Just Like A Woman chords by Richie Havens

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: DADF#AD

Difficulty: Novice

Just Like a Woman - Richie Havens


Sorry folks, but you will need to bar with your thumb to get some of these chords.
I'm assuming if you really want to play Richie's version of this song you'll
already know what I mean. Richie begins the song gently and plays more
percussively from the start of the bridge. Where I have indicated to play either D MajorD
run 1 or 2 I have gone for what Richie normally plays but he tends to vary things
as he sees fit. If you are a fan of Richie's style of playing it is really worth
persevering with this song as it contains just about all the chords and sequences
in his repertoire and will prepare you for many of his, dare I suggest it, easier songs.

Chords

A augmentedA   777777
A7A7   777775
A7sus 777555
BsusBsus  999XXX
D MajorD   XXXXXX
Dmaj7Dmaj7 XXX344
E MajorE   222222
E?   XXX112
E minor 7Em7  XXX122
F#M  444344
G+G   555555
Gmaj7Gmaj7 555554


D MajorD chord runs

Run 1 (bass)

Play the Open D MajorD chord (emphasising the bottom strings)
followed by:-
X2XXXX
X4XXXX
X5XXXX

Run 2

Play the Open D MajorD chord (mostly on the top strings)
followed by:-
Dmaj7Dmaj7
E minor 7Em7

Intro.

Dmaj7Dmaj7
Gmaj7Gmaj7
Dmaj7Dmaj7
E minor 7Em7
E?
X 2

Verse 1

Nobody      feels      any pain
Dmaj7Dmaj7      Gmaj7Gmaj7      A7A7      follow with D MajorD Run 1

Tonight     as I stand    inside the rain
Gmaj7Gmaj7      A7sus4A7sus4      A7A7            D MajorD Run 2

Everybody    knows      baby's     got new clothes
Gmaj7Gmaj7      A7A7        G+G       A7A7

Late…………     ly        I       see
BsusBsus       A augmentedA        Gmaj7Gmaj7     F#M

Her ribbons     and her bows
A7sus4A7sus4       A7A7

And her problems  as they fall  from her curls
BsusBsus        A7sus     A7A7

Chorus

And she takes         just like a woman
D MajorD         D MajorD run 1   Gmaj7Gmaj7

And she makes love       just like a woman
D MajorD         D MajorD run1   Gmaj7Gmaj7

And she aches         just like a woman
D MajorD         Drun1    Gmaj7Gmaj7

But she breaks   just like     a little girl
A7sus       A7A7        D MajorD

D MajorD run 2 followed by  Gmaj7Gmaj7 A7sus A7A7  D MajorD

Verse 2 (slightly different start to first line)

Oh Queen Mary   she's    my friend
D MajorD         F#M     Gmaj7Gmaj7
And I believe I'm gonna see her again
Nobody's got to guess baby can't be blessed
Till she finds out she's just like all the rest
With her fog, her amphetamines and her pearls

And she takes etc…...

Bridge

Additional chords

CsusCsus  Bar bottom 4 fret 10
DsusDsus  Bar bottom 4 fret 12
FF   333333
F#7F#7  444442
G+G   555555

It was raining from the first and I was dying there of thirst

F#7F#7 ………………. (squeeze this chord on and off)

So I came        in here
DsusDsus          CsusCsus

DsusDsus  CsusCsus G+G  FF (descending run played faster)

And this long time curse hurts but what's worse
F#7F#7

Is this pain in here  I can't stay in here  ain't it clear
Gmaj7Gmaj7          A7sus4A7sus4         A7A7

Verse 3

Oh that I,       I can't      fit
D MajorD            F#M        Gmaj7Gmaj7

And I believe it's time for us to quit
And when we meet again, introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world


Final chorus

And you fake just like a woman
And you make love just like a woman
Then you ache just like a woman
But you break just like a little girl………

You break    just like   a little girl
A7sus      A7A7      D MajorD

(followed by an extended fast and furious D MajorD run 1 all along the neck)
She breaks  just like