Lustful Earl And The Married Woman chords by Tony Joe White

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Now
Big
Earl
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Bradshaw, he was a lone wolf
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He was always on the prowl
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And when he'd go out to find a woman
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You could hear his soulful howl
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Ah -ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh
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Ah -ooh -ooh -ooh -ooh
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Baby, I'm coming for you
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Oh, yeah
Now
Lucy
Dawson, she was a pretty thing
But you know, she was married
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Whenever she seen a big girl comin'
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She would hide the ring she
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was wearing
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And he had some love and some wine
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And this went on every night
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And big girl would howl for more
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But then one night there
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came a pounding on
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the door
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Well, her husband,
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he knocked the door down
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And he grabbed her viciously
She said,
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Earl, hon, would you call the police
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Cause I believe he's
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a -killin' me
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But he turned on the road
where they'd gone
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And there was no chance to run
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And he said, you've had it, son
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But he mis -aimed and
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shot him through the
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knee
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He was naked and
limping down the road
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And you could hear him
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howling in the distance
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But he sounded like a
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wounded toad
Oh, wee
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Why did you shoot me in my knee?
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I was just trying to do
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The thing that comes naturally
Thank y 'all.
Alright.
you.
you.
you.
you.
Thank
Thank
Thank you.
you.
I hate to see the world get it like
that, but it had to happen.
I'm going do one more thing out
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here by myself with y 'all.
This thing I did, I cut a lot of times,
some other people's cut it and I don't believe
I've ever done it right,
but I think this is a way to do it, just a guitar and me and
y 'all.
So, it's called
Willie and
Laura
Mae
Jones.
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