Suggested Picking Pattern:
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e|-------*-----|
B|-----*---*---|
G|---*-------*-|
D|-*-----------|
A|-*-----------|
E|-*-----------|
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  Root note of the chord


Intro: C  G/B  Am7  Am/G  F  G  C  G


Verse 1:
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       C           G/B
When a man loves a woman,   
Am                       Am/G
Can't keep his mind on nothing else
F                G
He'll trade the world 
                          C     G
for the good thing he's found
         C            G/B    
If she's bad he can't see it
Am             Am/G
she can do no wrong
F                     G                        
Turn his back on his best friend 
                C     G
if he put her down


Verse 2:
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       C           G/B
When a man loves a woman, 
Am      Am/G
Spend his very last dime
F              G          C     G      
Tryin' to hold on to what he needs
         C         G/B
He'd give up all his comfort,
Am               Am/G
sleep out in the rain
F                      G    C         G
If she said that's the way it ought to be
C         G
it ought to be


Bridge:
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F          G            C      C7
Well, this man loves a woman
F          G            C      C7
I gave you everything I had
F          G        [C    E7/B]     Am
Tryin' to hold on to your precious love
D7                 '        G   G (hold)
Baby, please don't treat me bad


Verse 3:
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       C           G/B
When a man loves a woman
Am                Am/G
Down deep in his soul
F      G          C     G
She can bring him such misery
       C            G/B
If she plays him for a fool, yeah
Am        Am/G
He's the last one to know
F      G           C    G
Loving eyes can't ever see


Verse 4:
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       C         G/B
When a man loves woman
Am                Am/G
He can do her no wrong
F      G          C     G
He can never want some other girl
           C            G/B
Yes, when a man loves a woman
Am      Am/G
I know exactly how he feels
F           G            C   G
Baby, baby, baby, you're my world
       C           G/B
When a man loves a woman
Am       C7/G
I know exactly how he feels

(repeat to end)