Biography:
Percy Sledge (born 25 November 1941 in Leighton, Alabama; died 14 April 2015 in Baton Rouge) was an American R&B and soul performer who most notably recorded the single "When a Man Loves a Woman" in 1966, an international top 40 hit that the RIAA has certified as gold. Having achieved his best successes in the mid-to-late 60s and early 70s with a series of emotional soul songs, in his later years he received the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Career Achievement Award and was inducted in 2005 into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Performed by Percy Sledge, Cover Me is a song that comes up on his best-of compilations
lot. Like a lot of old R&B songs, it's pretty easy to play
[Intro]
A E D
A E
Cover me, cover me
A D
Spread your precious love all over me
A F#m
Oh can't you see the need in me
E E7
Oh cover me, cover me
A E
Hide me, hide me
A D
Where no other love can find me
A F#m
Oh I'm feeling cold, I need you so
E E7
Oh cover me, cover me
A E
Girl, my love for you gets stronger everyday
A E
Oh, temptation might be waiting round the way
A D
When I'm lost and I get led astray
A E
Find me, find me
A D
Can't stop the little tear that blinds me
A F#m
Oh darling, I don't want
E E7
To lose you, oh find me
[Instrumental]
A E A D
A E
Stay with me, stay with me
A D
Baby, make it all the way with me
A F#m
Oh everyday and every way
E E7
Stay with me, stay with me
A E
Cover me, cover me
A D
Spread your precious love all over me
A F#m
Oh can't you see the need in me
E E7
Oh cover me, cover me
(repeat to fade)
lot. Like a lot of old R&B songs, it's pretty easy to play
[Intro]
A E D
A E
Cover me, cover me
A D
Spread your precious love all over me
A F#m
Oh can't you see the need in me
E E7
Oh cover me, cover me
A E
Hide me, hide me
A D
Where no other love can find me
A F#m
Oh I'm feeling cold, I need you so
E E7
Oh cover me, cover me
A E
Girl, my love for you gets stronger everyday
A E
Oh, temptation might be waiting round the way
A D
When I'm lost and I get led astray
A E
Find me, find me
A D
Can't stop the little tear that blinds me
A F#m
Oh darling, I don't want
E E7
To lose you, oh find me
[Instrumental]
A E A D
A E
Stay with me, stay with me
A D
Baby, make it all the way with me
A F#m
Oh everyday and every way
E E7
Stay with me, stay with me
A E
Cover me, cover me
A D
Spread your precious love all over me
A F#m
Oh can't you see the need in me
E E7
Oh cover me, cover me
(repeat to fade)
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