Key: F# minor•
Verse 1
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Well, I gotta
leave my baby, now
'Cause she won't
leave these numbers 'lone
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numbers 'lone
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Lord, an troubled all the time
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Lord, I work hard ev'ryday
An my baby,
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she won't let me be true
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Well, I work hard ev'ryday, people
My baby just won't let
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me be true
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My baby don't do nothin'
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But play the races all the time
My baby plays five- forty- two.
Here come, five- forty- nine.
My baby told me this mornin'
Said, now her daddy go
God knows, God knows
I wasn't there no more
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I say, 'Oooh',
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to the way you do.
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Well, I decided I would start workin'.
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num bers 'lone.
(guitar solo)
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You won't leave these numbers,
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oh Lord.
Leave, leave these numbers, alone.
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ChordsBm F#m
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