I Can’t Do It Alone chords by 
Ute Lemper 
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Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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Miss Thelma Kelly in an act of
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desperation.
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My sis ter and I
had an act that couldn't flop.
My sister and I were headed
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straight for the top.
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My sister and I earned a fowl
a week at least.
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Yes, sure we did.
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But my sis ter is now un
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fortunately de ceased.
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Oh, I know it's sad, of course,
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but a fact is still a fact.
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And now all that remain s
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is the re mains of the
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per fect double act.
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Do you know that you're
exactly the same size
as my sister?
Yeah, you would fit into her
wardrobe perfectly.
Look, why don't I just show you some of the act,
okay?
Watch this.
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Well, you have to imagine this
with two people.
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It's swell with two people.
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First I'd... drums!
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Then she'd...
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saxo phone.
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Then we'd... together .
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But I can't do it alone.
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Then she'd. Then
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I'd. Then we'd.
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But I can't do it alone.
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She'd say, what's your sister like?
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I'd say, man, yuck, yuck, yuck.
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She'd say, you're the cat's meow.
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Then we'd wow the crowd again,
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when she'd go
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Then I'd go,
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And we'd go
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An d then those ding -dong
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daddies star ted to roar
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Whistles stomped and
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stamped on the floor
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Yelling, screaming, begging for more
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And we'd say, Okay, fel las,
keep your socks up,
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you ain't seen noth in' yet!
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But I simply can not do
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it alone!
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Well, what do you think?
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Oh, come on, you can say!
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Okay, okay, okay, well,
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the first part can always be rewritten,
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but the second part was just
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really nifty.
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Now watch this.
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Then she'd. Then I'd. See? I can
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kick really hard.
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Then we'd...
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But I can't do it alone
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She'd say what state she can 't go in
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I'd say ill, did you get that?
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She'd say turn your mo tor off
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Vroom, vroom, vroom, vroom
I can hear him cheering still
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When she'd go
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Take it and fell
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Then I'd go
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And we'd go side ways!
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And then those
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two big john nies
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did it up round
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To cheer the best attrac tion in town
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They nearly tore the balcon y down
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An d we'd say, okay boys,
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we're going home now
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But here's a few more
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parting shot s
And all this, this we did
in perfect uni son
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Cymbals crash, crash,
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crash, crash
Saxophone, drums, cymbals
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Now you see me going through it
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You can see there's nothing to it
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But I simply can not do it
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Alone
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA F Bb Gb Gm...
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Em
Capo: 3
Transpose: 0
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