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I Never Loved A Man

Aretha Franklin

R&B / SoulAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
C7×
F
Bb7Diagram coming soon
F7Diagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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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 
              C 
    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: 
 
    C7 
       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: 
 
    Bb7 
    I can't sleep at night 
    And I can't eat a bite 
    F7 
       I guess I'll never be free 
              C7 
    Since you got your hooks on me 
               Bb      Ab 
    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} 
          
 

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Chord set

C · C7 · F · Bb7 · F7 · Bb · Ab

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.