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2 Before You Go

4 Breezin'
10 Feel Like Makin' Love
7 Give Me The Night

15 Lady
18 Lady Love Me (One More Time)
22 Love Ballad
28 On Broadway
25 So This Is Love
30 This Masquerade
36 Turn Your Love Around
41 Welcome Into M y World
44 We've Got The Love

Edited by Randy Waldman and Ron King

George Benson plays lbanez guitars exclusively.

For all works contained herein:


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GIVE ME THE NIGHT
Words and Music by
R O D TEMPERTON
Moderately Fast, with funky feeling

dark is fall - in', you know the spir - it of the par - ty starts to come a - live., Un-ti1 the
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day is dawn - in', you can throw out all the blues- and hit the cit -,y lights,- 'cause there's

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I mu -sic in the air, - and lots of lov - in' ev' - ry - where,- so give me the night.

I" Give me the night. 2. You need the So come on

I out to - night- and


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we'll lead the 0th - ers on a ride through par - a - disc.- And if you

I feel all right,- then we can be lov - ers 'cause I see that star - light look in your eyes. - Well, don't you
1 know we can, f l y ? So give me the night. Give me the night.

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I Give me the night.

Give me the night. Give me the night.

Verse 2. You need the evenin' action, a place to dine.


A glass of wine, alittle late romance.
It's a chain reaction.
We'll see the people of the world comin' out todance.
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'Cause there's. . Chorus

Verse 3. (Instrumental)
'Cause there's. . . Chorus
Verse 4. And if we stay together,
We'll feel the rhythm of evening takin' us up high.
Never mind the weather.
We'll be dancin' in the street until the morning light.
'Cause there's. ..
Chorus
FEEL LIKE M A K I N G LOVE
Words and Music by
Moderately EUGENE McDANlELS
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Stroll - i n ' in- the park- watch - in' win - ter turn-to spring.-
When you talk- to me- when you're moan-in' sweet-and low,-
In a rest - aur-ant- hold - ing hands-by can - dle -light,-

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When you touch - a me-
While I'm touch - ina vou-

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I That's the time I feel like mak-in' love to you,

I That's the time I feel like mak- in' dreams come true,-

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I see-my dream's- re - flec - tions, in your eyes found the ans - wers to-my ques - tions, in your

I eyes I can see the rea - sons why- our love's a - live, ~n your

eyes we're drift - ing safe - ly back t o shore- and I think I've final - l y learned - to love you-
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more. You more. In your eyes I can

I see the rea - sons why- our love's a - live, you and I, we're drift - ing

I safe - ly back to shore,- I think I've fin -al - ly learned- to love- you more.
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LADY LOVE ME
(ONE MORE TIME)
Words and Music by
Moderately JAMES NEWTON H O W A R D and D A V I D PAlCH

I f you're ask - ing me to say liv - ing life with - out you girl- is al -
Yes I'm ask - ing you to stay re - mem -ber - ing it used t o be- SO

right. And if you real - ly want to know I'd have t o say it's
right. If you're ask - ing for the truth I'd have t o say I

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dan - ger - ous- to my mind. So be - fore- you turn and


won't be - lieve- it's good - night.
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I walk a - way just let me- love you- one more- time,-

feel your- heart-beat- close t o mine.- let me- love you-


lad - y- love me-

all t h e t i m e ba - by love me.


all t h e t i m e la - dy love me.
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love me- la - dy- all the- time- Let m e love you-

one more- time, hold m e clos - er,- now you're- mine,-


La - dy- love me- one l a s t t i m e la - dy love me.

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So be - fore- you turn and walk a way just


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dreamed of. Some - thing's c h a n g e d . No, it's not the feel - ing I felt-
know?- They're- not t h e r e when you love me and hold me and say-

I 6e-fore. It's much, much more.-


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I And what we have is much more than t h e y can see.-

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And what we have is much more than they- can see.-

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And what we have is much more than they- can see.-
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THIS MASQUERADE

Words and Music by


LEON RUSSELL
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Moderately slow

I Are we real - ly hap -

I - PY here- with this lone - ly game we play,-

1 look - ing for words to say?

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I Search - ina but not find - ins un - der - stand -

we're lost in a mas-

I mas - quer - ade. Both a - fraid to say-

I we're j u s t too far- a - way- from be - ing close to - geth -


I er from- the start. We

I tried to talk- it o ver, but the words- got i n t h e way.-

I - We're lost- in - side- this lone - ly game- we play.-

Thoughts of leav - ing dis - ap - pear- ev' - ry


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talk of the town;- a l l you'd get is


he stays a t home;- a l l they get is lone - ly. Turn your love a - round;-

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don't you turn me down;-

\i I can show you how;- turn your love a -


With -out the worn - a n I can make it,

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1 need the girl to stay;


Ah, don't you let the la - dy take- it all a -

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I girl,- you know- me; I'm a - lone un - ti1 you show-

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we're gon-na t a k e it back- where we be - l o n g . Turn your love a - round;-

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I can show you how;- turn your love a -

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I we1 - come you- in - to my world. You have be-come a

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You changed my cloud - y days- to sun - shine,- my De - cem - ber in - to May,- that's why I
! want you here be - side- me- ev' - ry day, ev'-ry day. It's just the

1 ! way you s m i l e t h a t makes me warm in - side,- I wish I knew but just can't s a y , I don't know the

I I rea - son why,- I on - ly know that this is love, I want to we1 - come you- in - t o my

world, i n - to my world.
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we'll be to-geth-er one day.- And

when we met a - long those streets on the way,

It was- n't by chance that we we're pass - ing by that day,


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1 They're sure there's a moon and stars a -bove I know,


I We'll be to - geth - er for sure As

I sure as that nose on your face, we were m e a n t for each

1 0th - er's arms.- Just as one and one make two,

I you were made for me, I was made for you.- (Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh, huh.)
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! I Don't try to hide that smile I know that's on your face,

and when you stare at me, I look the 0th - er way.

And we won't give a - way what we know from the start, 'cause
got that love-

h - in our hearts,

I love with-in our hearts, we've got that love

1 - with - i n our hearts, we've got that love. We've got that

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