Chords for DENISE LASALLE- TRAPPED BY THIS THING CALLED LOVE

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] I want everybody to come up with their [Fm] heads together tonight.
This is by [Eb] special request.
_ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] You [Eb] know, _ people keep asking me to [Fm] sing about a good [Ab] man.
_ _ [Eb] Well, every woman out there [Fm] needs a good man.
[Ab] And when I talk about [Eb] a good man, I'm talking about [Fm] the kind of [Ab] man that'll turn you on, honey.
[Eb] The way you want to be turned on.
[Fm] Because [Ab] that's what it's all about anyway.
_ [Eb] A very good friend of mine [Fm] came up to me the other day, _ [Eb] testifying about her man.
_ [Fm] _ [Ab] She [Cm] said, [Eb] Denise, I [Cm] have a man that's turning me [Fm] on so [Ab] good, I want to [Eb] give him everything.
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ [Ab] I find [Eb] myself begging the man.
_ _ [Fm] Please, [Ab] _ _ [Eb] baby, let [Fm] me _ be good to [Eb] you.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] I tell her, [Eb] I'll do [Fm] anything, yeah.
You want [Eb] me to, [Cm] _ [Fm] yeah.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] She [Cm] said, I really mean it.
[Fm] _ [Ab] But you know, [Eb] _
another friend came to [Fm] me _ [Ab] testifying about her [Eb] man. _
[Cm] Talking about [Fm] how the man have her [Ab] slamming the walls every [Eb] night. _
[Cm] Quirls [Fm] in her toes, [Ab] hair [Eb] standing up on top of her [Cm] head.
_ [Fm] Every [Ab] woman needs a man to make her [Eb] feel like that. _
_ _ [Fm] She said, sometimes she even get [C] amnesia.
[Eb] _
She can't think of nothing to [Fm] call the man.
_ She started [Eb] hollering, ooh, no.
_ [Fm] Ooh, jeez.
[Ab] _ [Eb] She said, Denise, I find [Fm] myself counting these [Ab] words over and over.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ [Fm] I love [Ab] to call my [Eb] own.
I was about to give [Fm] up, and then you [Ab] came along.
And [Eb] just the _ _ [Fm] ways you thrill [Ab] me for days and [Eb] days.
I don't care what nobody [Fm] say.
I [Ab] want you for always, [Eb] yeah. _
_ [Fm] Mm.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] Now, folks, [Cm] [Fm] I hope you all don't mind if I tell you all a little [Eb] bit about my goodness.
[Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] Girls, [Eb] I have the kind of man that'll make you reach over [Fm] and turn off General [Ab] Hospital.
[Eb] And crawl right back up in the middle of that king [Fm] size bed.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
You know, I used to sit around [Fm] and watch soap operas all day [Ab] long.
_ [Eb] Starting my morning off, watching [Fm] stuff like The Young and the Restless.
_ [Eb] Search for Tomorrow, _ [Fm] My [Ab] Children, [Eb] and Another World.
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] Yes.
But, honey, [Eb] I found out that my man was [Cm] young.
[Fm] _ _ [Ab] And just [Eb] about that time, every morning, the man [Fm] would reach over, pull [Eb] me in his arms, and put [Fm] me in another world.
[Ab] _ [Eb] And all my children looked just like him.
[Fm] _ [Ab] I _ [Eb] don't even understand the power [Fm] the man has over me.
[Ab] But I find myself [Eb] walking around singing his song.
Oh.
[Fm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
Mm.
[Fm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Somebody tell me [Fm] what is this man [Ab] like?
[Eb] He makes me feel [Fm] what I don't want to feel.
And won't [Eb] somebody tell me [Fm] what is this man [Ab] like?
[Eb] He makes me feel [Cm] [Fm] what I don't want to [Ab] feel.
On [Eb] solid ground, I feel [Fm] myself sinking [Ab] fast.
I'm [Eb] a ho, but I [Fm] don't think it's gonna [Ab] last.
[Gm] I'm [Fm] slowly [Eb] losing my gripe.
Slowly sinking down.
Trapped by this thing they call [Db] love.
[Eb] Who thinks?
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ Who?
[Fm] That all this thing called love.
[Eb] _ Who?
[Fm] All this thing [Bb] called [Eb] love.
Somebody tell me _ [Fm] what is this man [Ab] like?
[Eb] He makes me cry.
Lord, [Fm] I'm [Ab] gonna cry.
And won't [Eb] somebody tell me what [Ab] is this man like?
He [Eb] makes me laugh.
That [Fm] I don't [Ab] know what it is.
He [Eb] calls me love.
That I come to [Fm] say that I'm not [Ab] here.
That I [Eb] cry.
_ But if he [Fm] doesn't call again.
[Ab] _ [Eb] I'm slowly losing my [Gm] gripe.
[Fm] Slowly [Eb] sinking [Cm] down.
[Gm] [Fm] Trapped [Eb] by this thing they call love.
[Db] _ [Eb] Oh baby.
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] Yeah, yeah.
[Eb] Slowly losing my gripe.
Slowly sinking down.
[Gm] [D] Trapped [Eb] by this thing they call love.
[Db] _ [Eb] Oh [Bb] baby.
_ [Eb] Trapped.
_ _ [Fm] I can't help [Ab] myself.
[Eb] Look who _ I [Fm] just came across.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] I'm happy.
[Fm] There ain't no one else.
[Ab] [Eb] Hey baby.
_ [Fm] Honey I [Ab] love you.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] I'm [Fm] always just [Ab] loving [Eb] you.
Hey baby.
_ [Fm] Don't you [Ab] know I love you.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _