When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Song: When a man loves a woman
Artist: Percy Sledge
Composers: Calvin Lewis & Andrew Wright
Tabbed by DJ  26th Aug 2015

NOTE: This isn't Marlin Greene's guitar part, but has elements
of the whole arrangement for a solo performers' accompaniment.
It includes elements of the Farfisa organ and also the
double bass progressions. 

Time signature: 6/8

CAPO: 1st fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of Db)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
    = x32010     = x20001        = x35353
  = x20003     = xx0001        = x24242
   = x02210      = x2xxxx       = x13131
 = 302210      = x0xxxx     = x02200
    = xx3211        = 320003        = xx0210
  = x03211       = 320001        = xx0212

[This bass riff could be added to the start and middle line
  of all the verses, except the bridge]:

        (When 
e |-----------
B |-----------
G |-----------
D |-----------
A |-------0---
E |---3-------

a...)
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2---|
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[Intro]
          
| /  /  /  / |

        
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/   /    /   /

/      
  | /  /__/__/

/ 
   /  / |

[Verse 1]
         
When a man lov

         
es a woman,   

              
 can't keep hi

       
s mind on noth

ing else,
          
    He'd trade

         
 the world,  f

          
or a good thin

               
g he's found,
         
If she is bad,

           
 he can't see 

            
it,      she c

      
an do no wrong

,
          
    Turn his b

          
ack on his bes

          
t friend if he

               
 put her down

[Verse 2]
         
      When a m

           
an loves a wom

            
an,     he'd s

              
pend his very 


last dime,
          
    Trying to 

      
hold    ...on 

             
to what he nee

    
ds,
          
He'd give up a

          
ll of his comf

            
orts,     and 

              
sleep out in t

   
he rain,
          
   If she said

          
 that's the wa

         
y   ...it ough

         
t to be

[Bridge]
             
    Well, this

              
 man loves you

        
, woman,
      
              

              
I gave you eve

              
rything I had,
      
              

              
Trying to hold

             
 on to your hi

         
gh - class lov

  
e,
        
Ba - by,      

        
     plea - se

          
,  don -'t tre

          
at me bad-----

--

[Verse 3]
             
When a man lov

         
es a woman,   

            
  down deep in

/
 his soul,
          
    She can br

         
ing him such  

           
  ....misery,
          
     If she is

             
 playing him f

         
or a fool,    

              
he's the last 


one to know,
          
    Loving eye

        
s   ...can    

/           
...never see

[Verse 4]
         
      When a m

           
an loves a wom

            
an,      he ca

         
n do her no wr

ong,
          
    He can nev

       
er hold ...som

            
e other girl,
         
Yes, when a ma

           
n loves a woma

            
n,      I know

         
 exactly how h

e feels,
          
   'Cause, bab

      
y, baby,     .

             
..you're my wo

      
rld

[Coda]
         
      When a m

           
an loves a wom

            
an,      I kno

          
w exactly how 

he feels,
          
   'Cause, bab

       
y, baby,      

             
   you're--- m

     
y--- world

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