The single girl
G C G
1. The single girl all alone in a great big town,
G C G
the
single girl gets so tired of love lettin' her down.
C G
The life's unreal and the
people are phoney,
Am G
and
the nights can get so lonely,
D
C D G
the
single girl needs a sweet lovin' man to lean on.
G C G
2. I'm a single girl wond'rin' if love could
be passin' me by,
G C G
I'm a single girl, and I know
all about men and their lies.
C G
Nobody loves me 'cause nobody
knows me,
Am G
nobody
takes the time to go slowly,
D
C D G
the
single girl needs a sweet lovin' man to lean on.
C G
I gotta make my own way, there's rent I gotta pay,
A - D D7
I need a night-time love to get me through the day.
G C G
3. I'm a single girl, all alone in a great big town,
G C G
I'm a single girl, and I get
so tired of love lettin' me down.
C G Am G
But there's a man I've yet to
know waiting somewhere I've yet to go,
D C D G
someday
I'll have a sweet loving man to lean on,
D
C D G
the
single girl needs a sweet lovin' man to lean on,
D
C D G
the
single girl needs a sweet lovin' man to lean on ....
(orig.
= capo 3rd) (Sandy Posey)