I Feel For You | Chords + Lyrics
Intro
| F# F#69 | F# F#add9 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m7 G#m9/C# |
| F# F#69 | F# F#add9 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m9/C# | G#m9/C# |
Verse 1
| F# | Bmaj7 | Emaj7 | F# |
Baby, baby, when I look at you, I get a warm feeling inside.
| F# | Bmaj7 | Emaj7 | F# |
There’s something about the things you do, that keeps me satisfied.
Bridge 1
| F# F#6 | F# F#6 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m7 G#m9/C# |
I wouldn’t lie to you, baby. It’s mainly a physical thing.
| F# F#6 | F# F#6 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m9/C# |
This feeling that I got for you, baby. It makes me wanna sing.
Chorus 1
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 |
I feel for you, I think I love you.
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 |
I feel for you, I think I love you.
Verse 2
| F# | Bmaj7 | Emaj7 | F# |
Baby, baby, when I lay with you, there’s no place I’d rather be.
| F# | Bmaj7 | Emaj7 | F# |
I can’t believe, can’t believe it’s true, the things that you do to me.
Bridge 2
| F# F#6 | F# F#6 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m7 G#m9/C# |
I wouldn’t lie to you, baby, I’m physically attracted to you.
| F# F#6 | F# F#6 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m9/C# |
This feeling that I got for you, baby (hey, baby). There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do, for you girl.
Chorus 2
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 |
I feel for you, I think I love you.
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 |
I feel for you, I think I love you. Play.
Instrumental 1
| F# F#69 | F# F#add9 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m7 G#m9/C# |
| F# F#69 | F# F#add9 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m9/C# | G#m9/C# |
Woo oh whao!
Chorus 3
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
I think it’s love.
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
I feel for you. I think it’s love.
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
I feel for you. I think I love you.
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
I feel for you. I think it’s love. Play
Instrumental 2
| F#6 F# | F#6 F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
| F#6 F# | F#6 F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
Baby, oh yeah.
| F#6 F# | F#6 F# | Esus4 E | Esus4 E |
Oh, yeah. Oh, oh no.
Outro chorus
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 |
I feel for you. I think I love you (oh no, oh no)
| F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 |
I feel for you. I think I love you
I Feel For You’s chords and progressions
Prince‘s I Feel For You is a better choice for a band due to its complicated, but still more conventional chords.
The Chaka Khan version is a bit too personal and therefore perhaps more suited to a DJ since this was the bigger hit.
We could say that I Feel For You is in the key of F#, although F# is Mixolydian. Being chord V, we get great tension throughout.
The intro chord riff with its awesome extensions is as follows:
| F# F#69 | F# F#add9 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m7 G#m9/C# |
| F# F#69 | F# F#add9 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m9/C# | G#m9/C# |
The two lines are basically the same thing twice, just straight to the slash chord the second time and hold it for an extra bar.
The verse moves V – I – IV – V, a nice twist on one of the most common progressions around, the I – IV – V!
||: F# | Bmaj7 | Emaj7 | F# :||
The bridge is similar to the intro, just less fancy extensions so we don’t get in the way of the vocal:
| F# F#6 | F# F#6 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m7 G#m9/C# |
| F# F#6 | F# F#6 | Bmaj7 A#m7 | G#m9/C# |
The chorus uses the same chords, just sticking to the V – IV, the extension outlines the riff.
||: F# F#6 | F# | Esus4 E Eadd9 | Esus4 E Eadd9 :||
Instrumental 2 switches the extensions around. Play along with the video above using chords and lyrics and you’ll soon see how Prince put this one together.
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Chaka Khan
With 22 Grammy nominations and 10 wins to her name, Chaka Khan earned her nickname The Queen Of Funk.
Collaborations include Stevie Wonder, Prince, Ray Charles, Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer, Ry Cooder, De La Soul, and Mary J Blidge.
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Prince
Prince released his debut in 1978 and followed it up with a new studio album almost every year until 2015.
His best tunes include Kiss, Purple Rain, I Feel For You, 1999, Let’s Go Crazy, Little Red Corvette, Cream, Sign o’ The Times, and Alphabet St.
Prince on the web
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