#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the  #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

Song title:       Sexual Healing
Album:            Andrew Denton's Musical Challenge Vol. 2
Original Album:   ? (available on "Midnight Love & Sexual Healing Sessions")

Words and Music by Marvin Gaye/O. Brown/D. Ritz
Copyright © 1984 Motown Records

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (gavin_chart@hotmail.com)
With corrections by Matt Collis (collism@mac.com)


NOTES:
Here is a song for loved ones; one of the truly great songs out there...
Neil performed this on Sydney DJ Andrew Denton's TripleM radio show in 
2001 as a "Musical Challenge". The transcription is of that performance.

The basic figure for the intro and verses is G - Am - F - C, but
you should listen carefully to the song to get the right tempo.

Thanks to Matt Collis for pointing out the Dm-Em-F and C-E7 transitions.


INTRO:    G - Am - F - C


VERSE:
G       Am   F       C                G             
   Ba - a - aby, I'm hot just like an oven,
Am             F      C
   I need some lovin'...
    G    Am   F   C                    G
And Ba - a - aby, I can't hold it much longer,
Am              F            C
   It's getting stronger and stronger,

G               Am              F      C
When I get that feelin', I want sexual healin'
G      Am         F    C  G        Am      F     C
Sexual    healing baby    makes me feel so fine,
G          Am       F     C
Helps to relieve my mind
G      Am       F          C 
Sexual healing, baby, it's good for me 
G      Am         Dm        Em        F    G   C
Sexual healing is something    that's good for me.


CHORUS:
C                            E7
Whenever blue tear drops are fallin',
F                   Dm  Em    F   G   C
And my emotional stability is leaving me,
C                  E7
There is something I can do:
      F                        Dm   Em     F  G
I can get on the telephone and call you up baby,

C                         E
  Honey I know, you'll be there to relieve me,
F              Dm         
  The love you give to me will free me
C                                   E
If you don't know the things you're dealin'
F                                Dm  Em   F  C
I can tell you darlin' that it's   sexual healing 

G               Am              F                 C
Get up, get up, get up, get up, let's make love tonight,
G                 Am                 F               C
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, 'cause you do it right.


VERSE: 
Ba - a - aby, I got sick this morning, 
A sea was storming, inside of me 
Ba - a - aby, well, I think I'm capsizin', 
The waves are rising and rising, 

And when I get that feeling, I want sexual healing
Sexual healing is good for me,
Makes me feel so fine, it's such a rush
Helps to relieve the mind, it's good for us
Sexual healing baby, is good for me
Sexual healing is something that's good for me.


[end on arpeggioed C]


CHORDS:
G     320003
Am    x02210
F     x33211
C     332010
E     022100
E7    020100
Dm    x00231
Em    022000