Chords for DAVID RUFFIN -"(IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT" (1973)
Tempo:
69.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
Em
Bm
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [G]
[C] I'm a man in desperation.
[Bm]
[C] Can't you [Bm] help me sit your way [Em] to my home?
Everybody [G] said that to love me would be crazy, [C] that I'm just a wild child.
And I [Bm] just don't need [C] another [Bm] baby, but I want to talk to [C] you this evening.
[B] Listen, honey, [Em] if loving you is wrong, [G] I don't want to be right.
Can't you see?
[Em] If being right means being without [Am] you, [Bm] I'd rather live a [C] long time [Bm] in life.
[Em] Your mama and daddy say it's a [G] shame.
They laugh, you're so downright disgraced.
But [C] as long as I got you by my side, [Am] I don't care [Bm] what your [C] people say.
[G] Listen, [Am] your friends tell you it's no future.
[Em] I'm loving a married man.
[Am] If I can't see you where I want [Em] to, I'll have to see you where I can.
If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Am I wrong, am I wrong to [G] fall so deep in love with you, honey?
[Em] Lord, I got [C] a wife and two little children [Am] [Bm] depending on me [C] too.
[Bm] [Em] And am I wrong to hunger [G] for the gentleness of your touch?
[Em] Lord, [C] Lord, I got someone else at home [Am] who [Bm] needs me [C] just as much.
[Bm] Listen, [Am] and are you wrong to give your love [Em] to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on [Em] to the best thing I ever had?
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
What is this thing [G]
[C] that has such power [Bm] over [C] me?
[Bm] [Am] And are you wrong to give your [Em] love to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on to [Em] the best thing I ever had?
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
Listen, honey, I don't want to be right [C] if it means being without you.
[Em] I don't want to be right if it means sleeping at night.
I don't want to be right if loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right [C] if it [Em] means being without you.
Oh, I can't stand to live without you.
Can't give you up, can't give it up, can't give it up.
No, cause I love you.
I love you.
Loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right.
No, no, I don't want to be right.
Loving you is wrong.
No, there ain't no way I could be wrong, darling.
I love you with all my heart and soul.
I'm always thinking of you.
Two of us been together for a long [C] time.
Don't lose our [Em] chance.
[C]
[C] I'm a man in desperation.
[Bm]
[C] Can't you [Bm] help me sit your way [Em] to my home?
Everybody [G] said that to love me would be crazy, [C] that I'm just a wild child.
And I [Bm] just don't need [C] another [Bm] baby, but I want to talk to [C] you this evening.
[B] Listen, honey, [Em] if loving you is wrong, [G] I don't want to be right.
Can't you see?
[Em] If being right means being without [Am] you, [Bm] I'd rather live a [C] long time [Bm] in life.
[Em] Your mama and daddy say it's a [G] shame.
They laugh, you're so downright disgraced.
But [C] as long as I got you by my side, [Am] I don't care [Bm] what your [C] people say.
[G] Listen, [Am] your friends tell you it's no future.
[Em] I'm loving a married man.
[Am] If I can't see you where I want [Em] to, I'll have to see you where I can.
If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be right.
Am I wrong, am I wrong to [G] fall so deep in love with you, honey?
[Em] Lord, I got [C] a wife and two little children [Am] [Bm] depending on me [C] too.
[Bm] [Em] And am I wrong to hunger [G] for the gentleness of your touch?
[Em] Lord, [C] Lord, I got someone else at home [Am] who [Bm] needs me [C] just as much.
[Bm] Listen, [Am] and are you wrong to give your love [Em] to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on [Em] to the best thing I ever had?
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
What is this thing [G]
[C] that has such power [Bm] over [C] me?
[Bm] [Am] And are you wrong to give your [Em] love to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on to [Em] the best thing I ever had?
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
Listen, honey, I don't want to be right [C] if it means being without you.
[Em] I don't want to be right if it means sleeping at night.
I don't want to be right if loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right [C] if it [Em] means being without you.
Oh, I can't stand to live without you.
Can't give you up, can't give it up, can't give it up.
No, cause I love you.
I love you.
Loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right.
No, no, I don't want to be right.
Loving you is wrong.
No, there ain't no way I could be wrong, darling.
I love you with all my heart and soul.
I'm always thinking of you.
Two of us been together for a long [C] time.
Don't lose our [Em] chance.
[C]
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ I'm a man in desperation.
[Bm]
[C] Can't you [Bm] help me sit your way [Em] to my home?
Everybody [G] said that to love me would be crazy, [C] that I'm just a wild child.
And I [Bm] just don't need [C] another [Bm] baby, but I want to talk to [C] you this evening.
[B] Listen, honey, [Em] if loving you is wrong, [G] I don't want to be right.
Can't you see?
[Em] If being right means being without [Am] you, [Bm] I'd rather live a [C] long time [Bm] in life.
[Em] Your mama and daddy say it's a [G] shame.
They laugh, you're so downright disgraced.
But [C] as long as I got you by my side, [Am] I don't care [Bm] what your [C] people say.
[G] Listen, [Am] your friends tell you it's no future.
[Em] I'm loving a married man.
[Am] If I can't see you where I want [Em] to, I'll have to see you where I can.
If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ right. _
Am I wrong, am I wrong to [G] fall so deep in love with you, honey?
[Em] Lord, I got [C] a wife and two little children [Am] [Bm] depending on me [C] too.
[Bm] [Em] And am I wrong to hunger [G] for the gentleness of your touch?
[Em] Lord, [C] Lord, I got someone else at home [Am] who [Bm] needs me [C] just as much.
[Bm] Listen, [Am] and are you wrong to give your love [Em] to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on [Em] to the best thing I ever had?
_ [C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right. _
_ What is this thing [G] _ _ _
_ [C] that has such power [Bm] over [C] me?
[Bm] [Am] And are you wrong to give your [Em] love to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on to [Em] the best thing I ever had?
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
Listen, honey, I don't want to be right [C] if it means being without you.
[Em] I don't want to be right if it means sleeping at night.
I don't want to be right if loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right [C] if it [Em] means being without you.
_ Oh, I can't stand to live without you.
Can't give you up, can't give it up, can't give it up.
No, cause I love you.
I love you.
Loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right.
No, no, I don't want to be right.
Loving you is wrong.
No, there ain't no way I could be wrong, darling.
I love you with all my heart and soul.
I'm always thinking of you.
Two of us been together for a long [C] time.
Don't lose our [Em] chance.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ I'm a man in desperation.
[Bm]
[C] Can't you [Bm] help me sit your way [Em] to my home?
Everybody [G] said that to love me would be crazy, [C] that I'm just a wild child.
And I [Bm] just don't need [C] another [Bm] baby, but I want to talk to [C] you this evening.
[B] Listen, honey, [Em] if loving you is wrong, [G] I don't want to be right.
Can't you see?
[Em] If being right means being without [Am] you, [Bm] I'd rather live a [C] long time [Bm] in life.
[Em] Your mama and daddy say it's a [G] shame.
They laugh, you're so downright disgraced.
But [C] as long as I got you by my side, [Am] I don't care [Bm] what your [C] people say.
[G] Listen, [Am] your friends tell you it's no future.
[Em] I'm loving a married man.
[Am] If I can't see you where I want [Em] to, I'll have to see you where I can.
If loving you is wrong, I don't want to be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ right. _
Am I wrong, am I wrong to [G] fall so deep in love with you, honey?
[Em] Lord, I got [C] a wife and two little children [Am] [Bm] depending on me [C] too.
[Bm] [Em] And am I wrong to hunger [G] for the gentleness of your touch?
[Em] Lord, [C] Lord, I got someone else at home [Am] who [Bm] needs me [C] just as much.
[Bm] Listen, [Am] and are you wrong to give your love [Em] to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on [Em] to the best thing I ever had?
_ [C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right. _
_ What is this thing [G] _ _ _
_ [C] that has such power [Bm] over [C] me?
[Bm] [Am] And are you wrong to give your [Em] love to a married man?
[Am] And am I wrong for trying to hold on to [Em] the best thing I ever had?
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
[C] If loving you is wrong, [Em] I don't want to be right.
Listen, honey, I don't want to be right [C] if it means being without you.
[Em] I don't want to be right if it means sleeping at night.
I don't want to be right if loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right [C] if it [Em] means being without you.
_ Oh, I can't stand to live without you.
Can't give you up, can't give it up, can't give it up.
No, cause I love you.
I love you.
Loving you is wrong.
I don't want to be right.
No, no, I don't want to be right.
Loving you is wrong.
No, there ain't no way I could be wrong, darling.
I love you with all my heart and soul.
I'm always thinking of you.
Two of us been together for a long [C] time.
Don't lose our [Em] chance.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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