I Couldn't Believe My Eyes chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Verse 1
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Just a little while ago,
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couldn't believe my eyes
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It was just a little while ago,
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you know I was really surprised
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Walked in a place, felt the tape,
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I couldn't believe my eyes
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I'm your dad was
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in the wrong room
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And boy was I surprised
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Walked on in to another room
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I couldn't believe my eyes
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What I found going on in there
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You know I was really surprised
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The cat was sleeping on the stove
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The dog laying on the table
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All the food in that house
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Didn't even have a label
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Went on in to another room
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I couldn't believe my eye
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What I found going on in there
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You know I was really surprised
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Hats and coats all over the floors
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Chairs hanging on the wall
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Greatest sight that I'd ever seen
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A canary playing with a ball
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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Went on into a bedroom,
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couldn't believe my eyes
Verse 3
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What I found going on in there,
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you know I was really surprised
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You may think I'm lying,
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but let me tell you this
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Everything in that room
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looked like it had been during the twist
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I went on in to the dining room
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and I couldn't believe my eyes
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And what I found going on in there,
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you know I was pretty surprised
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The roaches,
they were playing a game of golf,
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toothpicks and a potato
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And a rat was walking off
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with a loaf of bread,
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telling the cat, I'll dig you later
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I went on in to the living room,
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I couldn't believe my eyes
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What I found going on in there,
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you know I was a little
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surprised
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Telephone was off of the hook,
wasn't like a jet machine
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I heard a noise just below,
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sound like the U .S. Marine
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I made my way right straight
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to the basement,
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I couldn't believe my eyes
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What about going on down there,
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you know I was really surprised
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I began to dig the beat,
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made my soul feel good
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When I realized where I was in
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an in tegrated neighborhood
Outro 1
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I Couldn't Believe My Eyes
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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