Ain’t Nobody chords by Chaka Khan

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Ain’t Nobody | Chords + Lyrics

Intro

||: Ebm Db/Eb :||

Verse 1

Verse 2

Chorus 1

Instrumental

||: Ebm Db/Eb :||

Verse 3

Chorus 2

Middle 8

||: Abm7 Bbm7 | Ebm Db/Eb | Abm7 Bbm7 | Ebm Db/Eb :||
At first, you put your arms around me, then you put your charms around me.
I can’t resist this sweet surrender, oh, my nights are warm and tender.
We stare into each other’s eyes, and what we see is no surprise.
| Abm7 Bbm7 | Ebm Db/Eb | Abm7 Bbm7 |
Got a feeling most would treasure, and a love so deep we cannot measure.

Chorus 3

Chorus 4

||: Ebm7 Gbmaj7 | Abm7 B :||
||: Ain’t nobody (ain’t nobody), loves me better (nobody).
Ain’t nobody, loves me better (nobody, baby).
Ain’t nobody (nobody, baby), loves me better.
Makes me happy, makes me feel this way. :||

Ain’t Nobody Chords: Learn the progressions

Being in the key of Ebm, most musicians play Ain’t Nobody’s chords by moving from chord VI – II in the chorus, Ebm – Abm, a progression ranked #10 on my top 10 chord progression list.

However, upon closer inspection, there are actually two more chords, like this. | Ebm7 Gbmaj7 | Abm7 B |.

The verse pivots between Ebm and Db/Eb. This is then changed to moving between Bmaj7 and Db/B. These are chords VI and IV, with the Db being chord V.

The last part of the verse starts on chord III before it moves up the scale. Bbm7 – Bmaj7 – Db – Ebm.

Finally, the middle 8 section moves between chords II – III. Abm7 and Bbm7, back to the verse movement of Ebm7 Db/Eb.

Perhaps guitar players miss out on all these chords as once the distorted guitar comes in, it only plays Eb5 – Db5 – Eb5 for the verse, a melody for the chorus, and a picked lick for the middle 8.

Now that you know, you could impress your bandmates at your next gig during verse 1 and play Ain’t Nobody’s correct chords, when there is no distorted guitar yet.

Ain’t Nobody – A modern standard

Ain’t Nobody is a smash hit by the band Rufus, with Chaka Khan on vocals. Released in 1983, it has maintained radio play ever since.

For the world of female singers in cover bands, it’s as much of an obvious choice as Respect and You Can’t Hurry Love.

Perhaps surprisingly, it didn’t rank higher than 403 on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time, I think the magazine would find the general public disagrees with them here. Ain’t Nobody truly is a modern standard.

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