Cm    Bb      Ab   G       Ab   Bb   Cm
Every boy and girl needs a love like mine

[Verse 1]
C
I was sick in my room
E7
One day in the afternoon
F
My baby came in to me
          Ab
She said: Lee, I'm gonna ease your misery
        Cm      G7        Cm   Ab  Bb
She said: Honey don't you worry

[Verse 2]
Bb                   G Cm
Let me tell you this:
Cm
She sit by me
G7
And call me sweet names
Cm
She say all the sweet words
Ab
A man likes to hear
                     Eb
I tell ya, the sweet things
             Bb
She do 'bout me

[Chorus]
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Oh every boy and girl needs a love like mine

[Verse 3]
C
Oh one of these days
E7
I'm gonna take her hand
F
And tell her how proud I am to be
Ab
Her one and only man
              Cm      G7        Cm   Ab  Bb G Cm
And I say this: Honey don't you worry

[Verse 4]
Cm
That I'm gonna send out
G7
Call you sweetin' names
Cm
And tell her all the things
Ab
A woman likes to hear
Eb
The sweet thing
              Bb
Oh she do for me
          G7
I tell you, baby

[Outro]
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Every boy and girl needs a love like
Cm    Bb      Ab   G       Ab   Bb
Every boy and girl needs a love like

(I just want the whole wide world to know)
Cm    Bb      Ab   G       Ab   G   Cm
Every boy and girl needs a love like mine