swingin on a string chords by
Otis Redding
Otis Redding

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Key: G major
Intro 1
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C
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D
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You got my knees
Verse 1
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a'shakin'
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You got my head a'ragin'
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You got me doin that thing
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C
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That I don't wanna do now
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You got me
Verse 2
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reelin', lockin'
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You got my fingers poppin'
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You got my mind messed up
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I don't know what to do now
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You've got me in
Verse 3
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a world
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that I'm not used to honey
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It's such a crazy world
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You got me lovin' you babe
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You got me hesitatin'
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You got me startin', waitin'
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C
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You got my mind messed up
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I don't know what to do now
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Swingin' on a
Verse 4
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string,
that's where I don't want to be
But I can't help it
Babe you gotta stop me
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from a'swingin'
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Help me, all right, yes you do
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Ha, you got my
Verse 5
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head a'achin'
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You got my legs a'shakin'
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You got me doin' the thing
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that I don't wanna do now
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C
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You got my note wide open
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You got indexes talkin'
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You got me
Verse 6
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swingin' on a string,
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yes you have now
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Swingin' on a string, I don't wanna be
But I can't help it,
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babe you got to stop me from a'swingin'
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Yes you have, all right,
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yes you do now
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Verse 7
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You got me desperate, talkin'
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You got me startin' smokin'
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You got me doin' the thing
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that I don't wanna do now
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C
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You got me hesitatin'
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You got me just a'waitin'
Verse 8
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You got my mind messed up,
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I don't know what to do now
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D
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You got me in a world that
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I'm not used to huh
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It's such a crazy world,
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you got me wantin' you babe
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You got my heart a' yearin'
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You got my nose burnin'
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You got me swingin'
Verse 9
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on a swing,
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yes you have
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Swingin' on a swing, I don't wanna be
But I can't help it,
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babe you got to stop me from a'swingin'
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Yes you have, swingin' baby,
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I'm swingin' too hard
Verse 10
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You got me rockin' babe,
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I don't know which way to go
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Don't know where to turn,
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I don't know what to say babe
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I don't know, know, no, no
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You got me rockin' honey,
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you got me beggin' babe
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I'm smokin' twenty packs of cigarettes...

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