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


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