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People

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners22 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

F#7Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
E7○○○○
A9Diagram coming soon
A×○○
D9Diagram coming soon
FdimDiagram coming soon
C#7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
E○○○
Am×○○
B7Diagram coming soon
F
CdimDiagram coming soon
G#mDiagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon
Em7○○○○○
A7×○○○
Bm×
D××○
D6Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro: A7M F#7/13- Bm7 E7/9- A7M F#7/13- Bm7 E7/9- 
 
 A9 A  D9  E7     E7/13 D9             E7 A9 A  D9 
People,     people who need  people 
Bm5-/7  E7  A4/7  A   A9  D9    A  Fdim A C#7 F#7 
Are   the    luckist    people  in  the  world 
Fdim  F#m/E   F#m  Bm5-/7       Fdim    F#m/E F#m  
We're    children,    needing    other    children 
         Am    A9  Am   B7        E      F         Am6  Cdim   E 
And yet letting our grownup pride, hide all the need  inside 
G#m    F#m7 Edim  B7        Bm5-/7   E7 Bm7 Cdim Edim E7/9 
Acting more like children than children 
A9    A    D9       E7  E7/13  D9    E7 A9 A D9 
Lovers    are   very   special    people 
Bm5-/7   E7  A4/7  A   A9  D9    A  Fdim A    Em7 A7/9 
They're    the    luckiest    people    in    the    world  
A9   A7/9     D9  Bm  F#7     Em7     Edim       F#7 
With one  person,         one very special person 
  Edim   A7   D            D6   Dm6 
A feeling deep in your soul 
    Fdim E7    A                A7M        F#m     
Says you were half, now you're whole 
Cdim  E7    A        F#m7 
No  more hunger and thirst 
     Bm7       Fdim   E7       A9  A    A7 
But first be a person who needs people 
Edim  A             D    D6    Dm6 
People    who need    people 
Dm6  Fdim A9    A   F#m  D9    A  Bm5-/7 E7/9-  A A7M A7 
Are    the   luckiest    people   in    the    world. 
A9   A7/9     D9  Bm  F#7     Em7     Edim       Bm    Bm7 
With one  person,         one    very    special    person 
  Edim   A7   D            D6   Dm6 
A feeling deep in your soul 
    Fdim E7    A                A7M        F#m     
Says you were half, now you're whole 
Cdim  E7    A        F#m7 
No  more hunger and thirst 
     Bm7       Fdim   E7         A9    A A7 
But first be a person who needs people 
Edim  A             D    D6    Dm6 
People   who   need   people 
Dm6 Fdim A9    A   F#m  D9    A  Bm5-/7 E7/9- A F#m7 Bm7 E 
Are   the   luckiest   people    in    the  world

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Chord set

F#7 · Bm7 · E7 · A9 · A · D9 · Fdim · C#7 · F#m · E · Am · B7 · F · Cdim · G#m · F#m7 · Edim · Em7 · A7 · Bm · D · D6

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.