Key: Bb major
Verse 1
A
D
I can
C
A
D
G
C
F
Ab
G
C
G
C
A
see that you and me
D
G
C
G
will have a terrible falling out.
F
C
G
C
No one at the marbles ball
A
D
will know what it's all about.
A
G
They'll hear a shot,
and see you duck,
C
Am
and when the smoke has fared away,
Cm
D
G
D
Then the band will crawl
G
Abdim
from behind the stand,
E
D
G
and then you'll hear me say,
A
D
G
I'm gonna change my lockin'
C
F#dim
Ebdim
G
key.
C
G
C
When you get home,
A
D
G
C
you'll find an awful change in me.
Cm
C
E
Eb
D
If I don't change my mind,
E
C
E
A
another thing you will find
C
G
That your baby maybe has
G
C
on the pole of my line
G
C
You did your stuff,
G
D
G
C
F
so get yourself another home
G
C
I said it long enough,
G
E
A
E
B
E
B
an d roam
E
G
A
D
I used to love you once,
E
D
F#dim
but you took and made a fool out of me
Ebdim
G
Cause when I get home,
A
D
I'm going to change this old lock
G
C
F
C
and key
G
C
Take off that suit, I bought you
Give me that hat and that red vest too
Take off my watch, give me my ring.
I want them shoes and everything.
D
squeeze.
G
D
Well, let them squeeze in your BVD.
C
D
I'll shoot them off.
I'll shoot them off if I hear
D
G
C
I'm gonna change my lock and key.
When you get home,
C
F
used to be
C
E
And if I don't change my mind,
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E
C
another thing you will find
D
G
That your baby may
C
D
be's got another baby
D
C
G
and that's the thing that made me so
F
E
I'll get myself another door
E
C
E
A
As far as my concerned,
D
you're tipsy,
you're homeless, there's a flea
G#
C
Cause when I get home
D
G
C
I'm gonna change my lockin' key
Believe me
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