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Nothing But A Woman by Robert Cray

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Robert CRAY
Nothin' but a woman
(from the 1986 album
STRONG PERSUADER)
Bassist: Richard Cousins

Bass Tabs
Tuning : EADG
Tempo: 131 bpm 4/4

Key signature: C
Tuning: B E A D G


Intro:          Bass starts: 00:14
G|-----------------------||-----------------------|-
D|--- Guitar / Drums --||-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------||-----------------------|- x2
E|-----------------------||-78--0--3-55/8--8--x-8-|-

Verse1: 00:21
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
You can give me an hour alone in a bank
Pay all my tickets, wipe the slate blank
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
You could buy me a car, fill up the tank
Tell me a boat full of lawyers just sank

G|-----------7-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----7--10----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-78----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
But it ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no

G|-----------9-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----9--12----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-10----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Don't need nothin' but a woman
Any time I'm feelin' low


Verse2: 00:51
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Well, you could fly us to Dallas on a jumbo-jet plane
If we run late and miss it, we can take the night train
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
When the pressure is on, things getting insane
Only one cure for that kind of strain

G|-----------7-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----7--10----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-78----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, no, no

G|-----------9-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----9--12----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-10----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Don't need nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah
To get me through the show
Instrumental(1): 01:21 (Play X2)
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-

G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-

G|-----------7-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----7--10----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-78----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-

G|-----------9-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----9--12----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-10----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-


Verse3: 02:19
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Yeah, you can make me a bet, give me a ten-point spread
Give me french brandy that will clear my head
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
When it's all over, feeling half-dead
Only one thing, just like I said

G|-----------7-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----7--10----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-78----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman, yeah, yeah

G|-----------9-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----9--12----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-10----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Any time I got a woman
Things can't be too bad


Verse4: 02:48
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
You can buy me a house, turn over the deed
Bring six pounds of California weed
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
But my weakness ain't drugs, whiskey, or greed
Only one thing that YOUNG BOB needs

G|-----------7-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----7--10----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-78----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
It ain't nothin' but a woman
Nothin' but a woman

G|-----------9-|-----------7-||-----------------------|-
D|----9--12----|----7--10----||-----------------------|-
A|-10----------|-78----------||-----------------------|-
E|-------------|-------------||-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Yeah, you right
Ain't nothin' but a woman to get me through the night


Outro: 03:18 (Play XXX) ...Trumpets playing...
G|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
D|-----------------------|-----------------------|-
A|-----------------------|-----------------------|- repeat til fade out
E|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-78--0--3-5r/8--8--7-8-|-
Mmmmm

It's like I said, man

Ain't nothin' but a woman

........

Yeah, look at her

And that one over there

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