Four Tops are an American Motown musical quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, RnB, disco, adult contemporary, showtunes, and even psychedelic rock. Founded in Detroit, Michigan as The Four Aims, lead singer Levi Stubbs and group mates Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson, and Lawrence Payton remained together for over four decades, finally forced to endure a lineup change when Payton died in 1997. At that time, Theo Peoples was added to the lineup; Peoples later replaced Stubbs
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...7-ROOMS OF GLOOM... by The Four Tops ----------------------.................
*from 'Reach Out' (1967)*
(modified from Andrew Roger's original tab)
*CAPO 1st FRET*
(Original Key: Bbm)
Chorus 1:
AmF I see a house, a house of stone, (Seven... rooms), Em7 A lonely house 'cos now you've gone. (Filled... with gloom).
Gm Seven rooms, (Just seven rooms, that's all it is, Ebmaj7 Seven rooms of gloom. ...Of gloom).
Abmaj7DbF I live with emptiness, without your tenderness. (Filled with emptiness).
Verse 1:
DmGmDm You took the dream I had for us; turned my dreams into dust. DmGmDm I watch the phone; never rings, I watch the door that never rings. DmGmDm Bring you back into my life; turn this darkness into light. DmGmDm I'm all a-lone in this house, turn this house into a home.
Bridge 1:
Bb6BbFA7 I need your touch to comfort me, Bb6BbFA7 The tender, tender arms, that once held me.
Chorus 2:
AmF Without your love, your love in-side, (Seven... rooms), Em7 This house is just a place to run and hide. (Filled... with gloom).
Gm Seven rooms, (Just seven rooms, that's all it is, Ebmaj7 Seven rooms of gloom. ...Of gloom).
Abmaj7DbF Rooms of emptiness, without your tenderness. (Rooms of emptiness).
Verse 2:
DmGmDm Don't make me live from day to day, watching the clock that ticks a-way. DmGmDm Another day, another way, another reason for me to stay. DmGmDm I need you here, here with me, I need you darling, desperate-ly. DmGmDm I'm all alone, all alone, in this house that's not a home.
Bridge 2:
Bb6BbFA7 I miss your love, I once had known. Bb6BbFA7 I miss your kiss, that was my very, very own.
Chorus 3:
AmF Empty silence, sur-rounding me, (Seven... rooms), Em7 Lonely walls, they stare at me. (Filled... with gloom).
Abmaj7DbF I live with emptiness, without your tenderness. (Filled with emptiness).
Verse 3:
DmGmDm All the windows are painted black, and wait right here, until you come back. DmGmDm I'll keep waiting, waiting, until your face, again I see.