I Never Loved A Man

"I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)"

(Ronnie Shannon)

Intro [9/8 notated as 3/4]:

Wurlitzer electric piano [4X; bass enters 3rd; continue into vers]

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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

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:

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

I can't sleep at night

And I can't eat a bite

I guess I'll never be free

Since you got your hooks on me

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]

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers