• Song:

    I Could Never Take The Place

  • Artist:

    Prince

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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 16:44:29 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Prince Submission

From: (Mitchell_D@coscc.cc.tn.us)
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****************************I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man(Prince)************************
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(C)                            (G)         (Fadd G)-->(F)->(Fmaj7)->(F)
It was only last June when her old man ran away

(C)                              (G)                (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj7)->(F)
She couldn't stop cryin' cuz she knew he was gone 2 stay

(C)                         (G)            (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj7)->(F)
It was ten thirty five on a lonely Friday night

(C)                          (G)                   (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj7)->(F)
She was standin' by the bar  hmm,  she was lookin' alright

(C5)                        (G5)                    (F5)
I asked her if she wanted 2 dance and she said that all she wanted

                            (C5)      (G5)             (F5)
was a good man and wanted 2 know if I thought I was qualified

           (C/F)     (G/D)       (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj7)->(F)
And I said baby don't waste your time

(C/F)         (G/D)     (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj7)->(F)
I know what's on your mind

(F)           (Fmin)     (Emin7)    (D7)
I may be qualified for a one night stand

            (Dmin7)        (Gmin7)
But I could never take the place of your man

F-->E-->D--->C-->D--->E-->D--->C-->C   (Straight out of a Cmaj Scale)

(C)                        (G)                       (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj 7)->(F)
it hurt me so bad when she told me with tears in her eyes

(C)                         (G)              (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj 7)->(F)
He was all she ever had and now she wanted 2 die

(C)                           (G)              (Fadd G)->(F)->(Fmaj 7)->(F)
He left her with a baby and another one on the way

    (C)                          (G)                (F)
She couldn't stop cryin' cuz she knew he was gone 2 stay

(C5)                              (G5)
She ask me if we could be friends and I said

(F5)
Oh honey, baby that's a dead end

(C5)                      (G5)        (F5)
U Know and I know that we Wouldn't be satisfied

>
***************************************CHORD INDEX***********************************************
  C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)    Fadd (133211@1)G (320003@1) FMaj (133211@1)7    C5 (x355xx@1)      G5 (355xxx@1)      F5 (133xxx@1)  Emin7    G7++++++ (320001@1)   ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++  ++++++  ++++++
||||*|    ||||||   ||||**    ||||**    ||||*|   |*||||(3) *|||||(3) *|||||  ||||||  |||||*
++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++  ++++++  ++++++
||*|||    |*||||   |||*||    |||*||    |||*||   ||||||    ||||||    ||||||  |**|||  |*||||
++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++  ++++++  ++++++
|*||||    *||||*   ||*|||    ||*||*    ||*|||   ||**||    |**|||    |**|||  ||||*|  *|||||
++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++   ++++++    ++++++    ++++++  ++++++  ++++++

  D7 (xx0212@1)    C/G (3x555x@1)    G/D (4x3121@7)     Fmin++++++ (131113@1) ++++++    ++++++     ++++++
||||**  |*---*(5) ||||**(3)  *----*
++++++  ++++++    ++++++     ++++++
|||*||  ||||*|    |||*||     ||||||
++++++  ++++++    ++++++     ++++++
        |*||||    |**|||     |**|||
        ++++++    ++++++     ++++++

From: "Timothy W. Gordon" 
Date:          Thu, 26 Oct 1995 20:41:28 -0700

Artist:  Prince
Song:  I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man


A very basic simple way to play this song.

I COULD NEVER TAKE THE PLACE OF YOUR MAN - PRINCE


       C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)          FIt (133211@1)was only last June when her old man ran away

    C (x32010@1)                             G (320003@1)                 FShe (133211@1)couldn't stop cryin' `cause she knew he was gone to stay

       C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)           FIt (133211@1)was 10:35 on a lonely Friday night
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                    FShe (133211@1)was standin' by the bar, Hmm, she was lookin' alright

  C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)                     FI (133211@1)asked her if she wanted to dance and she said that all she wanted was a good man

              C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)                Fand (133211@1)wanted to know if I thought I was qualified

            F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)        FAnd (133211@1)I said, baby don't waste your time

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)     FI (133211@1)know what's on your mind

  F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       DI (xx0232@1)may be qualified 4 a one night stand

            F (133211@1)            GBut (320003@1)I could never take the place of your man

C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G	F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G	F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)                       FIt (133211@1)hurt me so bad when she told me with tears in her eyes

       C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)              FHe (133211@1)was all she ever had and now she wanted 2 die

   C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)               FHe (133211@1)left her with a baby and another one on the way

    C (x32010@1)                            G (320003@1)                FShe (133211@1)couldn't stop cryin' cause she knew he was gone 2 stay

    C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)                    FShe (133211@1)asked me if we could be friends, and I said oh honey baby that's a dead end

             C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)              FU (133211@1)know and I know that we wouldn't be satisfied

            F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)        FAnd (133211@1)I said, baby don't waste your time

F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)     FI (133211@1)know what's on your mind

   F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)       DWe (xx0232@1)wouldn't be satisfied with a one night stand

            F (133211@1)            GAnd (320003@1)I could never take the place of your man
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Tim Gordon
tgordon@du.edu

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