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From "Waiting to Exhale"

COUNT ON MESATB, accompanied, with optional guitar, bass and drams

Words and Music by BABYFACE,WHITNEY HOUSTON and MICHAEL HOUSTON

Arranged by CARL STROMMEN

Performance time: 5:05

Slowly J = ca. 56

SopranoAlto

TenorBass

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Piano(Guitar,Bass)*

Drams

Count on me.through thick, and thin,_ a

SSlowly J = ca. 56

(Guitar tacet to m. 3)

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(Guitar enters)

m F Gm

(Bass tacet to m. 3)

Slowly J = ca. 56

(Bass enters), Closed Hi-hat Continue Pattern

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friend-ship that _ will nev - er end. When you are weak, _ I will _ be strong, _

F/A Bbmaj? Bb6 F/C C/Bb

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*Guitar: Play ad lib. using chord symbols as a guide.Bass: Double l.h. in piano part, adjusting octaves as necessary.

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help - ing you _ to car - ry on. Call on me, _ I will _ be there. _

Don't be a - fraid Please be - lieve. me when

I can see it's hurt

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I can feel_ your pain. _ It's hard to see the sun - shine through, the rain. _

Gm7 Gm7

Sop.I know some-times _ it seems _ as if it's

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nev-er gon-na end,_

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gon-na end, _unis.

but you'll get through it, just don't give in You _ can

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Piip^

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count on me_ through thick _ and thin, _ a friend-ship that _ will nev - er end. When you.mp-mf

are weak, _ I will _ be strong, _ help - ing you _ to car - ry on..

F/C C/Bb F/A Bbmaj? Bt6

J. mfru

Don't be a - fraid.

F/A Dm Gm A A7/C# Dm

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To Coda

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Please be~lieve_ me when _ I say, _ count on,unis. ^

you can count on me.

Continue Pattern

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Gm Gm7

mCm? F7

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know some-times _ it seems _ as if we're stand-in' all a - lone. _

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unis.

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we'll get through it, 'cause love won't let us fold. _

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count on. There's a place in-side _ of all of us_ where our

C13 Cll

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A/E

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Continue Pattern

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faith in love _ be - gins. _ You should reach to find _ the truth _ in love, _ the

Dm/F D7/F# Gm A7

P

hard-er than it is, _ but we'll get through it, just don't give in!

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Am7 Dm Gm F/A Bb6 Bb Cll C9

m m. imf

4f

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Count on me _ through thick _ and thin, _ a friend-ship that _ will nev - .er vend. _ When you.tints, mf

4fJ Continue Pattern

are weak, _ I will_ be strong, _ help-ing you_ to car - ry on.

F/C C/Bt F/A Bbmaj? Bb6

J. J-

Call on me, _ I will _ be there.. Don't be a - fraid.

F/A Dm Gm A A7/C# Dm

ffe

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urns.

Please be - lieve_ me when

Gm7 F/A Bbmaj? C9

I

Jr

poco rit.

count on.

Broadly

Count on me_ through thick _ and thin,_ a

Cmaj? D9

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D9BroadlyG Am?

pocorit ^

f a tempo

J.

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a tempo

X X X X X X X X

poco rit Continue Pattern

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friend-ship that _ will nev - er end. _ When you are weak, _ I will_ be strong,

G/B Cmaj? C6 G/D Am7/C D/C

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help-ing you_ to car - ry on. Call on me, _ I will _ be there.

G/B Cmaj? C6 G/B Em

J J J jI I

unis.

f f j j JDon't be a - fraid. 1

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'lease be - lieve _

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me when I say, _

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cresc. poco appco me, count _ on

count on, _

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count _ on me, Ooo

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me, count, on me,

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count, on me.rzY. r s * ̂

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*One or a few 1st sopranos sing top note.

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