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     Wannabe - Performed by the Spice Girls, From the Virgin album SPICE

     YO!
          B                            D
     I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
        E                               A                  A#
     So tell me what you want, what you really really want
          B                            D
     I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
        E                               A                  A#
     So tell me what you want, what you really really want
             B                                   D
     I wanna (huh)     I wanna (huh)     I wanna (huh)     I wanna (huh)
             E                          A            A#
     I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ahh!

     F#             G#
     If you want my future
     E         B
     Forget my past
     F#           G#
     If you wanna get with me
     E             B
     Betta make it fast
     F#           G#
     Now don't go wasting
     E           B
     My precious time
     F#             G#
     Get your act together
              E       B
     We could be just fine

     CHORUS:
     N.C  B                            D
     I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want
        E                               A                  A#
     So tell me what you want, what you really really want
             B                                   D
     I wanna (huh)     I wanna (huh)     I wanna (huh)     I wanna (huh)
             E                          A            A#
     I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ahh!

     F#                 G#
     If you wanna be my lover
     E                     B
     You gotta get with my friends
     F#              G#
     Make it last forever
     E                B
     Friendship never ends
     F#                 G#
     If you wanna be my lover
     E               B
     You have got to give
     F#            G#
     Taking is too easy
         E                 B
     But that's the way it is

     N.C
     What d'you think about that
             E          B
     Now you know how I feel?
     F#          G#
     Say you can handle my love
     E           B
     Are you for real?
     F#         G#
     I won't be hasty
     E               B
     I'll give you a try
     F#            G#
     If you really bug me
               E       B
     Then I'll say goodbye!


     YO!
     So.. Here's the story from A to Z                   } All of this is
     You wanna get with me, you gotta listen carefully   } played over the
     We've got 'M' in the place who likes it in her face } b-d-e-a-a# chord
     You got 'G' lock MC who likes it on a..             } progression 3
     Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady     } times, no more
     And as for me, ha you'll see!                       } no less...

     B                     D
     Slam me body down and wind it all around
     N.C
     Slam me body down and wind it all around
     F#                 G#
     If you wanna be my lover
     E                     B
     You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta,

     Ad lib for a bit..
     E                     A           A#
     Slam me body down and zigazig ahh
     F#
     If you wanna be my lover
     END

Notes:

The best way to play the b-d-e-a-a#-b bits is as follows

e ---------------------------------
b -----SLIDE----SLIDE--------------
g -4--4--/--7--7--/--9--9--2--2--3-   Repeat and
d -4--4--/--7--7--/--9--9--2--2--3-   so on.....
a -2--2--/--5--5--/--7--7--0--0--1-
e ---------------------------------

Any comments or queries, drop me a line, Webble@dircon.co.uk

Transcribed by Lee Webb.
The chord timings are not spot on, but i`m sure you`ll all be ok!!!!

YOU MAY FREELY DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE ONLY IN ITS PRESENT FORM!!!!
FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN BROKEN LEGS!!!!
(The author is 6 foot 4 and `quite handy`)

Legal Stuff:

As usual, this is my own interpretation of this piece and is intended for private study, research and scholarship, though what you could learn from
5 insane British women is quite frankly beyond me...

Say You`ll Be There coming soon...
2 become 1 coming a bit after that...

Also Available by e-mailing the author:

Ohh Ahh Just a Little Bit (Gina G)
Three Lions (Lightning Seeds, Baddiel and Skinner)

(c)December 1996     Useless Transcriptions inc.



Wannabe : Spice Girls

transcribed by Trevor Borgmeier  (tjborgmeier@bigfoot.com)

Chords
verse				Chorus
F#  	G#m	E	B7	B5	D5	G5	A5	A#5
2	4	0	2	x 	x	x	x	x
2	4	0	4	x	x	x	x	x
3	4	1	2	x	7	9	x	x
4	6	2	4	9	7 	9	7	8
4	6	2	2	9	5 	7	7	8
2	4	0	2	7	x 	x	5	7

bass intro=
   B     D     G     A     A#
A|-------5--5--7--7----------- repeat
E|-7--7--------------5--5--6--

Chorus riff = B5 D5 G5 A5 A#5
Verse riff  = F# G#m E B7

chorus/intro riff 	x3
verse riff			x4
chorus/intro riff 	x2
verse riff			x4
low E-14/4-- slow slide	x1
verse riff start w/E	x3.5
chorus/intro riff 	x2
if you wanna be my lover...
verse riff start w/E	x3.5
chorus/intro riff 	x3.5
slam your body down and wind it all around
verse riff			x8
chorus/intro riff 	x2
if ya wanna be my lover...