Mavis Staples, cantante de gospel y soul nacida en 1940 en Chicago. La mayor parte de su carrera la ha pasado como miembro del grupo The Staple Singers.
Nació en Chicago durante el año 1940. Desde 1951 formó parte de The Staple Singers junto a Roebuck "Pops" Staples, Pervis Staples, Yvonne Staples y Cleotha Staples. En el año 1969 comenzó su carrera en solitario en el sello subsidiario de Stax, Volt, grabó su primer álbum homónimo. En 1979 trabajó junto a Curtis Mayfield
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wrote A Song For Everyone - Mavis Staples ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Magic Bear E-mail: [email protected]
Verse 1: GDCG Met myself a comin' county welfare line.
GCGD I was feelin' strung out, Hung out on the line.
GDEmC Saw myself a goin', down to war in June.
GDCG I want, All I want is to write myself a tune.
*For the Chorus, Change From the *G* to the *C* in the same style as the Intro Riff*
CHORUS: CG Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone,
CG Wrote a song for truth.
CGEm Wrote A Song For Ev'ryone
CG And I couldn't even talk to you.
Intro Riff
Verse 2: Got myself arrested, Wound me up in jail. Richmond 'bout to blow up, Communication failed. If you see the answer, now's the time to say. All I want, All I want is to get you down to pray.
CHORUS
*Guitar Solo* Use Verse Chords
CHORUS
Saw the people standin' thousand years in chains. Somebody said it's diff'rent now, look, it's just the same. Pharaohs spin the message, round and round the truth. They could have saved a million people, How can I tell you?
CHORUS CHORUS CHORUS
There Are a couple of weird rhythms in the song, just listen to it a couple of times and play around with your strumming patter and you'll get it.