Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I was very young
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My daddy took me on his knees
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Son, there some things I wanna learn you
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Before you get away from me
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Don't
Verse 2
let nobody boss you much
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And keep your money clean
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Treat a woman like lady
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And your lady like a queen
Verse 3
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But I didn't know what he was talking about
I didn't know what he was trying
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to say
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'Till I got out in this mean
old world
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And you can turn my head
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around the other way
Verse 4
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When I was 18
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A lady picked me up from
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off of the Street
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She put a new suit on by back
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And new boots on my feet
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Said, "Thank you, kind lady
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What do you want in return?"
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She said, "Young man,
put yourself in my hands
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And you're damn sure gonna learn?
Verse 6
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But I didn't know what she
was talking about
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I didn't know what she was trying to say
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'Till she took me in the bathroom
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And she turned my head around
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the other way
Interlude 1
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Right along about this time
Verse 7
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The [Incomprehensible]
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It was about the time that I turn 21
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I thought that I was bad
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Then
Verse 8
I cussed out this old man
Down here in the beer joint late one night
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He said, "Son,
if you wanna talk, you talk
But if you wanna fight, let's fight"
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But I didn't know
Verse 9
what he
was talking about
I didn't know what he was
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trying to say
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'Till he took me out in the parking lot
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And he turned my head
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around the other way
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'Till he
Verse 10
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took me out in the parking lot
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He turned my head around
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the other way
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E C Am
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