I SAY A LITTLE PLAY FOR YOU
ARETHA FRANKLIN
SONGWRITERS: BURT
BACHARACH; HAL DAVID
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: TRACK 2 ON ARETHA
NOW
LABEL: ATLANTIC
GENRE: SOUL
ANO: 1968
Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 –
August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and
civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan,
where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she embarked on a secular-music
career as a recording artist for Columbia
Records. While Franklin's career did not immediately
flourish, she found acclaim and commercial success after signing with Atlantic Records in 1966. Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)",
"Respect",
"(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman",
"Chain of Fools",
"Think", and "I
Say a Little Prayer" propelled her past her
musical peers. By the end of the 1960s, Aretha Franklin had come to be known as
the "Queen of Soul".
Franklin continued to record acclaimed albums
such as I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Spirit
in the Dark (1970), Young,
Gifted and Black (1972), Amazing Grace (1972), and Sparkle (1976) before experiencing problems with her record company. Franklin
left Atlantic in 1979 and signed with Arista Records.
She appeared in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers before
releasing the successful albums Jump to It (1982), Who's
Zoomin' Who? (1985), and Aretha (1986) on the Arista label. In 1998, Franklin returned to the Top 40
with the Lauryn Hill-produced
song "A Rose Is Still a Rose";
later, she released an album
of the same name which was certified gold.
That same year, Franklin earned international acclaim for her performance of
"Nessun dorma"
at the Grammy Awards; she filled in at the last
minute for Luciano Pavarotti,
who canceled his appearance after the show had already begun. In a widely noted
performance, she paid tribute to 2015 honoree Carole
King by singing "(You Make Me Feel
Like) A Natural Woman" at the Kennedy
Center Honors.
Franklin recorded 112 charted singles on Billboard,
including 77 Hot 100 entries, 17 top-ten pop singles, 100 R&B entries, and 20 number-one R&B
singles. Besides the foregoing, Franklin's well-known hits also include "Ain't No Way",
"Call Me", "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)",
"Spanish
Harlem", "Rock Steady", "Day Dreaming", "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm
Gonna Do)", "Something
He Can Feel", "Jump to It",
"Freeway of Love",
"Who's
Zoomin' Who", and "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (a
duet with George Michael).
She won 18 Grammy Awards,
including the first eight awards given for Best Female R&B Vocal
Performance (1968–1975). Franklin is one of the best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 75 million records worldwide.
Franklin received numerous honors throughout
her career. She was awarded the National
Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In
1987, she became the first female performer to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. She
also was inducted into the UK
Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2012. In
2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked her number one on its list of the "100 Greatest
Singers of All Time"and number nine on its list of "100 Greatest
Artists of All Time".The Pulitzer
Prize jury in 2019 awarded Franklin a
posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture
for more than five decades". In 2020, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
Forever and ever, you'll
stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever, we never
will part
Oh, how I love you
Together, forever, that's
how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak
for me
I run for the bus, dear
While riding I think of us,
dear
I say a little prayer for
you
At work I just take time
And all through my coffee
break time
I say a little prayer for
you
Forever and ever, you'll
stay in my heart
And I will love you
Forever and ever we never
will part
Oh, how I'll love you
Together, forever, that's
how it must be
To live without you
Would only mean heartbreak
for me
I say a little prayer for
you
I say a little prayer for
you
My darling believe me
For me there is no one
But you
Aretha Franklin
I Say a Little Prayer For You
Tom: A#
(intro) Gm7 Cm7 F7 A#7+ Am7 D7/9-
Gm7 Cm7
The moment I wake up
F7 A#7+
Before I put on my makeup
D# D7/9-
I say a little prayer for you
Gm7 Cm7
While combing my hair, now
F7 A#7+
And wondering what dress to wear now
D# D7/9-
I say a little prayer for you
(refrão)
D# F/D# Dm7 A#/D
Forever, forever, you'll stay in my heart
A#7
And I will love you
D# F/D# Dm7 A#/D
Forever, forever, we never will part
Fm7/A# G7
Oh, how I'll love you
D# F/D# Dm7 A#/D
Together, together, that's how it must be
A#7
To live without you
D# F/D# D7
Would only mean heartbreak for me
Gm7 Cm7
I run for the bus, dear
F7 A#7+
While riding I think of us, dear
D# D7/9-
I say a little prayer for you
Gm7 Cm7
At work I just take time
F7 A#7+
And all through my coffee break time
D# D7/9-
I say a little prayer for you
(repeate refrão)
Gm7 Cm7
My darling, believe me
Cm7/F A#7+
For me there is no one but you
Cm7/F A#7+ Cm7/F
Please love me too
A#7+ Cm7/F
I'm in love with you
A#7+
Answer my prayer
Cm7/F A#7+ Cm7/F
Say you love me too
A#7+ Cm7/F
Why don't you answer my prayer, yeah
(repete refrão)
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