Allison Durbin (born Auckland, New Zealand, 24 May 1950) is a New Zealand-born Australian former pop singer. In the early 1970s Durbin's visual 'trademark' was her lustrous waist-length auburn hair.
Durbin began performing in public in her early teens and after winning a talent contest at an Auckland ballroom, she was signed to Eldred Stebbiing's Zodiac Records at the age of 14 and issued a number of singles on the label. Her third Zodiac single
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SONG: I HAVE LOVED ME A MAN ARTIST: ALLISON DURBIN VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bBKt3TkEIKw TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected]
I HAVE LOVED ME A MAN ALLISON DURBIN
INTRO: BbCFAmBbFCAmCF E ----------------------|----------------|-------| B ----------------------|----------------|-------| G -3-5-7-5-7-9-10-9-7-5-|-7-5-3-5--3-----|-------| D -----------------------------------7-5-|-7-5-3-| A ----------------------|----------------|-------| E ----------------------|----------------|-------|
FCAmBb E ---------- B ---------- G ---------- D ---------- A ------0-1- E --1-3-----
VERSE: BbCF I have loved me a man Dm Like my momma did
BbCF I have loved me a man.
FCAmBb E ---------- B ---------- G ---------- D ---------- A ------0-1- E --1-3-----
BbC Tall and tender, FDm His hands like my daddy's were,
GC And a mind that understands
PRE-CHORUS: BbCFDm And the arms that held me when I was crying BbCA The lips that kissed away the tears
CHORUS: BbCF But they're a part of the man Dm That my momma loved,
BbCF And I have loved me a man
FCAmBb E ---------- B ---------- G ---------- D ---------- A ------0-1- E --1-3-----
VERSE: BbCFDm I have wed me a man, like my momma did
BbCF I have wed me a man
FCAmBb E ---------- B ---------- G ---------- D ---------- A ------0-1- E --1-3-----
BbCFDm I can still feel the warmth of the words he said
GC He had my heart tied in his hands
PRE-CHORUS: BbCFDm And in the morning I would wake by his side BbCA And wonder what I could have done
CHORUS: BbCFDm To be loved by a man like my momma loved, BbCFG And I have loved me a man
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VERSE: CDGEm I would bear him a child, like my momma did
CDG I would bear him a child
GDBmC E ---------- B ---------- G ---------- D ---------- A ----0-2-3- E --3-------
CDGEm She'd be gentle and sweet, like my momma was
AD I'd watch her grow and in a while
PRE-CHORUS: CDGEm She'd ask me momma what should I want from life CDB And I would tell her with a smile
CHORUS: CDGEm Just be loved by a man like your momma loved CDG And I have loved me a man