[Intro]
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[Verse]
             D     G/D  Am/D                         G       C  G
a woman left lonely          will soon grow tired of waiting
                C      C/B  Am    G            D
she'll do crazy things,     yeah,   on lonely occasions
               D      D/F#                    G          C  G
a simple conversation      for the new men now and again
               C    C/B  Am        G                D
makes a touchy situation    when a good face come into your head
                  D   D/F#               G              C  G
and when she gets lonely,  she's thinking about her man
                              C        C/B  Am
she knows he's taking her for granted, yeah yeah
           G            D
honey, she doesn't understand, no, no, no, no!
 
[Bridge]
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F    F    Bb   Bb
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             well, the fevers of the night,
               Bb          Eb  Bb
they burn an unloved woman
                    Eb     Eb/D  Eb/C
yeah, those red-hot flames
       Bb             F
try to push old love aside
 
[Verse]
             F                       Bb           Eb      Bb
a woman left lonely, she's the victim of her man, yes she is
                         Eb   Eb/D      Eb/C
when he can't keep up his own way, good Lord
             Bb                   F
she's got to do the best that she can, yeah
                                       Bb
a woman left lonely, Lord, that lonely girl
Eb   Eb/D      Eb/C   F
lord, lord, lord!
 
[Outro]
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