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                Could You Be Loved? – Bob Marley
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Written by: Bob Marley
From: “Uprising” (1980)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

The recording seems to be a little sharp, between Bm and Bm, but closer to Bm.

Guitar Lick
  
  1 + 2 + 3 + 

4 +
A|2---------4-
E|2--------(2-
C|2-----------
g|4-----------

5-4-|
2-2)|
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[Intro]
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 (guitar) (+ o

  %  |  %  |
rgan)
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(full band)


[Chorus]
|            
     Could you

   |  |  |
 be loved
       |  |
And be loved
|            
     Could you

   |  |  |
 be loved
       |  | 
And be loved


[Verse 1]
            
     Don't let

    |    |    |  %  |
 them fool ya
            
  Or even try 

   |    |  
to school ya, 

  |  %  |
oh, no!
            
   We've got a

 
 mind of our o

wn
             
So, go to hell

              
 if what you'r

           
e thinking is 

    
not right!
            
   Love would 

      
never leave us

 alone,
             
A-yin the dark

           
ness there mus

              
t come out to 


light.


[Chorus]
|            
     Could you

   |  |  |
 be loved
       |  |
And be loved
|            
     Could you

   |  |  |
 be loved
       |  | %
And be loved

 |


[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
    
The road of li

fe is rocky
    
And you may st

umble too
   
So while you p

oint your fing

ers
        
Someone else i

s judging you

Could you be, 

could you be, 

could you be l

oved
(Love your brotherman!)

Could you be, 

could you be l

oved

Could you be, 

could you be, 

could you be l

oved

Could you be, 

could you be l

oved


[Verse] 2]
            
   Don't let t

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hem change ya,

  |  %  |
 oh!
            
   Or even rea

   |    |  
rrange ya, oh,

  |  %  |
 no!
            
   We've got a

 
 life to live.
        
            Th

      |    |
ey say: only, 

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only
Ooh, ooh, ooh
             
Only the fitte

           
st of the fitt

             
est shall surv

     
ive, stay aliv

e, eh!


[Chorus]
|            
     Could you

   |  |  |
 be loved
       |  |
And be loved
|            
     Could you

   |  |  |
 be loved
       |  | %
And be loved

 |


[Bridge]
    
You ain't gonn

a miss your wa

ter
  
Until your wel

l runs dry
   
No matter how 

you treat him
         
Man will never

 be satisfied)

Could you be, 

could you be, 

could you be l

oved
(Say something!)

Could you be, 

could you be l

oved
                              (Say something!)

Could you be, 

could you be, 

could you be l

oved
(Say something!)

Could you be, 

could you be l

oved
(Say something!)


[Outro]
            
Say something,

 
 say something

!
            
Say something,

            
 say something

            [  ]
!
                            (Could you be loved?)
            
Say something,

 
 say something

! (Reggae, reg

gae)
            
Say something 

              
(Rockers, rock

      
ers), say some

thing! (Reggae

, reggae)
            
Say something 

              
(Rockers, rock

            
ers), say some

                 [  ]
thing!
                                               (Could you be loved?)
(repeat, and fade, vocals ad lib)