G               Cm7   D7  G
Do do do do, do do, do

[Verse 1]
G                 Cm            D7 G
I can pay my own light bill baby (Do do do do, do do)
G        Cm7           D7     G
Pump my own gas in my own car (Do do do do, do do)
G                         Cm     D7 G
I can buy my own shoe collection (Do do do do, do do)
G           Cm7           D7  G
I've been blessed thus far (Do do do do, do do)
G                        Cm     D7  G
I can kill the spider above my bed (Do do do do, do do)
G             Cm7          D7        G
Although it's hard because I'm scared (Do do do do, do do)
G                         Cm     D7  G
I can even stain and polyurethane (Do do do do, do do)
G            Cm7             D7   G
But some things just don't change (Do do do do, do do)

[Chorus]
G     Cm D7     G
I need you, yeah (Do do do do, do do)
G            Cm7     D7     G
Sometimes so hard to say, oh (Do do do do, do do)
G  Cm     D7  G
I need you (Do do do do, do do)
G     Cm7        D7  G
Somethings remain (Do do do do, do do)

[Verse 2]
G                         Cm  D7 G
I can buy my own groceries baby (Do do do do, do do)
G      Cm7             D7       G
Get my hair tight, my nails right (Do do do do, do do)
G       Cm          D7        G
I can floss my own bling bling (Do do do do, do do)
G              Cm7              D7     G
Write the the words to the songs I sing (Do do do do, do do)
G                      Cm        D7   G
I can even raise the child we'll make (Do do do do, do do)
G                                   Cm7  D7    G
Make sure he's loved and knows what God gave us (Do do do do, do do)
G                       Cm        D7  G
I can teach him how to walk and stand (Do do do do, do do)
G                    Cm7           D7  G
But he needs you to help him be a man (Do do do do, do do)

[Chorus]
G         Cm D7 G
We need you (Do do do do, do do)
G   Cm7       D7 G
So hard to say (Do do do do, do do)
G        Cm D7 G
We need you (Do do do do, do do)
G
Somethings don't change

[Bridge]
G
I could be congresswoman or a garbage woman
G    Cm          D7
Or police officer or a carpenter
D7             G
I could be a doctor and a lawyer
G
And a mother and "Good god,
Cm7                           D7
Woman what you done to me?", kind of lover I could be
G                  G
I could be a computer analyst (Do do do do, do do)
Cm7                           D7
The queen with the nappy hair raising her fist
G                             G
Or I could be much more and a myriad of this (Do do do do, do do)
Cm                  D7
Hot as the summer, sweet as the first kiss

[Outro]
G                                Cm7     D7
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)
D7       G   Cm D7 G
I need you (Do do do do, do do)
G                                Cm7     D7
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)
G                 Cm          D7
We need you, we need you, we need you (Do do do do, do do)
G                              Cm        D7
And even though I can do all these things (Do do do do, do do)
D7
By my damnself
G
I need you (Do do do do, do do)
Cm         D7
I do, I do, I do, I do
G                                 Cm         D7
And even though I can do all these here things (Do do do do, do do)
G
I need you (Do do do do, do do)
Cm                D7   G
We need you, we do (Do do do do, do do)
Cm                 D7         G
We need you, yeah, we need you (Do do do do, do do)