Key: E major
Verse 1
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Had a friend, Louie Brown,
he was a deacon
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Just as wise as he could be
Now you realize he could
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read the Good Book back
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From Revelations down
to Genesee
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You know last Sunday morning
we was over to the church
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My buddy wants to take him a stand
And he looks out upon
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that whole congregation
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The Good Book in his hand
Now he cast his eye about
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And then he looks over in
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the Amen Corner
All the sisters commenced
to shout (What'd he say?)
He said
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"A married man's a fool
Verse 2
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to think that his wife
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Will love nobody else but him"
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She stick by you all of your life,
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the chances is mighty slim
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Now you read the Good Book, chapter
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21:
Every married woman got to
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have a little fun
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Read on over chapter 22:
It's a sin to let that woman
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make a fool outta you
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Now you read a little further,
Am
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chapter 23:
She two- time you, brother,
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like she double- crossed me
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Read on back, over chapter 10:
Shimmy one time,
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you got the problem again 'cause a
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'Cause a married man's a fool
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to think that his wife
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Love nobody else but him I mean
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Love nobody else but him
Interlude 1
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Well,
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a married man's a fool
to think that his wife
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Will love nobody else but him
She stick by you all of your life,
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the chances is mighty slim
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Now you read on over to
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25th page:
Married women's, Lord,
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is hard to engage
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A
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Read kinda careful, chapter 26:
Back door slamming,
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you got to learn to get it fixed
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A
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Read on out, chapter 28:
Who's that backslidin'
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out through your back gate?
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I believe I'll close on chapter 29:
Woman get tired of the same
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man all the time
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Well, a married man's a fool
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to think that his wife
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Will love nobody else but him
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I mean will love nobody else but him
Outro 1
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