Key: E majorā¢
Intro 1
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Ebdim
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Fdim
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D#
D#dim
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Em
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Em
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G#m
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G#m
Baug
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D#dim
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Verse 1
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Little black girl in a red dress,
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On a hot night with
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a broken shoe.
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Em
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Little black girl you shouldn't
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never left home,
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There's probably someone that's
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C#m
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It's cold back in Chicago,
Baug
But Los Angeles' street's worse,
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When all you got is $29.00 and an
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alligator purse!
Verse 2
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Dm
With the chartreuse hood!
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D#dim
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D
and say hey baby:
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Which way's to the Main Stem?
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Say you grew up there yourself
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Say, come on,
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you grew up right next door to him:
And throw it in reverse:
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an alligator purse!
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Verse 3
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like a gentleman
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Faug
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Em
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You say your ex old man
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was a sax player
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Say honey I got two or three!
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He'll say: Sweetheart
you're sure fortunate
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That you ran into me!
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When
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you've done a dime in the joint!
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Baug
You figure nothin' could be worse:
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And you got $29.00 in an
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Verse 4
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Em
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the eight track
You start smokin' a little boo!
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Baug
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You thinking gettin'
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out of Chicago was the
Best thing ever happened
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to you!
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He's starting like a dog rhythm
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He says: Baby,
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that's just right for you!
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But he ain't no good Samaritan,
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Em
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A lot more than $29.00 and an alligator purse!
Interlude 1
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Dsus4
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Ebdim
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Em
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Fdim
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Verse 5
Now when the streets get hungry, baby,
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You can almost hear them
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growl!
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C#
Someone's setting a place for you,
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howl!
Verse 6
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Well: The streets are dead they creep.
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Faug
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It was left on the pole!
always make mistakes
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home!
Whoever gets their first
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alligator purse!
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Now, for
Verse 7
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the sirens
it's just an epilogue
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The cops always
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get there too late!
They always stop for coffee
They always try so hard to look like movie stars,
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They couldn't catch a cold!
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G#m
Baby: don't waste your dime
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You're lucky to be alive!
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The doctor whispered to the nurse:
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$29.00 and an alligator purse!
Outro 1
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Ebdim
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Gdim
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Fdim
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Baug
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Bb
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E
D
B
Ebdim
Fdim
D#
D#dim
Em
G#m
Baug
F#
C#
F
F#dim
C#m
Dm
F#m
G
C#dim
Faug
Dsus4
Eb
Gdim
G#dim
Bb
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E
D
B
Ebdim
Fdim
D#
D#dim
Em
G#m
Baug
F#
C#
F
F#dim
C#m
Dm
F#m
G
C#dim
Faug
Dsus4
Eb
Gdim
G#dim
Bb
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