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