When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge


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When A Man Loves A Woman:Percy Sledge.
#1 on Hot 100 and R&B in 1966.

INTRO:
             

#1.
          
When a man lov

          
es a woman, ca

            
n't keep his m


ind on nothing

 else,
            
he'll trade th

            
e world for th

            
e good thing h

          
e's found.
            
If she's bad h

            
e can't see it

           
, she can do n

  
o wrong,
            
turn his back 

            
on his best fr

            
iend if he put

          
 her down.

#2.
            
When a man lov

          
es a woman, sp

       
end his very l

ast dime,
            
tryin' to hold

            
 on to what he

     
 needs.
             
He'd give up a

#           
ll his comfort

           
, sleep out in

     
 the rain,
            
If she said th

            
at's the way i

           
t ought to be.

CHORUS:
            
Well, this man

            
 loves a woman

            
, I gave you e

            
verything I ha

d.
            
Tryin' to hold

            
 on to your pr

       
ecious love,
         
Baby, please d

              
on't treat me 

   
bad.

#3.
            
When a man lov

          
es a woman, do

             
wn deep in his

 
 soul..
          
she can bring 

            
him such miser

  
y.
            
If she plays h

            
im for a fool,

           
 he's the last

 
 one to know..
          
lovin' eyes do

            
n't ever see.

#4.
            
When a man lov

          
es a woman, he

             
 can do her no

 
 wrong..
          
he could never

              
 want somebody

    
 else.
            
When a man lov

          
es a woman, I 

      
know exactly h

ow he feels,
          
Baby, Baby, Ba

              
by, you're my 

     
world..

OUTRO:
            
When a man lov

          
es a woman, I 

      
know exactly h

ow he feels,
          
Baby, Baby, Ba

              
by, you're my 

     
world..(Fade.)


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