Trying To Destroy Me chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Verse 1
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You put me down so easy,
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baby what did I do to you?
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Baby blues, you put me down so easy
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Little girl, what did I do to you?
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Well, you're just trying to destroy me
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By do ing the things that you do
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Poor old me, thought I'd work for you
just like a slave
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Poor old me,
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thought I loved you like a slave
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And you have the nerve to tell me
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Maybe I'd feel better some
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other place
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I even called you on the phone
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And you was cold as coal could be
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I called you on the phone, baby
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And you was cold as coal could be
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Lord, I didn't even know
you had the heart
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Lord, to do the things you said to me
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Little girl, I used to fix your meals
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Lord, and I let
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you spend my gold
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Baby, I used to fix all your meals
And I even let you spend my gold
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Walk through the rain and the snow too
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Now could any world,
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anybody have the nerve
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to try to destroy my soul
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Baby, I care for you
But you don't even pay that no mind
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Whoa, baby, I care for you
But you don't pay
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that no mind
And I believe if you saw my poor
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little children hungry
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You'd be laughing instead of crying
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Just trying to destroy me, that's all
Woo!
Trying To Destroy Me
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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