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Bill Withers - Use Me Chords

Chord reference Em, A7
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[Em] [A7] [Em] [A7] [Em] [A7] My [Em]friends [A7]feel it’s their appointed [Em]duty [A7] They keep trying to [Em]tell [A7]me, all you want to do is [Em]use me [A7] But my [Em]answer, [A7]yeah to all that use me stuff [Em] [A7] [A7]I want to spread the news, that if it feels this good getting used You just keep on using me, until you use me up [Em] [A7] Until you use me up [Em] [A7]

My big [Em]brother, [A7]sit me right down and he talked to me [Em] [A7] He told [Em]me that, [A7]I ought not to let you just walk [Em]on me [A7] And I’m sure he meant [Em]well [A7]yeah, but when our talk was through [Em] [A7] [A7]I said, brother, if you only knew, you’d wish that you were in my shoes You just keep on using me, until you use me up [Em] [A7] Until you use me up [Em] [A7]

You know [Em]sometimes, [A7]it’s true, you really [Em]do [A7]abuse me You get me in a crowd of [Em] [A7]high-class people, and then you act real rude to me [Em] [A7] But, oh baby, baby, baby, [Em]baby, [A7]when you love me, I can’t get [Em]enough [A7] I want to spread the news, that if it feels this good getting used Girl, you just keep on using me, until you use me up [Em] [A7] Until you use me up [Em] [A7]talking about you using people [A7]It all depends on what you do, it ain’t too bad the way you’re using me ‘Cause I sure am using you to do the things you do’ [Em] [A7] To do the things you [Em]do [A7]

[Em] [A7] [Em] [A7]

Artist Bill Withers
Album American Beauty Soundtrack
Genres R&B, Soul
Year 1999
Key Em

How to Play Use Me on Guitar?

Bill Withers - Use Me can be played in the key of Em using the Em, A7 chords.

  • For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Use Me with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.