I Never Loved A Man - Aretha Franklin

I Never Loved A Man

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Verse 1:
 
You're no good heartbreaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
I don't know why
C
I let you do these things to me
 
My friends keep tellin' me
That you ain't no good
Oh, Lord, but they don't know
That I'd leave you if I could
 
Chorus 1:
 
C7
I guess I'm uptight
And I'm stuck like glue
F C {N.C.}
'Cause I ain't never, I ain't never, I ain't never, no, no
 
F {1: as per intro}
Loved a man the way that I - I love you
 
Verse 2:
 
Some time ago I thought
You had run out of fools
But I was so wrong
You got one that you'll never lose
 
The way you treat me is a shame
How could you hurt me so bad
Baby, you know that I'm the best thing
That you ever had
 
Chorus 2:
 
Kiss me once again
Don't you never, never say that we're through
'Cause I ain't never - no! - never, no, no
Loved a man the way that I - I love you
 
Bridge:
 
Bb7
I can't sleep at night
And I can't eat a bite
F7
I guess I'll never be free
C7
Since you got your hooks on me
Bb Ab
Oh, oh, oh yeah yeah
 
Coda:
 
F {continue as per intro}
I ain't never loved a man
I ain't never loved a man
Ain't never had a man that hurt me so bad
No - but this is just what I'm gonna do
I tell you I'm gonna hold on to him
And I'm gonna ho-o-old on to him {fade}

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