Who's Making Love Johnnie Taylor
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
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guitar 1:
[F]v v v v [F] v [Ab] v [Bb] v [Ab] [F]v
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Oww-howw! Hear me now!
bass:
v v v v v v v v
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guitar 1 (intro, end of chorus 1):
[F]v v v v [F] v [Ab] v [Bb] v [Ab] [C]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---------| ---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
All you f[F]ellows, gather 'ro[F]und me[Ab] [Bb] [Ab] [F]
And let me g[F]ive you some good adv[F]ice[Ab] [Bb] [Ab] [F]
What I'm g[F]onna, gonna a[F]sk you [Ab]now[Bb] [Ab] [F]
You better th[F]ink about it tw[F]ice[Ab] [Bb] [Ab] [F]
While you're [Dm]lying, cheating on your w[Am]oman
There is s[Gm]omething you never ever th[Bb]ought of, [C] now tell me
Chorus:
W[F]ho's making love to y[F]our old [Ab]lady[Bb] [Ab] [F]
W[F]hile you were out making lo[F]ve [1: Ab]hear[Bb] me [Ab]now] [F]
[1: Now] w[F]ho's making love to y[F]our old [Ab]lady[Bb] [Ab] [F]
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 cborus]
Bridge:
I k[F]now there are some women [Ab/F]guilty of this too
[Bb/F]I'm not tryin' to run your life, the c[Ab/F]hoice is up to you
[C] [Db] [Ab] [Eb] [C]
Oh, y[/]ou[/] [/] o[/]h! o[/]h,[/] y[/]ou[/], yo[/]u [/]yo[/]u[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
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
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