Abbey Lincoln

When A Man Loves A Woman

Abbey Lincoln


Tom: D

Intro:  D  A/C#  Bm  D/A  G  G/A  D  A7

  D      A/C#    Bm         D/A
When a man loves a woman, can't keep his mind on nothing else 
G          A7         D        A7
He'd trade the world for a good thing he's found 
      D       A/C# Bm            D/A
If she's bad he can't see it,   she can do no wrong 
G          G/A             D         G/A
Turn his back on his best friend if he put her down 
  D       A/C#    Bm      D/A
When a man loves a woman, spend his very last dime 
G      G/A           D      G/A
Trying to hold on to what he needs 
      D        A/C#    Bm              D/A
He'd give up all his comfort, and sleep out in the rain 
G           G/A               D  D7
If she said that's the way it ought to be 
G          D     D7
When a man loves a woman
G              D
I give you everything I've got (yeah) 
G             D    A/C#    Bm
Trying to hold on to your precious love 
E7                 G/A
Baby, please don't treat me bad 
  Eb     Bb/D    Cm         Eb/Bb
When a man loves a woman deep down in his soul 
Ab   Ab/Bb         Eb   Ab/Bb
She can bring him such misery 
     Eb             Bb/D  Cm                   Eb/Bb
If she's playing him for a fool    he's the last one to know 
Ab   Ab/Bb      Eb  Ab/Bb
Loving eyes can never see 
      Eb      Bb/D     Cm           Eb/Bb
Yes, when a man loves a woman, I know exactly how he feels 
Ab        Ab/Bb        Eb
'Cause, baby, baby, baby, I am a man 
  Eb        Bb/D    Ab/C Ab/Bb
When a man loves a woman