In 2003 Alicia Keys and Kerry Brothers, Jr. wrote a great hit song, When You Really Love Someone. It's in the Key of Em, with 6/8 time signature.
"I'm a woman, and Lord knows it's hard." -- Alicia Keys
When You Really Love Someone Chords
Em
I’m a woman
Am7 Bm7
Lord knows it’s hard
I need a real man to give me
Em
what I
need
Sweet attention,
Am7
love and
Bm7
tenderness
When it’s
Em
real, it’s unconditional, I’m telling y’all
B7
‘Cause a man just, ain’t a man if
Em
he ain’t
man
enough
To love you when you’re right
Love you when you’re wrong
you when you’re weak
Love you when you’re strong
Bm7
Take you higher
When the world
Em
got your feeling low
He’s giving
you his last
‘Cause
Em
he’s thinking of you first
Am7
Giving comfort, when he’s thinking that you’re hurt
Bm7
That’s what’s done when you
really love someone
I’m tellin’
Em
y’all
I’m tellin’ y’all
E
‘Cause you’re a real
Em
man
And Lord knows it’s
Bm7
hard
Sometimes
you just need
Em
a woman’s touch
Am7
Sweet affection, love and support
Bm7
When it’s real, it’s unconditional
I’m telling y’all, oh
‘Cause a
Am
woman ain’t
C
a woman if she
Bm
ain’t woman enough
To
Em
love you when you’re right
Love you
B
when you’re wrong
Love you when
Em
you’re
weak
Love you when you’re
C
strong
Take you higher
When the world got your feeling low
She’s
Em
giving you her best
Even when you’re at your worse
Giving comfort when
C
she’s thinking that you’re hurt
D
That’s what’s done
Bm
when you really
Em
love
someone
I’m telling y’all
I’m telling y’all
Sometimes you’re gonna
Am
argue
Sometimes you’re gonna fight
Sometimes it’s gonna feel like, it’ll never be right
Em
But something so strong keeps you hold on and on
It don’t make sense but it makes a good song
‘Cause a man just ain’t a man if he ain’t man enough
To love you when you’re right
Love you when you’re wrong
Love
C
you when you’re
Bm
weak
Love you when you’re strong
Em
When the world got you feelin’ low
He’s giving you his
Am
last
‘Cause
C
he’s thinking of you first
Giving comfort when
Bm
he’s thinking
Em
that you’re hurt
That’s what’s done when you really love someone
I’m telling y’all
I’m telling y’all
I’m telling
B7
y’all that a woman ain’t a woman
she ain’t woman enough
Em
Love you when you’re right
Love you when you’re wrong
Love you when
Am7
you’re
weak
Am7
Love you when you’re strong
Bm7
Take you higher and
Em
higher
When the world got you feeling low
She’s giving you
Em
her
best
Even when you’re at your worse
Giving comfort
Am7
when she’s thinkin’ that you’re hurt
Bm7
That’s
Em
what’s done when you really love someone
I’m tellin’ y’all
I’m tellin’ y’all
Am7
Hmm, hmm, yeah
Bm7
Hmm, hmm, yeah
Hmm, hmm,
Em
yeah
Slash Chords to the Song
L.H. / R.H.
Em = EBE/GBE and E/GBE
Am7 = AG/CEB and A/CGB and A/GCE
Bm7 = BA/DF# and B/DF#A and B/ADF#
B7 = B/D#GB
Online Chord Chart: When You Really Love Someone
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Slash Chords... What notes to play.
C#m = C#-E-G#
Em = E-G-B
Bm = B-D-F#
Am = A-C-E
G = G-B-D
B = B-D#-F#
E = E-G#-B
C = C-E-G
D = D-F#-A
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