I Got A Woman:Ray Charles.
Charles' first #1 hit...in 1955.
#1.
A E
Well, I got a woman, way over town,
A D A A7
she's good to me, oh, yeah.
D D7
Said, I got a woman, way over town,
E E7 E
she's good to me, whoa, yeah.
A A7
She gives me money when I'm in need.
D D7
Yeah, she's a kind of friend, indeed.
A E
I got a woman, way over town.
A D A
She's good to me, whoa, yeah.
#2.
A E
She saves her lovin', early in the mornin',
A D A
just for me, oh, yeah.
D D7
She saves her lovin', early in the mornin',
E E7 E
just for me, oh, yeah.
A A7
She saves her lovin', just for me,
D D7
always loves me, so tenderly.
A E
I got a woman, way over town,
A D A
she's good to me, oh, yeah.
(SAX. BREAK.)
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CHORUS:
A A7 A
She's there to love me, both day and night.
A A7 A
Never grumbles or fusses, always treats me right.
A A7 A
Never runnin' in the streets, leavin' me alone..
A A7
she knows a woman's place, is right there, now,
in the home.
D E
I got a woman, way over town,
A D A
she's good to me, oh, yeah.
#4.
D
Said I got a woman, way over town,
E E7 E
she's good to me, oh, yeah.
A A7
Well, she's my baby, don't you understand?
D
Yeah, I....I'm her lovin' man, now.
A E
I got a woman, way over town,
A D A
She's good to me, oh, yeah.
OUTRO:
A A7
Well, don't you know she's all right?
A A7
Well, don't you know she's all right?
A A7
She's all right, she's all right...(Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
