Get Up Off Your Knees chords by Clarence Williams, Ethel waters
Verse 1
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A trifling
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man came home one night
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And tiptoed to his door
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To his despair, his little wifie was there
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Waitin' to lay down the law
Verse 2
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Said she, "I'm through,
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I'm really sick of you
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Get out, stay out,
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and be on your way"
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Well he dropped down on his knees
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Cried "oh, please",
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But this is all she had to say:
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Get up , get up,
Verse 3
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off your knees papa
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You can't win me back that way
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Turn in, turn in all your keys papa
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You really goin' this time to stay
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I discovered that you're the worst man in
Verse 4
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this town
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Looks like you're fond of keepin' on
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going lower down
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Get up, get up, off your knees papa
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You can't win me back that way
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Get
Verse 5
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right up off your knees papa
I'm tellin' you,
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you can't win me back that way
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Turn in all your keys papa
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'Cause I put you out this
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time to stay
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You're so blamed crooked,
Verse 6
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here are blades
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Looks like it's a hard matter for you
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to keep your head up straight
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So get up off your knees papa
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You can't win me back that way
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Anyhow. Stand up
Verse 7
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you're makin' your pleas
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No use you wearin' out your knees
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I heard someone say right next door
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Look mighty strange
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down there on all fours
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Stop it, down like
Verse 8
that
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What in the devil anyhow can
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you be drivin' at?
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So get up and stay up
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off your knees papa
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You can't win me back that way
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Besides it looks suspicious And you can't
Verse 9
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win me back that way.
Get Up Off Your Knees
Clarence Williams, Ethel Waters
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