Trying To Hold On To My Woman Chords by Lamont Dozier

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[Ebm] _ _ _ I'm _
[Abm] _ _ _ [Bbm] just trying to [Gb]
hold [Db] on to _ _ [Gb] my woman, _ _ to [Ebm] my life.
I _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ _ thought a woman _ [Db] _ satisfied my every need.
[Gb] _ _ She sought a formula _ [Ebm] _ _ guaranteed to please.
[Abm] _ _ _ You know what?
There [Db] was once a time when I ran the streets [Gb] _ and tried to sweep all the girls [Ebm] off their feet. _
_ [Abm] _ _ But that kind of carnal, [Db] _ it only destroys.
_ [Gb] _ And that's why I had no desire [Ebm] to paint the town with the boys.
I stay [Abm] home.
I'm just trying [Gb] to [Db] _ hold on to [Gb] my _ woman, [Ebm] to my _ life.
To [Abm] testify for all the wrongs I've done.
[Db] _ She never once [B] complained.
[Db] _ [Gb] _ She stuck beside me all [Ebm] through the sunshine and rain.
_ [Abm] _ _ And I don't gamble with her [Db] love.
That's something I couldn't stand to [Gb] lose.
Her confidence in me, _ [Ebm] _ I don't dare misuse.
_ [Abm] _ If I get to her to go, [Db] she may not know where I'm going.
[Gb] But I don't stay out late.
And when I come in, she knows where I've been. _
_ [Abm] _ In my [B] life, [Eb] she's first [E] and she's [Eb] last.
[Bbm] _ [Abm] _ _ She's my [B] future.
_ [Bbm] I'm telling y'all, [Eb] she's my past.
_ [Abm] _ And for what [B] she's given me, _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Abm] _ _ only hope that she let me.
Let me, let me, [Eb]
[B] let [Abm] me.
Let me, let me.
[Ebm] [B] Surrender for the rest of [Abm] her days _
[B] _ and [Abm] always. _
_ _ Just trying [Gb]
[Db] to hold on, hold on.
[Gb] My _ _ _ woman, [Ebm] _ _ my life, y'all. _
[Abm] Some call me his back, _ [Gb] but given my [Db] woman.
the proper respect _ _
[Gb] _ _ and the treatment
I'm [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Abm] just tryin' to, tryin' to, [Db] tryin' to, [Gb] tryin' to
[Db] hold on
to _ _
[Gb] _ _ my mind
I'm holding [Ebm] my life _ _ _ _ _
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