eb | Ab
  That's why I'm easy,        I'm  easy  like Sunday mor_______________ning



BRIDGE:
Chords:
Gbmaj7  xx3322    Cb/Gb   224442    Bbm7   x13121 or 686666
Fm7     131111    Gb/Db   x44322    Db/Eb  xx1121 or x6666x
Ebm7    x68676    Cb/Eb   x6444x    Ab     466544
Gb/Ab   4443xx    Db      x46664    Cm     x46654

Db/F    xx3121
Bbm/Ab  4x332x


         | Gbmaj7  Fm7 | Ebm7  Gb/Ab
I wanna be high,   so    high


  Db/F   | Gbmaj7                     | Ebm7 |
I wanna be free to know the things I do are    right

  Db/F         | Gbmaj7 Db/F | Ebm7     Bbm/Ab
I wanna be free.        Just   me,  oh,   babe!


[play: 4/4| Cb/Gb Gb/Db | 6/4| Cb/Eb Db |]


[Guitar SOLO over verse chords:]


[play: 4/4| Ab  Cm | Bbm7  Db/Eb |]  [x3]

          | Ab  Cm | Bbm7



CHORUS3:
Notes:
* Beware the half-tone modulation just before the OUTRO and fade.

Chords:
Ab    466544              Db/Eb xx1121 or x6666x
Cm7   x46454              Bm7   x24232 or 797777
Bbm7  x13121 or 686666    


             | Ab   Cm7 | Bbm7 | Db/Eb          | Ab     Cm7   | Bbm7
That's why I'm easy,        I'm  easy like Sunday morning
                                                    (Ah, ah, ah, ah)

Db/Eb          | Ab   Cm7 | Bbm7  Db/Eb          | Ab     Cm7 | Bbm7 *Bm7
  That's why I'm easy,        I'm easy like Sunday morning



OUTRO [to fade]:
Chords:
A     x02220 or 577655    Bm7   x24232 or 797777
C#m7  x46454              E7    020100 or x79797    
    

         | A    C#m7 | Bm7  E7             | A       C#m7 | Bm7  E7 |
'Cause I'm easy,            Easy like Sunday morning


[repeat chords to fade]