My Baby Don't Tolerate chords by Lyle Lovett

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Intro 1

A friend of mine,

Verse 1
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he  (A major) said to  (E major) me  (E minor) 
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"A  (A major) skinny girl  (E minor) is  (A major) a misery"  (E minor) 
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I shook  (A major) my  (E minor) head because  (A major) I knew
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he couldn't be  (E minor) right
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But  (A major) that's when  (E minor) I    (E major) thought
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 (G major) back to just last  (A major) night

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Verse 2

When I got home,

it was maybe a little late

There was ne'er a crumb

or ne'er a plate

There was no martini, no glass of grape

But it was then I sought to contemplate

Some things,

Verse 3
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my baby don't toler (A major) ate, no  (E minor) 
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My baby don't tolerate,  (A major) no  (E minor) 
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My baby don't  (G major) tolerate  (A major) 
from me
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (A major) 

Verse 4
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I said,  (A major) "Hel (E minor) lo  honey,
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how  (A major) have you  (E major) been?"  (E minor) 
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She said,  (A major) "What could  (E minor) you possibly
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Have been doin'  (A major) until
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 (E minor) half past ten?"  (A major) 
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 (E minor) And not bein' completely unsens (A major) itive
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I  (E minor) could tell my ship had run aground
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 (A major) 'Cause when  (E minor) I puckered  (A major) up,
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you know she  (G major) puckered  (A major) down

Verse 5

Some things,

my baby don't tolerate, no

My baby don't tolerate, no

My baby don't tolerate from me

Interlude 1

Verse 6
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Now a small,  (E major) more ordinary man
might not appreciate
Guidance of a good woman
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who truly loves  (A major) him
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 (E minor) He might  (A major) drift in despair dur
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 (G major) ing the ignorant
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Dumbness  (E major) doings of his dirty
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 (A major) daily exist (E minor) ence
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That's  (A major) not me,