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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 ---------| ---------| -----3-5-| ---------|
guitar 1:
F F Ab Bb Ab F v v v v v v v v -1---1---------1-1-------------1-|-1---1---4---4-6---6-4---1-------| -1---1---3-3---1-1-------------1-|-1---1---4---4-6---6-4---1---3---| -2---2---2-2---2-2-------------2-|-2---2---5---5-7---5-5---2---2---| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| Oww-howw! Hear me now!
bass:
v v v v v v v v ---------------------------------|---------1---1-3---3-1-----------| -3---3-----------3---------------|-3---3-------------------3-------| ---------5-3-5---------------3-5-|-----------------------------5---| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
guitar 1 (intro, end of chorus 1):
F F Ab Bb Ab C v v v v v v v v -1---1---------1-1-------------1-|-1---1---4---4-6---6-4---8---8---| -1---1---3-3---1-1-------------1-|-1---1---4---4-6---6-4---8---8---| -2---2---2-2---2-2-------------2-|-2---2---5---5-7---5-5---9---9---| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| (All you)
bass (intro, end of chorus 1):
v v v v v v v v ---------------------------------|---------1---1-3---3-1---5---5---| -3---3-----------3---------------|-3---3---------------------------| ---------5-3-5---------------3-5-|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Verse 1:
(guitar 2: fills during verse and chorus):
v v v v v v v v -----------------------3s5-------|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------| -----------------------3s5-------|---------------------------------| ---------------------------------|-------------------------3---3---| ---------------------------------|---------------------3-5---------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F F Ab Bb Ab F
All you fellows, gather 'round me
F F Ab Bb Ab F
And let me give you some good advice
F F Ab Bb Ab F
What I'm gonna, gonna ask you now
F F Ab Bb Ab F
You better think about it twice
Dm Am
While you're lying, cheating on your woman
Gm Bb C
There is something you never ever thought of, now tell me
Chorus:
F F Ab Bb Ab F
Who's making love to your old lady
F F Ab Bb Ab F
While you were out making love [1: hear me now]
F F Ab Bb Ab F
[1: Now] who's making love to your old lady
F F Ab Bb Ab [1: C 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:
F Ab/F
I know there are some women guilty of this too
Bb/F Ab/F
I'm not tryin' to run your life, the choice is up to you
C Db Ab Eb C
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
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
