Youre Gonna Need Somebody

You're gonna [E] need somebody on your [E] bond child

You're gonna [A] need somebody on your [E] bond

When it's late 'round midnight and [A] old man death comes slippin

into the room

You're gonna [E] need some[B]body on your [E] bond (A,A#,B turn)

You take Mary and Martha standin up in the hillside

Mary explainin' to Martha, "darlin look at the river deep

and the water wide."

Here comes ole Moses, faithful Moses carryin' big ole stones

up the hill

Tellin everybody their gonna need somebody on their bond

leads--play body of song twice using one instrument (keyboard or

mouthharp) first and add another instrument (guitar or horns)

to accompany instrument #1 during second lead

Whoa, you tak Maivus Staples and ole Corn Cheevers(?) they got the

good side on their bond

Oh I been listen to the music people ever since the day I was born

My momma raised me in a room across from the church by the tree and that

sweet gospel music oh how it used to comfort me

Tellin everybody they're gonna need somebody on their bond

Repeat first verse (1st two lines quietly then build to end by

repeating last line of verse (end with B, A, E)

song appears on many of Taj's recordings as it one of his signature

tunes; he plays it at many different tempos so find one that works for

you

I've borrowed a bit from the archives and wanted to give a little

something back.