I Got A Woman: Ray Charles
Charles' first #1 hit, in 1955.
Verse 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.
Verse 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)
Bridge
[A] [Bb7] [A7] [Bb7] [A7]
She's there to love me, both day and night.
[Bb7] [A7] [Bb7] [A7]
Never grumbles or fusses, always treats me right.
[Bb7] [A7] [Bb7] [A7]
Never runnin' in the streets, leavin' me alone.
[Bb7] [A7]
She knows a woman's place, is right there, now, in her home.
Verse 3
[A] [E]
I got a woman, way over town,
[A] [D] [A]
she's good to me, oh, yeah.
[D]
Say 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]
Oh, don't you know she's all right?
[A] [A7]
Oh, don't you know she's all right?
[A] [A7]
She's all right, she's all right... (Fade.)
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
