I Got A Woman

(Ray Charles)



      Live version  

I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh
Say, I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh


She gives me money when I'm in need, yeh
She's a kind of friend indeed
I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh


She saves her lovin' early in the mornin'
Just for me, oh yeh
She saves her lovin' early in the mornin'
Just for me, oh yeh
She saves her lovin' just for me, yeh
She loves me, so tenderly
I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh


She's there to love me both day and night
Never grumbles or fusses, just treats me right
Never running in the streets
Leavin' me alone
She knows a woman's place is right there now in the home
I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh


Say, I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh


Well she's my baby, 'cos she understands
I'm her lovin' man
I've got a woman
Way across town
She's good to me, oh yeh


Don't you know she's alright
She's alright, she's alright
I've got a woman way over town
Good to me

Standard tuning.

    [NC]             E
    Well, I've got a woman
              B7
    Way cross town
                  E  A    E
    She's good to me  oh, yeah
                    A
    Say, I've got a woman
              A
    Way cross town
                  B7
    She's good to me oh, yeah
                      E
    She's here in the morning,
           E
    loving me
                  A
    Yeah, she's a kind of friend to me
               E
    I've got a woman
              B7
    Way cross town
                  E  A    E
    She's good to me  oh, yeah

                 E                    B7
    She says she love me early in the morning
             E  A    E
    Just for me  oh, yeah
                 A
    She says she love me early in the morning
             B7
    Just for me oh, yeah
                 E
    She says she love, Just for me
                      A
    Yeah you know she loves me, so tenderly
               E
    I've got a woman
              B7
    Way cross town
                  E  A    E
    She's good to me  oh, yeah

    (Solo)

    E  (tacet)             E  (tacet)
    She's there to love me both day and night
    E  (tacet)           E  (tacet)
    No groans or fusses, treats me right
    E  (tacet)
    Never running in the street
    E  (tacet)
    Leaving me alone
    E  (tacet)                   E
    She knows a woman's place is around home at night

               A
    I've got a woman
              B7
    Way cross town
                  E  A    E
    She's good to me  oh, yeah

    Say, I've got a woman
    Way cross town
    She's good to me oh, yeah
    Well she is my baby, you understand
    I-I-I-I'm her lovin'man

    I've got a woman
    Way cross town
    She's good to me oh, yeah

    I've got a woman
    Way over town
    Good to me oh, yeah