F Dm D G A 


[Verse 1]
G       Dm        F         Dm
I can't quit her, she got a hold on me,
            C          F             G       Bb
she got her hand on my soul, I can't quit her.
F               C         A       Am  A
Cause I see her face everywhere I go, in the 
D                     A              C
city streets, country fields, in the back of
                   G
my mind, I know it can't be real, for a woman 
           A       Am             Dm  F 
to possess all the tenderness she had.


[Chorus]
        A                  Bb
But the hands of time keep ticking on my back,
           C                            Dbm
cause it's been so long since I had her back 
  Dm      Gm7 A F
beside me.


[Bridge]
C     Dm   D          F   C     Dm   D
Oh, I love you, girl..oh, how I love you..
F   C     D
Oh, how I love you.


[Verse 2]
A       Dm
I can't quit her, cause in my darkest night she 
      F                        G
comes on like a light, I can't quit her.
F        C               A               D
Try as I may with all my might she had a woman's 
         Gb    Db          Gb     C
touch, a young girl's eyes and in seconds flat
      G           Gm7               Am
I was hypnotized..turned around and made to feel 
      Dm
sweet love.


[Chorus]
Db      Am                 Bb
But the hands of time keep ticking on my back,
           C                    Dbm
cause it's been so long since I had her back 
  Dm       G 
beside me.


[Bridge]
C     Dm   D          F   C     Dm   D
Oh, I love you, girl..oh, how I love you..
F   C     D
Oh, how I love you.


[Interlude]
Em A Em A Em A Em A 


[Bridge]
D     E               G   D     E
Oh, I love you, girl..oh, how I love you..
G   D     E
Oh, how I love you.


[Outro]
G   D     E
Oh, how I love you.
G   D     E
Oh, how I love you.
G   D     E        A Em E
Oh, how I love you..
G   D     E
Oh, how I love you.
G   D     E         G   D     E
Oh, how I love you..oh, how I love you..(Fade.)