I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You bass tab by Aretha Franklin

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: F

Difficulty: Intermediate


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tommy Cogbill - Bass'

 Intro:
  Q=134
  9/8
   Gtr I
   W           W           Q.   +Q   E Q.     Q.   +E  E E Q  E
G|-----------|-----------|------------------|--------------------||
D|-----------|-----------|------------------|--------------------||
A|-----------|-----------|-----------3-3----|------------0-1--3--||
E|-----------|-----------|-1----(1)---------|-1----(1)-1---------||

  1st & 2nd Verses:
     Q.   +E  E E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E E E E
G||--------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------|-------------------|
A||o------------0-1--3-|-----------0-1-2-3-|
E||--1----(1)-x--------|-1----(1)----------|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E Q  E
G|------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------0-1--3-|------------0-1--3--|
E|-1----(1)---------|-1----(1)-1---------|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E E E E   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|------------------|-------------------|-----------5-3--0-|--------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--------------------|
A|-----------3-1--3-|-----------3-0-1-2-|-3----(3)---------|-3----(3)-3-2-1-----|
E|-1----(1)---------|-1----(1)----------|------------------|----------------3-2-|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|----------3---------|
A|-----------3-1--3-|------------3-1-----|
E|-1----(1)---------|-1----(1)-------3-2-|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|------------------|--------------------|
D|------------------|----------3---------|
A|-----------0-1--3-|------------3-1-----|
E|-1----(1)---------|-1----(1)-------3-2-|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E E E E
G|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|
A|-----------3-1--3-|-------------1-1-2-|
E|-1----(1)---------|-1----(1)--1-------|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|-----------5-3--0-|----------5---3-----||
D|------------------|------------5---3-4-||
A|-3----(3)---------|-3----(3)-----------||
E|------------------|--------------------||


  Chorus:
   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|-----------5-3--0-|----------5---3-----|
D|------------------|------------5---3-4-|
A|-3----(3)---------|-3----(3)-----------|
E|------------------|--------------------|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|-----------5-3--0-|----------5---3-----|
D|------------------|------------5-------|
A|-3----(3)---------|-3----(3)-----------|
E|------------------|----------------3-2-|


   Q.   +E  E E E E E   Q.   +E  E E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E E E E   Q.   H.
G|--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------|
D|--------------------|-------------------|-----------3-------|------------|
A|------------3-1-----|------------3-1----|-------------0-1-2-|-3----------|
E|-1----(1)-1-----3-2-|-1----(1)-1------2-|-1----(1)----------|------------|


                          1.
   W           W           Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|-----------|-----------|------------------|---------------------||
D|-----------|-----------|------------------|----------3---------o||
A|-----------|-----------|-------------1--3-|------------0-1-2-3-o||
E|-----------|-----------|-1----(1)--0------|-1----(1)------------||


                                      Bridge:
  2.
   Q.   E E E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.      Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E Q  E
G|------------------|----------------||------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|----------------||------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|-----------0----||-1----(1)--1-1--1-|-1----(1)--1-1--1-|
E|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1----4---------||------------------|------------------|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E E E E   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E E E E
G|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|-1----(1)--1-1--1-|-1----(1)--1-------|------------------|-------------0-1-2-|
E|------------------|-------------4-3-2-|-1----(1)--1-1--1-|-1----(1)--1-------|


   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q.   +Q   E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
A|-3----(3)----3----|-3----(3)----3----|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E|-----------3----3-|-----------3----3-|------------------|-------------------|


   E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-------------------|
E|-------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


   Q.   +E  E E Q  E   Q.   +E  E E E E E
G|-------------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------|--------------------||
A|------------3-1--3-|------------0-1-1-3-||
E|-1----(1)-1--------|-1----(1)-1---------||


  Outro:
   Q  E Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E Q  E     Q  E E E E E E E  7x
G|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------||
D|------3---------|------3----------|------3----------||o------3-----------o||
A|---------0-1--3-|---------0-1-2-3-|--------0-3-1--3-||o--------0-3-1-2-3-o||
E|-1--1-----------|-1--1------------|-1--1------------||--1--1--------------||

Lyrics:
You're a no good heart breaker
You're a liar and you're a cheat
And I don't know why
I let you do these things to me
My friends keep telling me
That you ain't no good
But oh, they don't know
That I'd leave you if I could

I guess I'm uptight
And I'm stuck like glue
Cause I ain't never
I ain't never, I ain't never, no, no (loved a man)
(The way that I, I love you)

Some time ago I thought
You had run out of fools
But I was so wrong
You got one that you'll never lose
The way you treat me is a shame
How could ya hurt me so bad
Baby, you know that I'm the best thing
That you ever had
Kiss me once again

Don'cha never, never say that we we're through
Cause I ain't never
Never, Never, no, no (loved a man)
(The way that I, I love you)

I can't sleep at night
And I can't eat a bite
I guess I'll never be free
Since you got, your hooks, in me

Whoa, oh, oh
Yeah! Yeah!
I ain't never loved a man
I ain't never loved a man, baby
Ain't never had a man hurt me so bad

No
Well this is what I'm gonna do about it

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   x   -  muted
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