"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]

FF Piano Chord 
      F7/AF7/A Piano Chord 
 BbBb Piano Chord 

v     v     v
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-1---------4---3---
-2---------5-3-----
-3---------3-------
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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
CC Piano Chord 

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:

C7C7 Piano Chord 

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

Bridge:

Bb7Bb7 Piano Chord 

I can't sleep at night
And I can't eat a bite
F7F7 Piano Chord 

I guess I'll never be free
C7C7 Piano Chord 

Since you got your hooks on me
BbBb Piano Chord 
      AbAb Piano Chord 

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]