Nacido en Albany, Georgia, Ray Charles perdió la vista durante su infancia por un glaucoma. Fue autodidacta del piano, pero también recibió clases de música en braille en la "St Augustine School", un centro para invidentes. Paralelamente, tuvo que ganarse la vida como músico, cuando fallecieron sus padres. A finales de la década de los cuarenta, Ray Charles consigue colocar un disco en las listas de su país, y en 1951 obtiene su primer Top Ten, gracias a "Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand" en 1951.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
I Got A Woman:Ray Charles. Charles' first #1 hit...in 1955.
[Verse 1]
AE Well, I got a woman, way over town, ADAA7 she's good to me, oh, yeah. DD7 Said, I got a woman, way over town, EE7E she's good to me, whoa, yeah. AA7 She gives me money when I'm in need. DD7 Yeah, she's a kind of friend, indeed. AE I got a woman, way over town. ADA She's good to me, whoa, yeah.
[Verse 2]
AE She saves her lovin', early in the mornin', ADA just for me, oh, yeah. DD7 She saves her lovin', early in the mornin', EE7E just for me, oh, yeah. AA7 She saves her lovin', just for me, DD7 always loves me, so tenderly. AE I got a woman, way over town, ADA she's good to me, oh, yeah.
(SAX. BREAK.)
[CHORUS]
AA7A She's there to love me, both day and night. AA7A Never grumbles or fusses, always treats me right. AA7A Never runnin' in the streets, leavin' me alone.. AA7 she knows a woman's place, is right there, now,
in the home. DE I got a woman, way over town, ADA she's good to me, oh, yeah.
[Verse 4]
D Said I got a woman, way over town, EE7E she's good to me, oh, yeah. AA7 Well, she's my baby, don't you understand? D Yeah, I....I'm her lovin' man, now. AE I got a woman, way over town, ADA She's good to me, oh, yeah.
[OUTRO]
AA7 Well, don't you know she's all right? AA7 Well, don't you know she's all right? AA7 She's all right, she's all right...(Fade.)