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He Went Slippin' Around chords by The Carter Sisters

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Verse 1

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Old Bill Brown

was known around town

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For slippin' around at

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night

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He'd grab a jug and cut a rug

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Man, he'd really live it up

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right

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Oh, Suzy Brown

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finally found

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That old Bill was really

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hip

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She took a bucket of

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banana peelings

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And throwed 'em on the step

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And he went

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slippin' around

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Yes, he went slippin' around

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He went slippin' around

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Yes, he went slippin' around

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With a [Incomprehensible] here and

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a [Incomprehensible] there

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And he finally hit the floor

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[Incomprehensible] never been done

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And it won't be done no more

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And he went

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slippin' around

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Yes, he went slippin' around

Interlude 1

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Bill sat in on a

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game one night

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Not her didn't intend to stay

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His money flew from left to right

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And he fi nally went away

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His shoes went here and his

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shirt went there

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And he finally lost his

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coat

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He come home

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about daylight

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And in a borrowed peticoat

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And he went

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slippin' around

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Yes, he went slippin' around

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He went slippin' around

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Yes, he went slippin' around

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His wife said, "Bill,

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is that you there comin' in at this hour?"

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Then she let fly between

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his eyes

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With porpoise hearted flour

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And he went

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slippin' around

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Yes, he went slippin' around

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Bill, he had a gal

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downtown

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His ever loving

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best

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He didn't dream when he met her

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She would get him in a mess

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His wife found out That

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she was not idol of his life

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She put a stop to

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that ratpick

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With a great big butcher knife

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Now he's through

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slippin' around

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Yes, he's through slippin' around

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He through slippin' around

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Yes, he through slippin' around

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His spirit rose up

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from the grave

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And went floating through the

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air

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He heard a voice from

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down below saying

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'You ain't goin' up there,

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'cause'

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You've been slippin' around

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Yes, you've been slippin' around

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Yes, you've been

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slippin' around

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He Went Slippin' Around

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