When A Woman Loves A Man

Words & Music by Johnny Mercer, Bernie Hanighen & Gordon Jenkins
Recorded by Dinah Washington, 1959


Dalt  G6        D9
Maybe he's not much, 

Em7   Edim   A7   Em7   Gdim    F#7
Just another man, doing what he can

    E7/9      E7/6  E7  A7/6 A7 A7/6  A7  A7/6  A7 F#7  B7
But what does she care  when a   wo - man loves a man?


Dalt          G6     D9
She'll just string along

Em7          Edim      A7  Em7      Gdim       F#7
All through thick and thin till his ship comes in

E7/9      E7/6  E7  A7/6 A7 A7/6  A7  A7/6 A7  D    G    D
That's how it  goes when  a  wo - man loves a man



Bridge:

 D    DM7      F#7         Gdim            F#7         Gdim
She'll be the first one to praise him when he's goin' strong

     B7         Cdim           B7                  B7/F#
The last one to blame him when ev - 'ry - thing is wrong

E7          B7         E7            Cdim
It's such a one-sided game that they play

    Gdim      Cdim       A7 
But women are funny that way.


Dalt     G6       D9
Tell her she's a fool,

 Em7      Edim     A7   Em7   Gdim    F#7
She'll say yes, I know, but I love him so

E7/9      E7/6  E7  A7/6 A7 A7/6  A7  A7/6 A7  D    G    D
That's how it  goes when  a  wo - man loves a man.


*Suggested by recent visitor James Newell, who also provided an audio source

 
 


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