The Choking Kind chords by Mavis Staples

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) I only meant to love you,
A 
didn't you  (A major) know it baby, didn't you know it?
Am 
C 
D 
Why  (A minor) could (C major) n't you be con (D major) tent
G 
with the love I  (G major) gave you?
C 
G 
Yeah, I  (C major) gave  (G major) you my heart,
A 
baby, but you wanted my mind  (A major) 
Am 
C 
Oh yeah,  (A minor) your love  (C major) scares
D 
me to  (D major) death, man
G 
It's a  (G major) choking kind, choking kind
D 
G 
 (D major) You can kill a girl  (G major) with a bottle
A 
of pois (A major) on or a knife
Am 
I  (A minor) know you can't,
C 
D 
it would hurt her  (C major) more to take her  (D major) pride
G 
And a ruler of  (G major) life, oh, it's a shame
Baby, baby,
A 
G 
C 
G 
C 
D 
A 
Em 
token  (A major) cat  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor) 
E 
A 
 (E major) I  only  (A major) meant to love you
Bm 
Didn't you  (B minor) know it, baby?
Didn't you know it?
D 
Why could (D major) n't you be con
E 
A 
 (E major) tent with the love  (A major) I  gave you?
I gave you my heart.
B 
You wanted my mind.  (B major) 
Bm 
Yes, you  (B minor) did.
D 
E 
Your love  (D major) scares me to  (E major) death, man.
A 
It's the  (A major) choking kind.
E 
A 
You  (E major) can kill a  (A major) girl
B 
Bm 
With a bottle of pois (B major) on or a knife  (B minor) 
D 
It would hurt her  (D major) more
E 
To take her  (E major) pride
A 
And ruin her  (A major) life
Oh, it's a shame
Find what you want
Keep it
B 
Treat her sweet  (B major) and kind
Yeah
Bm 
D 
I tell  (B minor) you  (D major) that hat
E 
Don't fit my  (E major) head
A 
It's that chok (A major) ing kind
Bm 
Whatever it is, I surely hope you  (B minor) find it
D 
Oh, oh,  (D major) let it breathe
E 
A 
Oh,  (E major) make it that token  (A major) thing
It makes me want to
B 
Bm 
D 
E 
A 
Oh, yeah,  (B major) oh, yeah  (B minor)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 
Tell you your love, your love,
B 
Bm 
your  (B major) love,  (B minor) baby, your love
D 
E 
 (D major) Scares me to  (E major) death and now
B 
A 
is  (B major) that a  (A major) joking thing?