Chord/Tab song: Just Like a Woman

Just Like a Woman - Richie Havens

Tuning DADF#AD

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
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] [777777]
[A7] [777775]
[A7sus]Bsus [777555]999XXX
D XXXXXX
Dmaj7 XXX344
[E]E? [222222]XXX112
Em7 XXX122
[F#M] [444344]
[G] [555555]
[Gmaj7] [555554]

D chord runs

Run 1 (bass)

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

Run 2

Play the Open D chord (mostly on the top strings)
followed by:-
[Dmaj7]
[Em7]

Intro.

[Dmaj7]
[Gmaj7]
[Dmaj7]
[Em7]E?
X 2

Verse 1

Nobody feels any pain
Dmaj7 Gmaj7 A7 follow with D Run 1

Tonight as I stand inside the rain
Gmaj7 A7sus4 A7 D Run 2

Everybody knows baby's got new clothes
[Gmaj7] [A7] [G] [A7]
Late'' ly I see
[Bsus] [A] [Gmaj7] [F#M]
Her ribbons and her bows
[A7sus4] [A7]
And her problems as they fall from her curls
[Bsus] [A7sus] [A7]
Chorus

And she takes just like a woman
D D run 1 Gmaj7

And she makes love just like a woman
D D run1 Gmaj7

And she aches just like a woman
D Drun1 Gmaj7

But she breaks just like a little girl
[A7sus] [A7] [D]
D run 2 followed by Gmaj7 A7sus A7 D

Verse 2 (slightly different start to first line)

Oh Queen Mary she's my friend
[D]And I believe I'm g[F#M]onna see her[Gmaj7] 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

Csus Bar bottom 4 fret 10
Dsus Bar bottom 4 fret 12
[F] [333333]
[F#7] [444442]
[G] [555555]
It was raining from the first and I was dying there of thirst

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

So I came in here
[Dsus] [Csus]
Dsus Csus G F (descending run played faster)

And this long time curse hurts but what's worse
[F#7]
Is this pain in here I can't stay in here ain't it clear
[Gmaj7] [A7sus4] [A7]
Verse 3

Oh that I, I can't fit
[D] [F#M] [Gmaj7]
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] [A7] [D]
(followed by an extended fast and furious D run 1 all along the neck)
She breaks just like
E A7''. A7sus4 A7 D