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[Verse 1]
D7Yes, you don’t Gknow how much you gonna need me
CUntil I walk out your Gdoor
Yes, you don’t know Chow much you gonna need me
Until I walk out your dooGr
To find a D7true lovin’ and kind maD#7n like D7me
You can’t find that Ganymore
[Verse 2]
D7Yes, I thGought I had a real woman
CThat I could love for the rest of mGy life
Yes, CI thought I had a real woman
I could love for the rest of my Glife
But I fD7ound it out I was only D#7in lovD7e
With another man’s wGife
[Verse 3]
D7Yes, night and Gday I cried for you, love
CYou laughed and called me a clownG  
Yes, night Cand day I cried for you, love
You laughed and called me a Gclown
But, baby, you gD7onna need meD#7  
WD7hen your so called friends begin to turn you doGwn
[Verse 4]
D7Everybody can Gtell you how to treat your man
CYes, but you wrecked your homGe
Everybody can tell you Chow to treat your man
Yes, but you wrecked your Ghome
And there’s noD7body gonna helD#7p you, D7baby
When your good man’s Ggone

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You Will Need Me

by Lonnie Johnson

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D#7

[Verse 1]

D7 G

Yes, you don’t know how much you gonna need me

C G

Until I walk out your door

Yes, you don’t know how much you gonna need me

Until I walk out your door

D7 D#7 D7

To find a true lovin’ and kind man like me

You can’t find that anymore

[Verse 2]

D7 G

Yes, I thought I had a real woman

C G

That I could love for the rest of my life

Yes, I thought I had a real woman

I could love for the rest of my life

D7 D#7 D7

But I found it out I was only in love

With another man’s wife

[Verse 3]

D7 G

Yes, night and day I cried for you, love

C G

You laughed and called me a clown

Yes, night and day I cried for you, love

You laughed and called me a clown

D7 D#7

But, baby, you gonna need me

D7 G

When your so called friends begin to turn you down

[Verse 4]

D7 G

Everybody can tell you how to treat your man

C G

Yes, but you wrecked your home

Everybody can tell you how to treat your man

Yes, but you wrecked your home

D7 D#7 D7

And there’s nobody gonna help you, baby

When your good man’s gone

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