I Need a Man to Love — Big Brother & The Holding Company
Chords and lyrics for I Need a Man to Love by Big Brother & The Holding Company (key of A).
Verse 1
[Intro] Lead Guitar #1, 5x + 2nd Guitar improv @2x
[Am] [D] [C]
V1
[Am]Whoa, [D]I need a man to [Am]love me, [D]Don't you understand me, baby?
[Am]Why, [D]I need a man to [Am]love[D]
Pre-Chorus 1
[F#m]I gotta find him, I gotta have [A]him [Bm]like the air I breathe
[F#m]One lovin' man to understand [A]can't [Bm]be too much to need, You know it
[E][F#m]Can't [F#m]be now ( Oh no! )
[F#m][F#m]Can't be[G] now ( Oh no! )
[G][G][G#]Can't be now ( Oh no! )
[G#][G#]Can't [A]be now ( Oh no! )
[A][A][A#]Can't be now ( Oh no! )
[A#][A#]Can't [Bm]be now ( Oh no! )
[D]Can't be this loneliness
[D][D]Baby, surrounding [E7]me
Chorus 1
[Am]No, no, know it just can't [D]be (No it just can't be)
[Am]There's got to be some kind of [D]answer (No it just can't be)
[Am]And everywhere I look, there's none [D]around (No it just can't be)
[Am]Whoa, it can't [D]be, (No it just can't be)
Stop - Pause
N.C.
Whoa, Whoa, Yeah...
V2
[Am]Whoa, [D]won't you let me [Am]hold you? [D]Honey, just close your eyes,
[Am]Whoa, [D]won't you let me [Am]hold ya, [D]dear ?
Pre-Chorus 2
[F#m]I want to just put my arms around ya, like [A]the [Bm]circles going 'round the sun
[F#m]Let me hold you daddy, at [A]least [Bm]until the morning comes,
because it
[E][F#m]Can't [F#m]be now ( Oh no! )
[F#m][F#m]Can't be[G] now ( Oh no! )
[G][G][G#]Can't be now ( Oh no! )
[G#][G#]Can't [A]be now ( Oh no! )
[A][A][A#]Can't be now ( Oh no! )
[A#][A#]Can't [Bm]be now ( Oh no! )
[D]Can't be this loneliness
[D][D]Baby, surrounding [E7]me
Chorus 2
[Am]No, no, no it just can't [D]be (No it just can't be)
[Am]Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, just can't [D]be No, no, no (No it just can't be)
[Am]And why can't anyone ever [D]tell me, now ? (No it just can't be)
[Am]I wake up one morning, I [D]realize (No it just can't be)
[Am]Whoa, it can't [D]be (No it just can't be)
N.C.
Now go!
[SOLOS over Intro: Lead Guitar #1] 8x + 2nd Guitar improv
Stop: Pause
[Intro : Lead Guitar #1] 1x
V3
[Am]Whoa, [D]I need a man to [Am]love me, [D]Oh, maybe you can help me, please
[Am]Why, I [D]need a man to [Am]love[D]
Pre-Chorus 3
[F#m]But I believe that someday and somehow [A]it's [Bm]bound to come along
[F#m]Because when all my dreams and all my plans [A]just [Bm]cannot turn out wrong, You
know it
[E][F#m]Can't [F#m]be now ( Oh no! )
[F#m][F#m]Can't be[G] now ( Oh no! )
[G][G][G#]Can't be now ( Oh no! )
[G#][G#]Can't [A]be now ( Oh no! )
[A][A][A#]Can't be now ( Oh no! )
[A#][A#]Can't [Bm]be now ( Oh no! )
[D]Can't be this loneliness
[D][D]Baby, surrounding [E7]me
Chorus 3
[Am]No, no, no, it just can't [D]be (No it just can't be)
[Am]Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby, it just can't [D]be (No it just can't be)
[Am]And who could be foolin' [D]me ? (No it just can't be)
[Am]I've got all this [D]happiness (No it just can't be)
[Am]Come, come, come on, come [D]on, come on, and help me now (No it just can't
be)
[Am]Please, can't you hear my [D]cry ? (No it just can't be)
[Am]Whoa, help
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