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Song title:      The Sweetest Taboo
Original Album:	 Promise

Words and Music by Helen Adu and Martin Ditcham
Copyright © 1985 Angel Music Ltd.
Published by Sony Music (UK) Publishing Ltd.

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)



NOTES:
Capo on 1. Chords are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.



INTRO:
Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8


[play: 4/4| Am7  Em7 | F  Em7 |]  [x4]



PART A (VERSE):
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Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8
 

| Am7               Em7              | F    Em7
     If I tell you,     if I tell you  now

| Am7                  Em7                 | F          Em7
     Will you keep on,     will you keep on  loving me?

| Am7               Em7             | F          Em7
     If I tell you,     if I tell you how I feel

| Am7              Em7             | F           Em7
     Will you keep bringin’ out the  best in me?




PART B (CHORUS):
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Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8
 

| Am7             Em7                | F               Em7
     You give me,     you give me the  sweetest taboo


[play: 4/4| Am7 Em7 | F  Em7 |]


| Am7             Em7                   | F              Em7
     You give me,    you're giving me the sweetest taboo

| Am7                Em7 | F  Em7
     Too good for me 




PART C:
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Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8
 

| Am7                Em7         | F                      Em7
     There's a quiet storm and it  never felt like this before

| Am7                Em7          | F   Em7
     There's a quiet storm that is  you

| Am7                Em7         | F                     Em7
     There's a quiet storm and it  never felt this hot before

| Am7                 Em7        | F   Em7
  Giving me something     that's taboo
                                  (Sometimes I think you're just too





PART D (CHORUS - variation on PART B):
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Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8


| Am7         Em7    | F               Em7
  You give me     the  sweetest taboo

| Am7               Em7   | F             Em7
     That's why I'm     in  love with you

| Am7            Em7    | F              Em7
     You give me     the  sweetest taboo

| Am7            Em7                  | F            Em7
     Sometimes I think you're just too  good for me 



PART E (BRIDGE):
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Chords:
G/A  5x5433
Dm9  x5355x


| G/A            | %            | Dm9                    | %
      I'd do any - thing for you     I'd stand out in the  rain

| G/A                         | %                   | Dm9 | %
   Anything you want me to do,    don't let it slip a-way.___
 


 
PART F (reprise of PART C):
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Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8
 

| Am7                Em7            | F                     | Em7
     There's a quiet    storm and it  never felt like this be-fore

| Am7                Em7                   | F   G
     There's a quiet    storm, I think it's  you

| Am7                Em7            | F                     | Em7
     There's a quiet    storm and it  never felt this hot be -fore,

| Am7                    Em7            | F  Em7
     Giving me something     that's  ta - boo 





PART G (CHORUS - reprise on PART D):
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Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8


| Am7         Em7    | F               Em7
  You give me     the  sweetest taboo

| Am7               Em7   | F             Em7
     That's why I'm     in  love with you

| Am7            Em7    | F              Em7
     You give me     the  sweetest taboo





PART H (OUT-VERSE):
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| Am7               Em7
     You've got the biggest heart

| F                        Em7     | Am7         Em7 | F  Em7
  Sometimes I think you're just too  good for me

| Am7            Em7      | F                 Em7  | Am7            Em7 | F  Em7
     Everyday is Christmas    and every night    is  New Year's Eve__________ 

| Am7 Em7                 | F        Em7 | Am7  Em7 | F  G
          Will you keep on    loving me?

| Am7                 Em7                 | F                        Em7
     Will you keep on,    will you keep on  bringing out the best in me

 

OUTRO:
Chords:
Am7  x02010 or 575555 or 5x555x
Em7  020030 or x79787 or x5545x
F    x33211 or x8 10 10 10 8


[play: 4/4| Am7 Em7 | F Em7 |]

[repeat to Fade]