I've Been Trying(Chords)

	        G             C 
I've been trying, 
Bm                    Am          D     G    
lord knows that I've been trying 
    G                C   Bm    
to understand why 
          Bm                Am  G    
can't I be your only man    
   G                       C    
Now you said you loved me 
Bm    
so sincerely 
       Am                         D          G    
that I believed that you loved me 
       G                         C    Bm    
Yet I can't understand why 
         Bm                 Am             
Can't I be your only man    
Em    
Day after day you 
Bm    
Ya Treat me any old way 
Em                        Bm   
I wanna go but my heart says no 
Em    
Acting so strange 
Bm    
but my love still remains 
C                               D    
So keep on trying boy 
                           G    
she's gonna change 
   
Instrumental   
   
 
 
 
1st Verse 
 
G             C 
I've been trying, 
Bm                    Am          D     G    
lord knows that I've been trying 
    G                C   Bm    
to understand why 
          Bm               Am  G    
can't I be your only man    
   G                      C    
Now you said you loved me 
Bm    
so sincerely 
          Am                              D    G    
that I believed that you loved me 
       G                         C    Bm    
Yet I can't understand why 
         Bm                 Am  G             
Can't I be your only man    
 
G                    C  
I just keep on trying 
Bm        Am   
Oooh...ohoooh... 
G                  C   
Just keep on trying... 
Bm        Am   
Oooh...ohoooh... 
G                        C   
Ya gotta keep on trying 
Bm       Am      G   
Oooh...ohoooh...   
 

	        

Written by Curtis Mayfield