Chairmen of the Board is an American-Canadian, Detroit, Michigan-based soul music group, who saw their greatest commercial success in the 1970s.
General Norman Johnson (23 May 1943, Norfolk, VA – 13 Oct 2010, Atlanta, GA), had a hit as the lead singer of The Showmen, in the early '60s, with the New Orleans rock'n'roll anthem It Will Stand.
When Holland-Dozier-Holland left Motown, in 1967, to establish their own Invictus/Hot Wax group of labels
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...GIVE ME JUST A LITTLE MORE TIME... by Chairmen of the Board -------------------------------------.........................
*from 'The Chairmen of the Board' (1970)*
Chorus 1:
Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow. Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow.
Verse 1:
CG/B Life's too short to make a mistake; Bb6FG7 Let's think of each other and hesitate. CG/B Young and impatient we may be, Bb6F There's no need to act foolishly. CG/B If we part our hearts won't forget it, Bb6F Years from now we'll surely regret it.
Chorus 2:
Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow. Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow.
Verse 2:
CG/B You're young and you're in a hurry, Bb6FG7 You're eager for love, but don't you wor-ry. CG/B We both want the sweetness in life, Bb6F But these things don't come overnight. CG/B Don't give up 'cos love's been slow, Bb6F Girl, we're gonna succeed with a-nother blow.
Chorus 3:
Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow. Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Baby, please baby, baby, please baby.
Interlude:
Cmaj7Am7, Em7Fmaj7 (x2)
Verse 3:
CG/B Love is that mountain we must climb, Bb6FG7 Let's climb it together; your hand in mine. CG/B We haven't known each other too long, Bb6F But the feeling I have is, oh, so strong. CG/B I know we can make it, there's no doubt, Bb6F We owe it to ourselves to find it out. Just...
Chorus 4:
Cmaj7 (n.C) Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow. Brrr... Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow.
Chorus 5:
Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Give me just a little more time, and our love will surely grow. Cmaj7Am7Em7Fmaj7 Baby, please baby, baby, please baby.