Key: C major
Verse 1
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C
Man, I woke up in the morning,
read the morning news,
they said there was a murder,
I woke up in the morning,
oh man
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oh yes, and no, there were no clues
Now there was not only one,
there were three women dead
Yes, and I asked my honey,
and you know what she said
Well now all the women went home,
and they locked up the door
Well, they would not go walkin',
yes, in the street no more
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F
And all the women went home,
no,
And they shut up the windows
and they closed up the blinds
Well, they got one thing, yes,
on their worried mind
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Oh, they shut up the windows,
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They got one thing on a worried man,
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Well, now, Creepy John,
he will strike most anywhere
or the wife of a millionaire
a washerwoman,
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don't care if you're just the wife of a
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F
millionaire.
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Dm
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Well, my honey left the house
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She said, don't worry darlin',
everything will be all right
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My honey left the house,
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everything will be all right
Well, she no more get to walkin'
out the front door
Yes, and I heard her scream,
and it made my blood run cold
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Oh, she no more get to walkin'
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Oh, yeah, to walkin' out the front door
How'd they get the police
searchin'?
Lookin' all over town
They get out on the trail,
they could not run them down
Outro 1
Look out girl
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ChordsG C F F# Dm
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