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

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

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

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

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

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

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