Wife And Boat chords by Mighty Sparrow

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I Lost Me
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Both Brother, Loosey, Wife,
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Tragedy Indefinite
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Now this old woman,
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who could hardly see,
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giving me sympathy for her.
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She told me she heard about it
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and how she felt so sad.
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She tell me she was so shocked
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when she heard the news.
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Oh, me  boy, I know how you must
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be feeling sad.
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Whenever you think about
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the treasure you lose.
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Knowing fully well
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I didn't give a damn  about the boat.
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My reply was blunt, I quote,
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Not really, she was an old wreck
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From the beginning
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She bottom was thoroughly smashed up
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She body was muck up and scratched up
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She wasn't good for anything
Anytime I get inside her
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She uses to make more water
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faster than anyone
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It's a great relief now she gone
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Well, by and by she began to cry
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Shedding tears like if she in pain
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I dried her eyes, but when she tried
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To rebuke me I start again
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Seven  sailors did wrenchie from me
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one night by chance
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A seaside party they had
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here in Port -Au -Spain
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The fools and them tried to get inside her,
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she all at once
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Not realizing that she couldn't
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take the strain
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When she was returned to me
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I saw naturally
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She just wasn't good again, naturally
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She had a bad crack
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And a nasty hole
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Inside she was smelling a dead fish
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But she didn't wash when she finished
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So shame I couldn't tell her soul
The same night I tried to use she
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She began to leak like crazy
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Now it's all said and done
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And the bloody nastyness gone
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Last Saturday dawn in the bay
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I didn't know really what's wrong
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Boy she get so hot and I didn't know
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what was to do just to cool she down
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She was nev er,
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never a faithful proposition to  me
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She drained me pocket for
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every penny she get
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And brother all who come out to play
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used to come and play with she
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She gone but she leave me
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shame and heavy in debt
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A damn parasite she was
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a glad she finish
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Good riddance to the old witch
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So you see
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She was an old junk
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And a worthless thing,
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her figure was totally ugly,
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her motions erratic and clumsy,
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which was most embarrassing,
that is why I let me brother
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turn she over in front,
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me neighbor and dab she bottom with paint,
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at this point the old lady fainted.
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You