I Can Take Care Of Myself chords by Gene Chandler

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major) You led me  (G major) to believe  (D major) 
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 (F sharp minor) that  (D major) you  (E minor) really  (D major) needed my love
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What a  (E minor) shock to receive  (D major) your let (E minor) ter
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telling  (D major) me goodbye  (F sharp minor)  (D major) love
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 (E minor) It broke  (F sharp minor) my heart  (G major) in two  (F sharp minor) 
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But  (E minor) girl,  (F sharp minor) I thought a
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lot  (G major) soon you'd  (A major) come
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 (D major) I  can take care  (E minor) of  (D major) myself
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I'm a man,  (G major) I  (D major) can take care
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I take care  (E minor) of myself
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 (F sharp minor) Oh,   yes  (G major) 
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 (D major) I  can take care  (E minor) of myself
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 (D major) And without  (G major) you I'd make  (E minor) it
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I'm gonna make  (G major) it
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 (A major) You  (D major) build my hopes up high,  (F sharp minor) yeah  (A major) 
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Then  (D major) you  (G major) drop me  (E minor) like a  (D major) hot potato  (A major) 
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 (D major) Guess you  (G major) think I'm  (A major) cryin'  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) And come callin' back
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sooner or later  (A major)  (E minor) 
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You walked  (F sharp minor) out on  (G major) my world  (D major) 
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 (F sharp minor) But    (E minor) I'm gon (F sharp minor) na show  (G major) you,
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 (D major) I can take care  (E minor) of myself
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 (D major) I'm a man,  (G major) I  (D major) can take care
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I take care  (E minor) of myself
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Oh,  (F sharp minor) yes  (G major)  (D major) I  can take care  (E minor) of myself
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 (D major) And without  (G major) you I'd make  (E minor) it
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I'm  (G major) gonna make it  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (Dsus4)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major)  (F sharp minor) 
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Now  (E major) the  (F sharp minor) word  is out,  (E major) yeah
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 (F sharp minor) How    (E major) you  (F sharp minor) played me  (E major) for a clown  (F sharp minor) 
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 (E major) And you begged about, yeah
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 (F sharp minor) How    (E major) you  (F sharp minor) really shot  (E major) me down  (F sharp minor) 
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Those friend (E major) s are  (A flat minor) hard   (A major) to face  (A flat minor) 
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 (F sharp minor) And I need  (A flat minor) no heart (A major) less place
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 (B major) I  (E major) can take care  (F sharp minor) of myself
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 (E major) I'm a man,  (A major) I  (E major) can take care
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can take care  (F sharp minor) of myself
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Oh  (G sharp minor)  (A major) yeah
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I  (E major) can take care  (F sharp minor) of myself
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 (E major) And without  (A major) you I'll make  (F sharp minor) it
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I'm gonna make  (A major)  (B major) it  (E major)  (F sharp minor)  (E major) 
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I can take care  (F sharp minor) of myself,
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 (E major) I don't need  (A major) you
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 (E major) I can take care  (F sharp minor) of myself,
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 (A flat minor) I don't need  (A major) you