Takin' Another Man's Place chords by Aretha Franklin

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Intro 1

You don't

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) 
want me
And you don't want nobody
Em 
else to want me  (E minor) 
G 
What kind of man  (G major) 
What kind of man are you?
C 
 (C major) 

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Verse 2

You don't need me

And you don't want nobody else

to need me

What kind of thing

Are you trying to send me through?

Verse 3
A 
Now if you're not  (A major) gonna take care
Bb 
B 
C 
of business  (B flat major)  (B major)  (C major) 
Then you ought to stop taking
Bb 
A 
up space  (B flat major)  (A major) 
Because you're just taking up,
Bb 
B 
C 
that's all you're doing  (B flat major)  (B major)  (C major) 
You just taking up another man's place
D 
A 
C 
 (D major) Aw  (A major) baby,  (C major) you don't

Verse 4
even
You don't even want me to go
Em 
to the store alone  (E minor) 
C 
G 
What kind of man  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
What manner of man are you?  (C major) 

Verse 5
C 
You  (C major) run over me
You run right over me trying
Em 
to answer the telephone  (E minor) 
Tell me what kind of thing
G 
 (G major) What kind of thing do you think
A 
you gonna put me through?  (A major) 

Verse 6
A 
Bb 
B 
C 
You keep  (A major) me wanting  (B flat major)  (B major)  (C major) 
You keep me wanting the one thing
Bb 
A 
you never gave  (B flat major)  (A major) 
Bb 
B 
C 
Well, right here now  (B flat major)  (B major)  (C major) 
You can stop taking up another
D 
Em 
 (D major) man's space  (E minor) 

Verse 7

Baby, I been faithful

And you know I been true

But if you're not gonna love me

Tell me, what do you expect me to do?

Verse 8
G 
Oh,  (G major) if you're not gonna love me, baby
C 
 (C major) And you know I need, I need,
G 
I need somebody to love me  (G major) 
Then you just ought to
C 
Stop takin'  (C major) up another man's space
G 
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,  (G major) baby

Verse 9
G 
If  (G major) you don't need me
C 
 (C major) If you know you really don't
need me, baby
G 
 (G major) Don't you know that you ought to
You just ought to,
C 
C 
stop taking up another  (C major) man's place?  (C major) 