Key: B major
Intro 1
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G#m
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G#m
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E
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Verse 1
feelin' so bad 'bout my best friend
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I could swear the sky
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Bm
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B
was fallin'
He had them put- down blues
from wond'rin'
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B
Who his old lady was callin'
Verse 2
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Bm
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Bm
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B
I said,
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"Keep your life and drown your sorrow
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And survive the fire that burns you
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If you just slow down and cool your temper
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Bm
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You might get off on what I'll tell ya"
Verse 3
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G
I got me a straight shootin' woman
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She's right on all the time
But all my friends they got shot down
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Women shot them from behind
Verse 4
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Now those Hollywood women
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B
They pack a pistol 't ween their toes
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And when you've got your
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They go shoot the man next door
Verse 5
I believe I'll keep my lovin' at home
I believe, I believe, I believe
I'll keep my lovin' at home
Verse 6
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Dm
You better leave (straight shooter)
Yeah, if you want (straight shooter)
To keep (straight shooter)
Interlude 1
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Verse 7
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shootin'
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B
woman
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She's right on all the time
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She's right on all the time
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She keeps her bed turned down
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And I can get in it any ol' time
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greased and loaded
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Just to ease my troubled mind
She's all mine
She's on my mind
Outro 1
Take her down
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Bm
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Bm
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Bm
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