Biography:
Champaign were an R&B band with adult contemporary leanings from the 1980s, best known for their 1981 hit "How 'Bout Us." The interracial septet, who named themselves after their hometown of Champaign, Illinois, USA, included Pauli Carman and Rena Day on vocals; Michael Day and Dana Walden on keyboards; Howard Reeder on guitar; Michael Reed on bass; and Rocky Maffitt on percussion/drums. The title track in their 1981 album, How 'Bout Us, was a hit single, reaching Top Five in the United Kingdom and on the United States R&B charts (also #12 U.
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This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
How Bout Us - Champaign 1981
Written by Dana Walden
R&B soul
intro: A, Dm
A Dm A
Ooh, short and sweet
Dm A
No sense in draggin' on past our needs
Dm A
Let's don't keep it hangin' on
Dm
If the fire's out, we should both be gone
A Bm
Some people are made for each other
Dm A
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us
Bm
Some people can hold it together
Dm A Dm A Dm A
Last through all kind of weather, tell me can we
Dm A
Now don't get me wrong ( What you sayin' to me baby )
Dm A
'Cause I'm not tryin' now to end it all ( let's does something new )
Dm A
It's just that I have seen ( what have you see ? )
Dm A
Too many lover's hearts lose their dreams ( we won't lose it !)
A Bm
Some people are made for each other
Dm A
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us
Bm
Some people can hold it together
Dm A Dm A Dm A
Last through all kind of weather, tell me can we
Dm
How 'bout us How 'bout us, baby
A
How 'bout us How 'bout us, baby
Dm
How 'bout us How 'bout us, baby
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F#m C#m Em F C
How we gonna make it girl, how we gonna drift and drift and drift together
Dm
Some people are made for each other
Fm C
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us
Dm
Some people can hold it together
Fm C
La..............................st , How bout us
Dm
Some people are made for each other
Fm C
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us (Repeat fade out)
=====/ Morenciel Chords & Lyrics /=====
"How about' us in the Chords and Lyrics Video:
http://youtu.be/61wfkNYuQpA
Written by Dana Walden
R&B soul
intro: A, Dm
A Dm A
Ooh, short and sweet
Dm A
No sense in draggin' on past our needs
Dm A
Let's don't keep it hangin' on
Dm
If the fire's out, we should both be gone
A Bm
Some people are made for each other
Dm A
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us
Bm
Some people can hold it together
Dm A Dm A Dm A
Last through all kind of weather, tell me can we
Dm A
Now don't get me wrong ( What you sayin' to me baby )
Dm A
'Cause I'm not tryin' now to end it all ( let's does something new )
Dm A
It's just that I have seen ( what have you see ? )
Dm A
Too many lover's hearts lose their dreams ( we won't lose it !)
A Bm
Some people are made for each other
Dm A
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us
Bm
Some people can hold it together
Dm A Dm A Dm A
Last through all kind of weather, tell me can we
Dm
How 'bout us How 'bout us, baby
A
How 'bout us How 'bout us, baby
Dm
How 'bout us How 'bout us, baby
http://tabla.morenciel.com/
F#m C#m Em F C
How we gonna make it girl, how we gonna drift and drift and drift together
Dm
Some people are made for each other
Fm C
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us
Dm
Some people can hold it together
Fm C
La..............................st , How bout us
Dm
Some people are made for each other
Fm C
Some people can love one another for life, how 'bout us (Repeat fade out)
=====/ Morenciel Chords & Lyrics /=====
"How about' us in the Chords and Lyrics Video:
http://youtu.be/61wfkNYuQpA
