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Do Right Woman

Aretha Franklin
Version1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high) Download chord source (.txt)
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
bass w/organ [6/8 notated as 2/4]:
v v v v v v
-11----9-----|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-7-----7-----|-------------|
-------------|---------9-7-|-0-----------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|{eot}
(take me to...)
{section: Verse}
A [[N.C.]; piano fill]
And temptation strong
{section: Pre-chorus}
[2: This] You should understand
She's flesh and blood just like a man
{section: Chorus}
(do right do right do right do right woman)
(do right do right do right do right man)
{section: Bridge}
Show some respect for me
[repeat chorus]
[repeat pre-chorus]
{section: Coda}
(do right do right do right do right)
(man)

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Readable chord sheet for Do Right Woman by Aretha Franklin

Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
        bass w/organ [6/8 notated as 2/4]:

 [A/F#]   [E]        [A]     [D/A]
 [A]  [N.
{sot} [C].]
         v     v       v     v       v     v
        -11----9-----|-------------|-------------|
        -------------|-7-----7-----|-------------|
        -------------|---------9-7-|-0-----------|
        -------------|-------------|-------------|{eot}
                                       (take me to...)

{section: Verse}
 [A]       Take me to heart

 [E6]       An[E]d I'll always love you

 [D]       And nobody

 [A]       Can make me do wrong

 [A]       Take me for granted

 [E6]       [E]Leaving love unshown

 [D]       Makes willpower weak
                         A      [[N.C.]; piano fill]
        And temptation strong

{section: Pre-chorus}
 [B]          A woman's only human
        [2: This] You should understand

 [E]          She's not just a plaything

 [E7]     [2:
 [Ab]
 [F#]]
        She's flesh and blood just like a man

{section: Chorus}
 [A]       If you want a[D/A] do right           all d[B]ays               woman
                           (do right do right do right do right        woman)

 [E7]       You've gotta be a do right       all[A] nights                man
                            (do right do right do right do right        man)

{section: Bridge}
 [F#m]       Yeah, yeah, they say that it's a man's world

 [C#m]           But you can't prove that by me

 [F#m]           And as long as we're together, baby

 [E]                       [N.
 [C].]
        Show some respect for me

[repeat chorus]

[repeat pre-chorus]

{section: Coda}
 [A]       If you want a[D/A] do right           all d[B]ays               woman
                           (do right do right do right do right)

 [E7]       You've gotta be a do right       all[A] nights                man

 [E7]       You've gotta be a do right       all[A] nights                man

 [A]         / / /  / / /  /
        (man)

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