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Mar 25, 2022

How Can I Be Sure by The Young Rascals

Tab: in word document format Video: Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure (1967)

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: How Can I Be Sure
By:   The Young Rascals

{ 3/4 }

[intro:]  |D  |D  |D  |D   | {play D on the 10th fret  xx 12 11 10 10}

[bridge:]
|C/D          |D       |{C/D = xx0010   D = xx0232}
 How can I be sure
|C/D               |D                  |
 In a world that's constantly changing
|C/D          |D        |
 How can I be sure
|C       |G/B       |D   |D   |D  |D   |  {bass line C B D} 
 Where I stand with you
 
[chorus: 1]                      {descending bass line D Db C B E A E A}
         |Dm   |Dm(maj7)  |Dm7   {xxx231 xxx221 xxx211}
Whenever I
        |G/B  |Em   |A     |Em7  |A7   |
Whenever I am away    from you
        |Dm  |Dm(maj7)  |Dm7
I wanna die
          |G/B         |Em  |A      |Em7  |A7
Cause you know I wanna stay    with you

[verse: 1] 
      |F#m7 |Bm7   |
How do I    know
|Em7          |A        |F#m7 |Bm7   |
 Maybe you're trying to use    me
|Em7        |A         |Fmaj7 |Dm7
 Flying too high don't confuse me
|Gm           |C            |D     |D   |D   |D
 Touch me but don't take me down


[chorus: 2]
         |Dm   |Dm(maj7)  |Dm7   
Whenever I
        |G/B  |Em   |A     |Em7  |A7   |
Whenever I am away    from you
        |Dm  |Dm(maj7)  |Dm7
I wanna die
          |G/B         |Em  |A      |Em7  |A7
Cause you know I wanna stay    with you

[verse: 2] 
     |F#m7 |Bm7 |Em7     |A             
Maybe I'm  just  hanging around
        |F#m7 |Bm7 |Em7    |A7
With my head  up,   upside  down
       |Fmaj7  |Dm7           |Gm            |C
It's a pity oh  yeah, I can't seem to find someone
         |Fmaj7 |Dm7 |Gm7  |C       |D  |D  |D  |D  |
Who's as pret---ty    and lovely as you 
 
[bridge:]
|C/D          |D      
 How can I be sure
  |C/D                   |D
I really, really,  wanna know
  |C/D                         |D  |D  |D  |D  |
I really, really, really wanna know  

|Dm   |Dm(maj7)  |Dm7  |G/B  |Em  |A  |Em7  |A   |
|Dm   |Dm(maj7)  |Dm7  |G/B  |Em  |A  |Em7  |A7  
                                          
 
[verse: 3]
          |F#m7 |Bm7    |
How's the wea---ther
|Em7        |A        |F#m7  |Bm7
 Whether or not we're  toge---ther
}Em7            |A          |Fmaj7 |Dm7
 Together we'll see it much bet----ter
     |Gm7           |C       |Fmaj7  |Dm7   |
I'll love you, I'll love you for e----ver
|Gm7            |C       |D    |D   |D  |D  |  
 You know where I can be found
 
[coda: bridge]
|C/D          |D       |
 How can I be sure
|C/D               |D                  |
 In a world that's constantly changing
|C       |G/B    |D       |{bass C B D)
 How can  I   be sure
|C      |G/B      |D       | {bass C B D)  {finish}
 I'm be sure with you




chords:

A       002220  or 577655
A7      002020  or 575655
Bm7     224232  or 797777
C       032010  or 335553
C/D     xx0010
D       000232  or 557775
Dm      xx0231  or x57765
Dm7     xx0211  or x57565
Dm(maj7)xx0221  or x57665
Em      022000  or 779987
Em7     020000  or 779787 or 022030
Fmaj7   x33210
F#m7    242222 
G/B     x20003
G       320003  or 355433
Gm7     353333