Portrait of Grover Washington Jr. in 1995

Just the Two of Us

Grover Washington Jr. feat. Bill Withers

Key: F minorNo capo4/4

Standard tuning

D♭maj7: low to high muted, 4, 6, 5, 6, muted♭VImaj7D♭maj74××C7: low to high muted, 3, 5, 3, 5, mutedV7C73××Fm7: low to high muted, 8, 10, 8, 9, mutedi7Fm78××E♭m7: low to high muted, 6, 8, 6, 7, muted♭vii7E♭m76××A♭7: low to high 4, muted, 4, 5, 4, muted♭III7A♭74××Em7: low to high muted, 7, 9, 7, 8, mutedvii7Em77××Bmaj7: low to high 7, muted, 8, 8, 7, muted♯IVmaj7Bmaj77××B♭7: low to high 6, muted, 6, 7, 6, mutedIV7B♭76××Amaj7: low to high 5, muted, 6, 6, 5, mutedIIImaj7Amaj75××A♭7sus4: low to high 4, muted, 4, 6, 4, muted♭III7sus4A♭7sus44××Fm7*: low to high muted, 8, 10, 8, 9, 11i7Fm7*8×

Intro / Verse / SoloRepeating cycle

Four-bar cycle. In bar 2, Fm7 lasts beats 1–2, E♭m7 falls on 3 and A♭7 on 4. Light attacks, short chords.

4 bars
Progression bars 1–2♭VImaj7D♭maj7V7C7i7Fm7♭vii7E♭m7♭III7A♭712341234Progression bars 3–4♭VImaj7D♭maj7V7C7i7Fm712341234

ChorusRepeating cycle

Same cycle; bar 2 descends Fm7 → Em7 → E♭m7, one chord per beat. Repeat for the two chorus phrases.

4 bars
Progression bars 1–2♭VImaj7D♭maj7V7C7i7Fm7vii7Em7♭vii7E♭m7♭III7A♭712341234Progression bars 3–4♭VImaj7D♭maj7V7C7i7Fm712341234

InterludeRepeating cycle

Play twice. Ending variant: Fm7* replaces G♭6, with high E♭ at fret 11. After the second pass, hold Fm7* for two extra beats.

4 bars
Progression bars 1–4♭VImaj7D♭maj7V7C7♯IVmaj7Bmaj7IV7B♭7IIImaj7Amaj7♭III7sus4A♭7sus4♭VImaj7D♭maj7i7Fm7*1234123412341234

Interlude endingOne-time passage

After the second pass only: extend Fm7* by two beats, then return to the main progression.

1 measures incl. partial
Progression bars 1–1i7Fm7*122/4

Additional tips

Touch Pluck the indicated strings and release fretting pressure to stop them together. Mute neighbouring strings. Interlude bass descent: D♭–C–B–B♭–A–A♭.

Starting point Suggestions: pentatonic F–A♭–B♭–C–E♭; natural minor F–G–A♭–B♭–C–D♭–E♭. These are not transcriptions of the solo.

Target notes Over D♭maj7 → C7 → Fm7, target F → E → F. Over E♭m7–A♭7, favour G♭ over G: D♭ major = D♭–E♭–F–G♭–A♭–B♭–C. E natural clarifies the C7 dominant.

Interlude Fm7* = x–8–10–8–9–11: F–C–E♭–A♭–E♭. Same Fm7 chord, with its seventh doubled on top. This ending variant replaces G♭6 and retains the high E♭.