I Need A Lover by Pat Benatar (Original by John Mellencamp)
Album: In The Heat Of The Night
Track 2
1979
Standard tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
F: x33211 or 133211
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by F, C and Bb)
Intro: C G F G x 4
Chorus:
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me mad
C G F G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
Someone to thrill me, and then go away
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
F
Someone that knows the meaning of ah
G
Hey hit the highway
Instrumental: C G F G x 2
Verse:
C G F G
Well I've been walking the streets in the evening
C G F G
Racing through this human jungle at night
C G F G
I'm so confused, my mind is indifferent
F G
Hey, I'm so weak, won't someone shut out that light
C G F G
Electricity runs through the video
C G F G
And I watch from this hole I call home
C G F G
And all the stonies that are dancin' to the radio
F C
I got the world calling me tonight on the phone
Chorus:
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me mad
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
F
Someone that knows the meaning of ah
G
Hey hit the highway
Instrumental: C G F G C G F G C G F G F G x 2
Verse:
C G F G
Well I'm not wiped out by this poolroom life I'm livin'
C G F G
But I'm gonna quit my job, and go to school, and head back home
C G F G
Now I'm not asking to be loved or be forgiven
F G
Hey, I just can't face shakin' in this bedroom one more night alone
Chorus:
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me mad
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
F
Someone that knows the meaning of ah
G
Hey hit the highway
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
Someone to thrill me, and then go away
C G F G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
Instrumental: C G F G C G F G C G F G F G
Chorus:
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me mad
C G F G
I need a lover that won't drive me crazy
F
Someone that knows the meaning of ah
G
Hey hit the highway
Outro: C G F G C G F G
