Intro: 
 
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Verse 1: 
 
	    Ab             Db6           Ab 
	She may not be the best lookin' woman 
	   Db6     Ab   Db6  Ab  Db6 
	I ever did see 
	     Ab       Db6           Ab 
	Nor have the charms of the ladies 
	   Db6    Ab    Db6  Ab N.C.
	Of high society 
 
Chorus 1: 
 
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	But the woman's got soul 
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	Worth all money and gold 
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	And all the love that I have belongs 
	       Eb          Ab  Db6  Ab  Db6  Ab  Db6  Ab  Db6 
	To the woman with soul 
 
Verse 2: 
 
	Now I'm just a regular fellow 
	I don't need much 
	I don't need a Cadillac car 
	Or diamonds and such 
 
Chorus 2: 
 
	But the woman that I hold 
	She's got to have soul 
	And then I'm richer than the richest gold 
	If the woman's got soul 
 
Bridge bass plays first Ab on each line alone; horns join on other chords:
 
	        (Db6)        Ab    Db  Ab N.C.
	Well, I don't need a woman 
	                           Ab  Db  Ab N.C.
	That's got a whole lotta class 
	                   Ab    Db  Ab N.C.
	Because class in a woman 
	                        Ab  Db  Ab N.C.
	Don't mean she's gonna last 
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	I need the kind of woman 
	                              Ab         D9  Db9 N.C.
	That when I hold she fits so tight, yeah 
	                           Ab     Db  Ab N.C.
	Oh, and when she throws it on me 
	                     Ab N.C.
	I give in without a fight       Then I know 
 
Chorus 3: 
 
	The woman's got soul 
	Worth all money and gold 
	And then I'm richer than the richest gold 
	If the woman's got soul 
 
Coda repeat to fade:
 
	       Db6          Ab   Db6   Ab 
	If the woman's got soul