[Intro]
Am C D E
Am C D E
 
[Verse 1]
Am C D        E             Am   C
     Oh, I need a woman to love me
D           E              Am
 Don't you understand me, baby?
C D    E          Am    C  D  E
I-I I need a woman to love
F#                 G                        B
 I gotta find her, gotta have her like the air that I breathe
F#                        G              B
One loving girl that'll understand can't be too much to need
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F#                    G
 Can't be now (oh no), can't be now (oh no)
Ab                    A
 Can't be now (oh no), can't be now (oh no)
Bb
 Can't be now (oh no)
B               D                    E
 Can't be this loneliness, baby, surrounding me
 
[Chorus]
    Am         C         D            E
And I know it just can't be (No, it just can't be)
Am               C                D              E
  There's got to be some kind of answer (No, it just can't be)
Am                   C                   D            E
  And everywhere I look, there's none around (No, it just can't be)
Am          C         D           E          Am
  Whoa, it just can't be (No, it just can't be)
 
[Interlude]
Am C D E
 
[Verse 2]
Am C D  E             Am   C     D
   Oh, won't you let me hold you?
        E               Am
Honey, just close your eyes
C   D  E                Am            C  D  E
Whoa, won't you let me hold you, dear? Ah, yea
            F#
I wanna just put my arms around you
G         B
Like the circles going around the sun
F#                           G       B
  Let me hold you, daddy, at least until the morning comes
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F#                    G
 Can't be now (oh no), can't be now (oh no)
Ab                    A
 Can't be now (oh no), can't be now (oh no)
Bb
 Can't be now (oh no)
B               D                    E
 Can't be this loneliness, baby, surrounding me
 
[Chorus]
    Am         C         D            E
And I know it just can't be (No, it just can't be)
Am               C                D              E
  There's got to be some kind of answer (No, it just can't be)
Am                   C                   D            E
  And everywhere I look, there's none around (No, it just can't be)
Am      C        D           E                  Am
  Oh I realise, oh I realise (No, it just can't be)
        C          D  E Am
No, it just can't be
 
[Break]
Am C D E
Am C D E
Am C D E Am
 
[Verse 3]
Am C D     E             Am  C   D
    Oh, I need a woman to love me
                     E            Am
Oh, maybe you could help me, please
C D     E          Am   C   D
 Oh, I need a woman to love, 'cause I believe that
F#           G             B
 Someday and somehow, it's bound to come along
       F#                G                  B
'Cause all my dreams and all my plans just cannot turn out wrong
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F#                    G
 Can't be now (oh no), can't be now (oh no)
Ab                    A
 Can't be now (oh no), can't be now (oh no)
Bb
 Can't be now (oh no)
B               D                    E
 Can't be this loneliness, baby, surrounding me
 
[Chorus]
    Am         C         D            E
And I know it just can't be (No, it just can't be)
Am               C                D              E
  There's got to be some kind of answer (No, it just can't be)
Am                   C                   D            E
  And everywhere I look, there's none around (No, it just can't be)
Am          C         D           E          Am
  Whoa, it just can't be (No, it just can't be)
 C D        E            Am
    No, it just can't be,
C D         E            Am
    No, it just can't be,
C D         E            Am
    No, it just can't be,