I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man by Prince
Key: CC | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Intro
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Verse
       C
It was only last June
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When her old man ran away
    C
She couldn't stop cryin'
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'Cause she knew he was gone to stay
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10:35 on a lonely Friday night
        C
She was standing by the bar
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Hmm, she was looking alright, yea
Bridge
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I asked her if she wanted to dance
                  F
An' she said that all she wanted was a good man
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An' wanted to know if I thought I was qualified, yea
Chorus
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I said, "Baby, don't waste your time
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I know, what's on your mind
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May be qualified
      Em7       D5
For a one night stand
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But I could never take the place  (break) of your man"
Interlude
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Verse
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It hurt me so bad, when she told me with tears in her eyes 
                                                     (Tears in her eyes)
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He was all she ever had an' now she wanted to die
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He left her with a baby an' another one on the way, yea
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She couldn't stop cryin' ‘cause she knew he was gone to stay, yea
Bridge
    C                        G
She asked me, if we could be friends
                 F
An' I said, "Oh, honey, baby that's a dead end
               C
You know 'n' I know
        G                F
That we wouldn't be satisfied" - No, no
Chorus
         F           G         | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
I said, "Baby, don't waste your time
F              G     | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
I know, what's on your mind
F                Fm
Wouldn't be satisfied
           (Wouldn't be satisfied)
       Em7       D5
With a one night stand
            D7sus4         G       G 
An’ I could never take the place  (break) of your man"
Interlude
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       Yea, yea, the place of your man
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Outro (solo)
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| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
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| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
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| C | G | Fadd9 F | Fmaj7 F6 |
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(fade out)