Flirting Around chords by Gregory Isaacs

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Couldn't really do,
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couldn't really do, girl  (E minor) 
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Didn't you want  (D major) me to?
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Lord  (E minor) 
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I heard  (D major) you've been flirting around,
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girl  (E minor) 
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While  (A major) I  (E minor) was away  (D major) 
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Who can say?  (E minor)  (A major) 
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 (E minor) Though  (G major) I've  (D major) been with you during
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your ups and your downs  (E minor) 
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 (A major) An  (E minor) d   your  (D major) lonely days
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And your lonely days  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Gave  (D major) all the loving that I got to you  (E minor) 
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Now  (D major) you prove yourself to be untrue  (E minor) 
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An (G major) d   (D major) so you keep flirting around me
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While  (E minor) I was away  (D major)  (E minor) 
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Maybe  (D major) I couldn't love you in
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the way you want me to  (E minor) 
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Girl, that's  (D major) why you went away
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to find somebody new  (E minor) 
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But I  (D major) swear to the moon
and the stars above,
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 (E minor) God  (D major) didn't want me to get no popularity
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 (E minor) That's  (D major) why you keep
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flirting around girl,  (E minor) 
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 (A major) While I  (D major) was away, don't you see  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor) But  (D major) I just can't take it no longer,
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I  (E minor) can (D major) 't af (E minor) ford to  (D major) stay  (E minor)  (D major) 
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Can't afford to  (E minor) stay
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Gave  (D major) you my salary,
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almost every week  (E minor) 
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 (D major) And now you're turnin' around
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and play hide and seek  (E minor) 
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With  (D major) a good lord you know,
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blessed as a meek  (E minor) 
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But  (D major) this time I won't ever
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be no home free  (E minor) 
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So  (D major) you can keep plaiting your hair
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Why me blue,  (E minor) I am on my way  (D major) 
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Why make  (A major) me  (D major) blue?  (E minor)  (D major) 
Can't afford to stay
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 (D major) Why make  (A major) me blue?  (D major)  (E minor) 
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That's  (D major) why you went away in
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the middle of the night  (E minor) 
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And  (D major) find yourself someone who
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grabs some appetite  (E minor) 
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God,  (D major) there are things I can't afford to do,
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yeah  (E minor) 
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Cause I  (D major) couldn't really love you
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how you want me to  (E minor) 
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So, why  (D major) you keep flirting
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around girl?  (E minor) 
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While I was  (D major) away
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To be seen  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor) Though I  (D major) think with you chewing your
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hat and you're down gay  (E minor) 
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And you're lonely  (A major) day  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor) Go   (D major) on flirting, girl,
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it's  (E minor) your own self you're  (D major) hurting.