Michael Bolton - When A Man Loves A Woman Chords & Tabs

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~-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------|
|------7--------------------------------------|
|------6--------------------------------------|
|-6s8-----6s8s6-----------------6s8---6\------|
|-------------------4--6--6s8~----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

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
|-9s11s9~---|
|-9s11s9~---|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
                G         F
Spend his very last dime
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-8s10--8--6~--------6-------------|
|----------------6s8---8s6---------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
            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
|----------------|
|----------------|
|-8h10-8h10--6---|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
                        G
If she said that's the way
             C  Bb
It ought to be

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/michael_bolton/when_a_man_loves_a_woman_tab.html ]
Chorus:
F                   C
When a man loves a woman
|-----------------9\--|
|-----9------9-9--9\--|
|-/10----/10----------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
F                           C
I give you everything I've got
|------------------------------------|
|-----9-9------9-9------9-9--9-------|
|-/10------/10------/10--------10----|
|---------------------------------11-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
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
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-9b11r--7~-------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
              G        F
Deep down in his soul
|--------------|
|--------------|
|-7h9--7~~-----|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
          G              C     G
She can bring him such misery
|-7---------------|
|-7--10-----------|
|--------9p7-9~---|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
            C                C/B   Am
If she is playing him for a fool
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-9b11--7-9---7~-------|
|-----------9----------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
          G                F
He's the last one to know
|-------10~-|
|-10h12-----|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
         G             C
Loving eyes can never see
|-14--10s12s10---------------------|
|-15--10s12s10--10s12s10-----------|
|----------------9s11ss9---7s9s7---|
|--------------------------7s9s7---|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
            C          C/B    Am
Yes when a man loves a woman
|----------7-----------------|
|-----7-10---10--------------|
|-7--------------9b11-9-7~~--|
|---7------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
                G          F
I know exactly how he feels
|-------10----10~----|
|-10s12----12--------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
              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