Woman Chords by James Brown
Tempo:
103.2 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
F
G
Gm
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Cm]
[F]
[Ab]
[G]
[Cm]
I'm a woman.
[F] I'm a woman.
[Cm]
I'm a [F] woman.
I'm a [Ab] woman.
[G]
[Cm] What makes a man [Gm] [Cm]
break up [Gm] inside?
[Fm]
And what makes a man give
[G] up his pride?
[Cm] What makes a [Gm] man [Cm] feel [Gm] he's begun to fail?
[Fm] And when he can't win,
[G] he thinks he's in jail.
Tell [Cm] me.
I'm a woman.
Say it again.
I'm a woman.
Say it [F] again.
I'm a woman.
[G] I'm a woman.
What [Cm] makes men [Gm]
[Cm] jealous of each [Gm] other?
[Fm] Sometimes turn [G] against his brother.
[Bb]
Now here's the [Gm] reason.
[Eb] [Bb]
She makes a [Cm] cloudy day seem
[Eb] bright.
[Ab]
[Bb] She makes [Eb] a nightmare turn [Bb] into the warmest [Eb] night.
You [Bb] know, [Cm] she makes trouble seem [Eb] so soft.
[Fm]
[Bb] She can turn to hardship, [Eb] and she makes it [Bb] so easy to cross.
[Eb]
[Gm] She brings [Cm] life into the world
[Eb] over and [Ab] over again.
[Bb] No man in the [Eb] world could [G] ever bear those pains.
[Cm]
She never lets you know when she feels bad, [F]
and she smiles when she feels [Ab] sad.
And when you [G] feel blue, she knows that place [Cm] right beside you.
Right beside you.
[F]
And I want to [G] know, [Cm] what makes men [Gm] [Cm] stop tiring?
[Gm] [Ab]
And who's the only [Fm] one can [G]
stop a baby from crying?
[Bm] [Cm] The [Gm] Supreme Being [Cm]
will [Gm] always beat you in our sin.
[Fm]
The Supreme Being will always beat you in our sin.
[G]
Because he [Cm]
knows [B]
he made [Eb]
you [F]
lonely.
[Ab]
So he decided to [Gm]
[G] make a woman [Cm] so you [F]
[G] wouldn't be lonely.
[Cm]
I [F]
want to stop right here.
I [Eb]
want to say a woman's prayer right here.
Thank [F]
you for being such a bright shining star.
[Cm]
And thank you for being [F]
as wonderful as you are.
[Eb]
[Cm] I [F]
got a good woman.
Every [Cm]
man, every [F] man, not what it needs, but it got to have a woman.
[Eb]
My mother was a woman, [F] and she still is.
That's who it is, she is.
[Cm] [F]
[A] [Cm]
[F]
[Ab]
[G]
[Cm]
I'm a woman.
[F] I'm a woman.
[Cm]
I'm a [F] woman.
I'm a [Ab] woman.
[G]
[Cm] What makes a man [Gm] [Cm]
break up [Gm] inside?
[Fm]
And what makes a man give
[G] up his pride?
[Cm] What makes a [Gm] man [Cm] feel [Gm] he's begun to fail?
[Fm] And when he can't win,
[G] he thinks he's in jail.
Tell [Cm] me.
I'm a woman.
Say it again.
I'm a woman.
Say it [F] again.
I'm a woman.
[G] I'm a woman.
What [Cm] makes men [Gm]
[Cm] jealous of each [Gm] other?
[Fm] Sometimes turn [G] against his brother.
[Bb]
Now here's the [Gm] reason.
[Eb] [Bb]
She makes a [Cm] cloudy day seem
[Eb] bright.
[Ab]
[Bb] She makes [Eb] a nightmare turn [Bb] into the warmest [Eb] night.
You [Bb] know, [Cm] she makes trouble seem [Eb] so soft.
[Fm]
[Bb] She can turn to hardship, [Eb] and she makes it [Bb] so easy to cross.
[Eb]
[Gm] She brings [Cm] life into the world
[Eb] over and [Ab] over again.
[Bb] No man in the [Eb] world could [G] ever bear those pains.
[Cm]
She never lets you know when she feels bad, [F]
and she smiles when she feels [Ab] sad.
And when you [G] feel blue, she knows that place [Cm] right beside you.
Right beside you.
[F]
And I want to [G] know, [Cm] what makes men [Gm] [Cm] stop tiring?
[Gm] [Ab]
And who's the only [Fm] one can [G]
stop a baby from crying?
[Bm] [Cm] The [Gm] Supreme Being [Cm]
will [Gm] always beat you in our sin.
[Fm]
The Supreme Being will always beat you in our sin.
[G]
Because he [Cm]
knows [B]
he made [Eb]
you [F]
lonely.
[Ab]
So he decided to [Gm]
[G] make a woman [Cm] so you [F]
[G] wouldn't be lonely.
[Cm]
I [F]
want to stop right here.
I [Eb]
want to say a woman's prayer right here.
Thank [F]
you for being such a bright shining star.
[Cm]
And thank you for being [F]
as wonderful as you are.
[Eb]
[Cm] I [F]
got a good woman.
Every [Cm]
man, every [F] man, not what it needs, but it got to have a woman.
[Eb]
My mother was a woman, [F] and she still is.
That's who it is, she is.
[Cm] [F]
[A] [Cm]
Key:
Cm
F
G
Gm
Eb
Cm
F
G
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
I'm a woman.
_ [F] _ I'm a woman.
[Cm] _
_ I'm a [F] woman.
_ I'm a [Ab] woman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] What makes a man _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
break up [Gm] inside?
_ _ _ [Fm]
And what makes a man give _ _
[G] up his pride? _ _ _ _
[Cm] What makes a [Gm] man _ _ [Cm] feel _ _ [Gm] he's begun to fail? _
[Fm] _ _ _ And when he can't win, _
[G] _ _ he thinks he's in jail.
Tell [Cm] me.
I'm a woman.
Say it again.
I'm a woman.
Say it [F] again.
I'm a woman.
_ _ [G] I'm a woman.
What [Cm] makes men _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Cm] jealous _ of each [Gm] other? _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ Sometimes turn _ [G] against _ his brother.
[Bb]
Now here's the [Gm] reason.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
She makes a [Cm] cloudy day seem _
[Eb] _ bright.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ She makes [Eb] a nightmare turn [Bb] _ into the warmest [Eb] night.
_ You [Bb] know, _ _ [Cm] she makes trouble seem [Eb] so soft.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ She can turn to hardship, [Eb] _ and she makes it [Bb] so easy to cross.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ She brings [Cm] life into the world _
_ [Eb] over and [Ab] over again. _
_ [Bb] _ No man in the [Eb] world could [G] ever bear those pains.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
She never lets you know when she feels bad, [F] _ _
and she smiles when she feels [Ab] sad. _
_ _ _ And when you [G] feel blue, she knows that place _ [Cm] right beside you.
_ _ Right beside you.
[F] _
And I want to [G] know, _ [Cm] what makes men _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] stop tiring?
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
And who's the only [Fm] one can _ [G] _
stop a baby from crying?
_ [Bm] _ [Cm] The _ _ _ [Gm] Supreme Being _ [Cm]
will _ [Gm] always beat you in our sin.
_ [Fm] _
The Supreme Being will always beat you in our sin.
[G] _
_ Because _ he _ [Cm] _
_ knows _ _ _ _ [B]
he _ made _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ you _ _ _ [F] _
lonely.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
So he decided _ to _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] make a woman _ [Cm] so you _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] wouldn't be lonely.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ I _ _ [F]
want to stop right here.
_ I [Eb] _
want to say a woman's prayer right here.
Thank _ [F] _
you for being such a bright shining star.
[Cm] _
_ _ _ And thank you for being [F] _
as wonderful as you are.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] I _ _ _ _ [F] _
got a good woman.
_ _ Every [Cm]
man, _ _ _ every [F] man, not what it needs, but it got to have a woman.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ My mother was a woman, [F] and she still is.
That's who it is, she is.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm]
I'm a woman.
_ [F] _ I'm a woman.
[Cm] _
_ I'm a [F] woman.
_ I'm a [Ab] woman.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] What makes a man _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
break up [Gm] inside?
_ _ _ [Fm]
And what makes a man give _ _
[G] up his pride? _ _ _ _
[Cm] What makes a [Gm] man _ _ [Cm] feel _ _ [Gm] he's begun to fail? _
[Fm] _ _ _ And when he can't win, _
[G] _ _ he thinks he's in jail.
Tell [Cm] me.
I'm a woman.
Say it again.
I'm a woman.
Say it [F] again.
I'm a woman.
_ _ [G] I'm a woman.
What [Cm] makes men _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Cm] jealous _ of each [Gm] other? _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ Sometimes turn _ [G] against _ his brother.
[Bb]
Now here's the [Gm] reason.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
She makes a [Cm] cloudy day seem _
[Eb] _ bright.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ She makes [Eb] a nightmare turn [Bb] _ into the warmest [Eb] night.
_ You [Bb] know, _ _ [Cm] she makes trouble seem [Eb] so soft.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ She can turn to hardship, [Eb] _ and she makes it [Bb] so easy to cross.
_ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ She brings [Cm] life into the world _
_ [Eb] over and [Ab] over again. _
_ [Bb] _ No man in the [Eb] world could [G] ever bear those pains.
_ [Cm] _ _ _
She never lets you know when she feels bad, [F] _ _
and she smiles when she feels [Ab] sad. _
_ _ _ And when you [G] feel blue, she knows that place _ [Cm] right beside you.
_ _ Right beside you.
[F] _
And I want to [G] know, _ [Cm] what makes men _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] stop tiring?
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
And who's the only [Fm] one can _ [G] _
stop a baby from crying?
_ [Bm] _ [Cm] The _ _ _ [Gm] Supreme Being _ [Cm]
will _ [Gm] always beat you in our sin.
_ [Fm] _
The Supreme Being will always beat you in our sin.
[G] _
_ Because _ he _ [Cm] _
_ knows _ _ _ _ [B]
he _ made _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ you _ _ _ [F] _
lonely.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
So he decided _ to _ [Gm] _
_ _ [G] make a woman _ [Cm] so you _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] wouldn't be lonely.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ I _ _ [F]
want to stop right here.
_ I [Eb] _
want to say a woman's prayer right here.
Thank _ [F] _
you for being such a bright shining star.
[Cm] _
_ _ _ And thank you for being [F] _
as wonderful as you are.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ [Cm] I _ _ _ _ [F] _
got a good woman.
_ _ Every [Cm]
man, _ _ _ every [F] man, not what it needs, but it got to have a woman.
_ [Eb] _
_ _ My mother was a woman, [F] and she still is.
That's who it is, she is.
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _