I Thank You — Sam & Dave
Chords and lyrics for I Thank You by Sam & Dave (key of A#m).
Verse 1
(From the 1968 Album I THANK YOU)
Intro
N.C.
(I want everybody to get up off your seat
N.C.
And get your arms together, and your hands together
N.C.
And give me some of that o-o-old soul clapping)
Chorus
[Eb]You didn't have to love me like you did
[Eb]But you did, but you did
[Eb]And I thank you
[Eb]You didn't have to squeeze me like you did
[Eb]But you did, but you did
[Eb]And I thank you
1St Verse
[Eb7]If you took your love to somewhere else
[Eb]I wouldn't know what it meant to be loved to death
[Eb]You made me feel like I've never felt
[Eb7]Kisses so good I had to [Bb7]holler for help
Chorus
[Eb]You didn't have to squeeze me but you did
[Eb]But you did but you did
[Eb]And I thank you
[Eb]You didn't have to hold me but you did
[Eb]But you did but you did
[Eb]And I thank you
2Nd Verse
[Eb7]Every day was something new
[Eb7]You pull out your bag and your fine to-do
[Eb7]You got me trying new things too
[Eb7]Just so I can keep [B7]up with you
Chorus
[Eb]You didn't have to shake me like you did
[Eb]But you did but you did
[Eb]And I thank you
[Eb]You didn't have to make it like you did
[Eb]But you did but you did
[Eb]And I thank you
3Rd Verse
[Eb]All my life I've been shortchanged
[Eb]Without your love baby, it's a crying shame
[Eb]And now I know what the fellas are talking about
[Eb]When they say that they [Bb7]been turned out
Bridge
[Eb7]I want to thank you (thank you)
Thank [Ab7]you (oh, baby)
[Eb7]Thank you baby (yeah, yeah)
Oh baby [Ab7](I gotta be thanking)
[Ab7]Got to say
Interlude
[Cm] [Db] [Cm] [Db] [Ab] [Eb]
Chorus
[Eb]You didn't have to love me like you did
[Eb]But you did, but you did
[Eb](And I thank you.)
[Eb]You didn't have to hold me like you did
[Eb]But you did, but you did
[Eb](And I thank you.)
Outro
[Eb]Thank you (thank you, [Ab7]baby)
Baby [Db7](Got to thank you)
[Db7]Baby (oh, baby)
[Bb7]Thank! I've! Got! I've got to (thank you baby)[Eb7]
[Eb7]Thank you baby (oh [Db]baby)[Bb]
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