Key: G majorā¢
Intro 1
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Dm
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Dm
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D
Dm
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C
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C
Verse 1
Verse 2
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F
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I was over in Africa mini' for gold
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O- oooh, min' for gold,
Verse 3
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G
The lion said "Buddy,
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O- da- lay- eee, you plumb outta luck,
Verse 4
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O- oooh, right clean in the jaw
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dragged him cross the florr
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O- de- lay- eee, dragged him cross the floor
Verse 5
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I changed him up in the back of my truck
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O- oooh, in the back of my truck
had to say about luck?"
Verse 6
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The first place I took him
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was ten miles away,
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O- ooh, ten miles away
"Listen what this lion can say"
Verse 7
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O- ooh, he started to cry,
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D
and he blackened my eye"
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O- da- lay- eee, and he blackened my eye.
Verse 8
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The people got an gr, they
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started to shout,
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O- da- lay- ee- ee- ee- eee
Lion said, "That's what
I was talkin about"
Verse 9
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They hauled me up the courthouse stairs,
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O- oooh, up the courthouse stairs
in an old wicker chair
Verse 10
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O- oooh, and the people all cheered
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D
He slammed his gravel,
O- da- lay- eee,
Interlude 1
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Verse 11
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O- de- lay- ee, a ball and chain,
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I'll never mess with a talkin lion again
Outro 1
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ChordsG Dm D C F
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