Need A Woman

Written by: Bob Dylan
1982 outtake (“Shot of Love” sessions)
From: “The Bootleg Series Vol. 01-03: Rare and Unreleased 1961-1991” (1991)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Intro

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Verse 1

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 Lately I've been having evil dreams
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I wake up in a cold blue lair
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I run the tape back in my mind
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Wonder if I took a wrong road somewhere
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 Searching for the truth the way God designed it
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 Well, the real truth is that I may be afraid to find it

Chorus

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Well, I need a woman
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All right
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Need a woman
G  D  A
Every night
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 To be with me and know me as I am
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 To show me the kind of love that don't have to be condemned
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And I ... want ...  you ... to
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Be that woman
 G D   A
(Every day)
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(Be that woman)
 G D   A
(Every way)

Verse 2

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I've had my eyes on you, baby
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For five long years
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Well, you probably don't know me at all
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But I've seen your laughter and I've seen your tears
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Tell-tale heart will show itself to anybody near
        D
There's always some new stranger in the night to lend a sympathetic ear

Chorus

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Well, I need a woman
   G  D  A
To be my own
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I need a woman
       G    D A
That's mine a-lone
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 Seen you in the doorway, I seen you in the park
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 Seen you in the sunshine, I seen you in the dark
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And I ... want ...  you ... to
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Be that woman
 G   D  A
(Oh, no, no)
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(Be that woman)
 G D   A
(Every way)

Verse 3

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You keep listening to something long enough
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You're just bound to believe that it's true
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You know there's some things that you put out
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It's gonna come back on you
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 That which is not permanent don't last
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Whatever's waiting in the future could be what you're running from in the past

Chorus

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Oh, I need a woman
G    D    A
I'll pull up
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Need a woman
                  G  D A
Drinking from the same cup
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 Someone who likes simple things, is not afraid to bend
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 Someone who don't make herself up to make every man her friend
    E
And I ... want ...  you ... to
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Be that woman
 G D   A
(Every day)
 A
(Be that woman)
 G D   A
(Every way)

Verse 4

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 Don't know what you got that I want
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Don't know what I've got to give
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Don't know how much time I got
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Don't know how long I'll live
    D
The rebellion in my soul, why was it created?
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To blur the focus of my mind and keep me isolated

Chorus

      A
But I need a woman
   G     D  A
It ain't no crime
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Need a woman
G   D   A
All the time
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 To see the promised land with me as the time goes by
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 To rule my heart with sweetness and boldness from on high
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And I ... want ...  you ... to
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Be that woman
G    D A
Yes, I do
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Be that woman
G        D   A
Straight and true

Solo

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