Intro:

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Verse 1:

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        She may not be the best lookin' woman
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        I ever did see
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        Nor have the charms of the ladies
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        Of high society

Chorus 1:

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        But the woman's got soul
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        Worth all money and gold
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        And all the love that I have belongs
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        To the woman with soul

Verse 2:

        Now I'm just a regular fellow
        I don't need much
        I don't need a Cadillac car
        Or diamonds and such

Chorus 2:

        But the woman that I hold
        She's got to have soul
        And then I'm richer than the richest gold
        If the woman's got soul

Bridge [bass plays first Ab on each line alone; horns join on other chords]:

                (Db6)        Ab    Db  Ab [N.C.]
        Well, I don't need a woman
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        That's got a whole lotta class
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        Because class in a woman
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        Don't mean she's gonna last
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        I need the kind of woman
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        That when I hold she fits so tight, yeah
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        Oh, and when she throws it on me
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        I give in without a fight       Then I know

Chorus 3:

        The woman's got soul
        Worth all money and gold
        And then I'm richer than the richest gold
        If the woman's got soul

Coda [repeat to fade]:

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        If the woman's got soul