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"Kicks"
(Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil)

Intro:

12-string [2X; chords implied]:

(Fm)          (Bb)
v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------
-----1---3---1---|---1-------------
-3-----3-------3-|-----3-1-----1---
-----------------|---------3-------
-----------------|-----------------

Bass [enters 2nd time]:

v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
-----------------|-----------------
-----------1-2-3-|-------3-1---0---
-3-----3-3-------|-----------------
-----------------|-----------------

Verse (chords on first two lines implied by guitar/bass riffs above):

(Fm)                                 (Bb)
Girl, you thought you found the answer on that magic carpet ride last
(Fm)      (Bb)
night
(Fm)                       (Bb)
But when you wake up in the mornin' the world still gets you
(Fm)     (Bb)
uptight
DbDb Piano Chord 

Well, here's nothin' that you ain't tried
FmFm Piano Chord 
            /E    /Eb   /D
To fill the emptiness inside
DbDb Piano Chord 

But when you come back down, girl
CC Piano Chord 

Still ain't feelin' right

Chorus:

[1,2,4:  And don't it seem like]
AbAb Piano Chord 
                      DbDb Piano Chord 

Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find
[3, 4: Oh, you don't need kicks, girl]
AbAb Piano Chord 
                  DbDb Piano Chord 

And all your kicks ain't bringin' you peace of mind
[3, 4: You just need help, girl]
AbAb Piano Chord 

Before you find out it's too late, girl
CC Piano Chord 

You better get straight

Link (over intro guitar/bass riffs, 2X):

(Fm)      (Bb)
No, but not with kicks
(Fm)        (Bb)
You just need help, girl

Verse 2:

Well you think you're gonna find yourself a little piece of
paradise
But it ain't happened yet, so girl, you better think twice
Don't you see no matter what you do
You'll never run away from you
And if you keep on runnin'
You'll have to pay the price

[repeat chorus]

Bridge:

FF Piano Chord 

No, you don't need kicks
DmDm Piano Chord 

To help you face the world each day
BbBb Piano Chord 

That road goes nowhere
CC Piano Chord 

I'm gonna help you find yourself another way

[repeat chorus 2X; fade second time]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers