Long Time Blues chords by Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey
Verse 1
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Well,
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hello there, Lonnie.
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Where have you been?
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You know, I haven't seen
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Em
your smilin' face,
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and I don't know when.
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G
Well, baby, I've been around
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from town to town,
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C
but from what I can hear,
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D
you've been kickin' the gong around.
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Well, I'm still your gal,
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D
can't you plainly see?
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Well, come on, pretty baby,
Em
D
you still look good to me.
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Honey, do you remember
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when you and I lived on Slap
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Happy Street?
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You was jivin' every
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good -lookin' broad
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that you happened to meet.
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Em
Well, I've been throwin' the bull
C
from Texas, Mexico, and Spain,
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but can 't you plainly see
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I'm still your lovin' man?
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C
That makes me happy,
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Em
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happy as I can be
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How could you ever part baby,
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you mean so much to me
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I'm so happy,
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back on my stomping ground
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I'm so glad, baby,
you didn't put me down
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Em
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Well, I'm so glad
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your baby's been kicked around
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Well, get out your wallet,
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let's go and have some fun.
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Get out your wallet, baby,
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let's have some fun.
Em
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Well, you know I stays ready,
baby,
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stays ready from sun to sun
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Cm
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.
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Now, I got money from the north
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and money from the
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Well, give it to me, baby,
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and shut your mouth
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That'll make me happy,
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Em
happy as I can be
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Well, nobody don't know, but you,
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D
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your money, and me
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Yes, your money from the East,
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your money from the West
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You know Lonnie always
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give Vickie the best
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So buy yourself a stole
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and a limousine too
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C
But don't let me catch an
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C
other man ridin' with you
you'd be so unhappy,
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Em
happy as I can be.
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If I don't love you, Mama,
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C
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a billy goat can't climb a tree.
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Hey, hey, Mr. Johnson,
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you've been gone a long, long time.
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While you were away,
you didn't send me a lousy dime.
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Don't come here trying to be my boss
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You're just about to make
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sweet mama cross
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I'm un happy, unhappy as I can be
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Why don't you
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stake him out in Texas
And don't bring that bull
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to me
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Now look here, fat mama,
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just listen to me
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Beatin' up your chops
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send you full of misery
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Just give your mink stool
and a limousine too
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If you keep beatin' up your chops
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and take them both from you
You'll be so unhappy
Yes, Mr. Danny
It's like a ship that's lost
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at sea
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You don't want no foolin'
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Come on, make love to me
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Yeah, Mr. Daddy
Long Time Blues
Lonnie Johnson, Victoria Spivey
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