Black Bayou chords by Sarah Hobbs

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Intro 1

Black by you,

Verse 1
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I got a secret   too
Black by you, you won't tell, will you?
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Sometimes a man just
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don't know no better
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You tell me if a girl like that
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Was stealing yours,
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would you let her?
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He pulled her close,
told her he loved her
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Saw the whole thing, arms all around her
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She was all bright, I love you too
I felt something snap, fire started burnin'
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Behind my eyes,
wheels started turnin'
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That's when it hit me, what I had to do
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Black Bayou,
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I  got a secret too
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Did you know a bag of
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bricks won't go?
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But I do in my little boat
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It ain't got a motor,
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it don't make no sound
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You toss all your troubles over the side
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And they just sink right down, down, down
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He pulled her close,
told her he loved her
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Kissed her again, arms all around her
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She was all right, I love you, too
Felt something snap, fire started burnin'
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Behind my eyes, wheels started turnin'
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And that's when it hit me,
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what I had to do
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Black life, I got a secret
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Sometimes a man just
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don't know no better
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When she promised him the rest of her life
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And he promised me forever
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I felt something snap,
fire started burning
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Behind my eyes,
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wheels started turning
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That's when I did what I had to do
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He pulled her close, told her he loved her
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She held on, dragging him under
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I had to save him, I had to cut a loop
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Like my youth, I got a secret too
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Well, hey, I  got a secret too,
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like my youth
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you