When A Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge
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Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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
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B |-----------
G |-----------
D |-----------
A |-------0---
E |---3-------
a...)
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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-----
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[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