I Did the Right Thing chords by Johnny Paycheck

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G
F
C
Am
Cm
D
Fsus4
Fm
Ab
F#
C#
Bbm
C#m
Eb

Verse 1
G 
F 
G 
F 
 (G major)  (F major)  (G major)  (F major) I
G 
 (G major) pull into my driveway
C 
G 
While the  (C major) day is slowly dying  (G major) in the west
Am 
I  (A minor) look in that direction
Cm 
To the  (C minor) set ting sun and the one
G 
who  (G major) loved me best

Verse 2
G 
We cried  (G major) and said goodbye
C 
Seems  (C major) like a million years ago
G 
or  (G major) was it yesterday?
Am 
She  (A minor) swore she'd always love me
Cm 
G 
 (C minor) God, I wonder if she still feels  (G major) that way

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Verse 3

I did the right thing

I went back to my wife

Straightened out my life

I did the right thing

Verse 4
G 
I  (G major) walk in to the house
C 
And hear  (C major) small voices singing,
G 
 (G major) "Daddy's here"
Am 
The  (A minor) lady of the house puts down
Cm 
 (C minor) the beer she's drinking
G 
And says,  (G major) "Hello, dear"

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) While we make small talk
C 
My mind  (C major) takes a long walk back
G 
 (G major) to someone else
Am 
 (A minor) And  I close my eyes and re
Cm 
 (C minor) peat those little lies
G 
I of (G major) ten tell myself

Verse 6
D 
 (D major) I did the right thing
G 
I did  (G major) the right thing
I went back to my wife
C 
 (C major) Straightened out my life
D 
G 
 (D major) Lord, I did the right  (G major) thing
F 
Fsus4 
Fm 
Ab 
 (F major)  (Fsus4)  (F minor)  (A flat major) 

Verse 7
F# 
 (F sharp major) 
Ab 
My  (A flat major) face is wet with teardrops
C# 
I  (C sharp major) fumble for my wrist watch,
Ab 
it's half  (A flat major) past three
Bbm 
 (B flat minor) Once  more I was dreaming
C#m 
of the  (C sharp minor) woman
Ab 
Who once said she'd  (A flat major) die for me

Verse 8
Ab 
 (A flat major) But I did what was right
C# 
And it  (C sharp major) hurts me every night
Ab 
now  (A flat major) that she's gone
Bbm 
And  (B flat minor) all   my friends are proud
C#m 
Ab 
'Cause  (C sharp minor) I gave her up to save  (A flat major) my home

Verse 9
Eb 
 (E flat major) I did the right thing
Ab 
Sure,  (A flat major) I   did the right thing
I went back to my wife
C# 
Eb 
 (C sharp major) Straightened out my life  (E flat major) 
Ab 
F# 
I did the right  (A flat major) thing  (F sharp major) 
Ab 
I did  (A flat major) the right thing
F# 
 (F sharp major) 