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I’m a (Em)wom an,
and Lord
knows it’s hard.
I need a real man to give me (Em)what I need.
Sweet at ten
tion,
love
and ten der ness.
When it’s real, it’s un con di tion al, I’m (Em)tell in’ y’all.
’Cause a (B7)man just ain’t a man an if he ain’t man an e nough to (Em)love you when you’re right,
love you when you’re wrong,
(Am7)love you when you’re weak,
love you when you’re strong,
take you high er
when the world got you (Em)feel in’ low.
He’s giv ing you his last,
’cause he’s think in’ of you first,
giv ing com fort when he’s think in’ that you’re hurt.
That’s what’s done when you real ly love some one.
I’m (Em)tell in’ y’all.
I’m tell in’ y’all.
’Cause you’re a (Em)real man,
and Lord
knows it’s hard.
Some times you just need to give a (Em)wom an’s touch.
Sweet af fec
tion,
love
and and sup port.
When it’s real, it’s un con di tion al, I’m (Em)tell in’ y’all.
’Cause a (B7)wom an ain’t a wom an if she ain’t wom an e nough to (Em)love you when you’re right,
love you when you’re wrong,
(Am7)love you when you’re weak,
love you when you’re strong,
take you high er
when the world got you (Em)feel in’ low.
She’s giv ing you her best,
e ven when you’re at your worst,
giv ing com fort when she’s think in’ that you’re hurt.
That’s what’s done when you real ly love some one.
I’m (Em)tell in’ y’all.
I’m tell in’ y’all.
’Cause you’re a tell in’ y’all.
Whoo, (Em)whoo,
whoo.
Whoo, (Am7)whoo,
whoo.
Whoo
whoo, (Em)whoo,
whoo.
Some times you wan na ar gue, some times you wan na fight, some (Am7)times it’s gon na feel like it ’ll nev er be right, but (Bm7)some thin’ so strong, if you’re hold in’ on, it (Em)don’t make sense,
but it make a good song.
’Cause a (B7)man just ain’t a man an if he ain’t man an e nough to (Em)love you when you’re right,
love you when you’re wrong,
(Am7)love you when you’re weak,
love you when you’re strong,
take you high er
when the world got you (Em)feel in’ low.
He’s giv ing you his last,
’cause he’s think in’ of you first,
giv ing com fort when he’s think in’ that you’re hurt.
That’s what’s done when you real ly love some one.
(I’m tell in’ y’all.) I’m tell in’ y’all.
I’m tell in’ y’all that a (B7)wom an ain’t a wom an if she ain’t wom an e nough to (Em)love you when you’re right,
love you when you’re wrong,
(Am7)love you when you’re weak,
love you when you’re strong,
take you high er
when the world got you (Em)feel in’ low.
She’s giv ing you her best,
e ven when you’re at your worst,
giv ing com fort when she’s think in’ that you’re hurt.
That’s what’s done when you real ly love some one.
(I’m tell in’ y’all.) I’m tell in’ y’all.
I’m tell in’ y’all that a I’m tell in’ y’all.
(Em)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Am7)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Bm7)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Em)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Em)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Am7)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Bm7)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
(Em)Hmm,
hmm,
yeah.
This page shows “When You Really Love Someone” by Alicia Keys in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of E at 68 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.