Locking Up My Heart [First Pressing] chords by The Marvelettes

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Verse 1
G 
C 
E 
 (G major)  (C major) I'm puttin' up my guard  (E major) 
Am 
Dm 
F 
 (A minor) I'm lockin' up my heart  (D minor)  (F major) 
C 
G 
 (C major) Tellin' Cupid to  (G major) pass by me
C 
G 
C 
'Cause  (C major) all love  (G major) ever  (C major) brought
G 
C 
me was  (G major) misery  (C major) 

Verse 2
E 
Hello loneliness,  (E major) goodbye love
Am 
Dm 
 (A minor) I'm tired of being abused  (D minor) 
F 
and being misused  (F major) 
C 
Am 
 (C major) I've had my share of  (A minor) romance,
G 
 (G major) no more for me
C 
I'm  (C major) lockin' up my heart and
G 
C 
 (G major) throwin' away the key  (C major) 

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Verse 3

Lockin' up (lockin' up, lock

in' up)

Said I'm gonna throw away the

key (throw away the key)

I'm lockin' up (lockin' up)

'Cause all love ever

brought me was misery

Verse 4
Am 
Dm 
G 
C 
E 
I  (A minor)  (D minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (E major) 
Am 
Dm 
G 
C 
G 
 (A minor)  (D minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
C 
G 
F 
C 
 (C major)  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) don't
E 
want (don't want) nobody  (E major) to love me
Am 
Dm 
F 
 (A minor) Leave me alone and  (D minor) let me be lonely  (F major) 
C 
Am 
G 
 (C major) This way I'll know  (A minor) just  (G major) where I stand
C 
I'll  (C major) never have to worry
G 
about  (G major) love again

Verse 5
C 
Lockin'  (C major) up (lockin' up,
F 
lockin'  (F major) up)
Dm 
C 
Said I'm  (D minor) gonna  (C major) throw away the key
F 
 (F major) (throw away the key)
C 
Am 
I'm gonna  (C major) save myself  (A minor) from
F 
C 
all  (F major) this misery  (C major) 

Verse 6
F 
Lockin' up (lockin' up, lockin'  (F major) up)
Am 
Dm 
G 
C 
F 
Said  (A minor) I'm  (D minor)  (G major)  (C major) gonna  (F major) 
C 
 (C major) throw away the key
F 
C 
F 
C 
F 
 (F major) I'm  (C major) lockin'  (F major)  (C major) up (lockin' up  (F major) 
C 
my  (C major) heart)
F 
I'm lockin' up (lockin' up my  (F major) heart)

Verse 7
C 
F 
 (C major) Yeah yeah yeah (lockin' up my  (F major) heart)
C 
Yeah  (C major) yeah yeah (lockin' up
F 
my  (F major) heart)
C 
Yeah yeah yeah  (C major) 
F 
(lockin' up my  (F major) heart)
Yeah yeah yeah (lockin' up my heart)
Yeah yeah yeah (lockin' up my heart)