Michael Bolton
When A Man Loves A Woman
Transcribed by Soch Hean
Capo 1st Fret
-Guitar riffs and licks NOT relative to capo)
-Chords relative to capo
Intro: (Not relative to capo)
|-----------------------------------------9-----9----------------|
|-----------------------------------------9h11--9----------------|
|-----------------------8b10-8b10--6~---------------8b10r--6~----|
|-------------6=s8s6~--------------------------------------------|
|-4--6--6s8~-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|------7--------------------------------------|
|------6--------------------------------------|
|-6s8-----6s8s6-----------------6s8---6------|
|-------------------4--6--6s8~----------------|
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Verse:
C C/B Am
When a man loves a woman
G F
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
G
He'd trade the world
C
For a good thing he's found
C C/B Am
If she is bad, he can't see it
G F
She can do no wrong
G
Turn his back on his best friend
C G
If he puts her down
Verse:
C C/B Am
When a man loves a woman
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G F
Spend his very last dime
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|-8s10--8--6~--------6-------------|
|----------------6s8---8s6---------|
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G C G
Trying to hold on to what he needs
C C/B Am
He'd give up all his comforts
G F
And sleep out in the rain
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|-8h10-8h10--6---|
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G
If she said that's the way
C Bb
It ought to be
Chorus:
F C
When a man loves a woman
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|-----9------9-9--9--|
|-/10----/10----------|
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F C
I give you everything I've got
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|-----9-9------9-9------9-9--9-------|
|-/10------/10------/10--------10----|
|---------------------------------11-|
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F
Trying to hold on
C C/B Am
To your precious love
D7 G
Baby please don't treat me bad
(Put on the capo on the 2nd fret for the rest - for all that's below)
Verse:
C C/B Am
When a man loves a woman
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|-9b11r--7~-------|
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G F
Deep down in his soul
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|-7h9--7~~-----|
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G C G
She can bring him such misery
|-7---------------|
|-7--10-----------|
|--------9p7-9~---|
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C C/B Am
If she is playing him for a fool
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|-9b11--7-9---7~-------|
|-----------9----------|
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G F
He's the last one to know
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|-10h12-----|
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G C
Loving eyes can never see
|-14--10s12s10---------------------|
|-15--10s12s10--10s12s10-----------|
|----------------9s11ss9---7s9s7---|
|--------------------------7s9s7---|
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C C/B Am
Yes when a man loves a woman
|----------7-----------------|
|-----7-10---10--------------|
|-7--------------9b11-9-7~~--|
|---7------------------------|
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G F
I know exactly how he feels
|-------10----10~----|
|-10s12----12--------|
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G
'Cause baby, baby, baby
C C/B F G
When a man loves a woman (Repeat)
-Fade Out-
Chords:
C: x32010
C/B: x22010
G: 320033
Am: x02210
F: 133211
Bb: x1333x
D7: xx0212
About the artist behind When A Man Loves A Woman Tab:
His achievements include selling 53 million albums, eight top ten albums, two number one singles on the Billboard charts, and awards from both the American Music Awards and Grammy Awards.
Indexed at Wikipedia.