Outside of that chords by Bessie Smith

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (E major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) I've got
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the meanest man in the land  (A major)  (B minor) 
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 (D major) But his love is that sticking brand
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Em 
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His  (F sharp major) kiss just lingers on  (E minor) my    (B minor) lips
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Em 
And  (D major) thrill me  (E major) to my  (D major) fin (A major) gertips  (E minor) 
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Em 
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 (A major) People say  (E minor) I'm a  (A major) fool
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Em 
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He's heartless  (E minor) and also  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) cruel But  (D major) outside  (B minor) of that,
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 (E major) he's all  (A major) right with  (D major) me  (E minor) 
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 (G major) Outside of that,  (E minor) 
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 (G major) he's  (E minor) sweet as  (E major) he can  (D major) be  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
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I  (F sharp major) love him as true as stars above
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 (B minor) He  (D major) beats me up,
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 (B minor) but  (D major) how he can  (B minor) love  (D major) 
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 (A major) I never loved like that  (E major) since the
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 (D major) day I was born  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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Bm 
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 (D major) I said for fun,  (B minor) I  (D major) don't  (A major) want  (D major) you no more

Verse 2
Em 
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And  (E minor) when I said  (G major) that,
Em 
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I  (E minor) made sweet papa sore  (D major)  (F sharp major)  (B major)  (F sharp major) 
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 (B major) He  (D major) blacked my  (B major) eyes, I  (D major) couldn't see
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Then he pawned the  (B minor) things
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he  (E major) gave  (D major) to me
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But outside of that,  (B minor) 
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Em 
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 (E major)  (D major) he's all  (A major) right  (D major) with me  (E minor)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) 

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Verse 3
Bm 
I said for  (B minor) fun  ,
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D 
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 (D major) I don't want  (A major) you no  (D major) more  (A major)  (D major) 
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Em 
And when I  (G major) said  (E minor) that,
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I made sweet papa  (F sharp major) sore  (F sharp major) 
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 (B major) When he pawned my things I
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 (D major) said: you're a  (B major) dirty old thief
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 (B major) Now,  (D major) then he turned around and
knocks out both of my teeth
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Bm 
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 (D major) Outside of that,  (B minor)  (D major) he's all  (A major) right with  (D major) me