You've Got to Earn It chords by The Staple Singers

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Verse 1

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Verse 2
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To get stones from a rock,
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you've got to break it
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(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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To get bread from dough,
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you've got to bake it
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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Verse 3
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To get water from a faucet,
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you've got to turn it
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And if you want my love,
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if you want my love
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You've got to earn it (Earn it, earn
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it, earn it)
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
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Verse 4
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To get fire from a match,
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you've got to strike it
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(Strike it, strike it, strike it, strike it)
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To get the feeling from a kiss,
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you've got to like it
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(Like it, like it, like it, like it)

Verse 5
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To get ashes from wood,
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you've got to burn it
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And if you want my love,
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if you want my love
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You've got to earn it(Earn it, earn it,
earn it)
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You've got to treat me kind, all the time

Verse 6
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Throw the other guys right out
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of your mind.
(Yeah,yeah)

Verse 7

Now listen

Interlude 1

To make

Verse 8
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broken things work,
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you've got to fix them
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(Fix them,
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fix them, fix them, fix them)
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To make two things  one,
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you've got to mix them
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(Mix them, mix them, mix them,
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mix them)
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To get

Verse 9
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butter from milk,
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you've got to chum it
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And if you want my love,
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if you want my love
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You've got to earn it(Earn it,
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earn it, earn it)
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If you

Verse 10
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deserve it you
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can get it
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I'll be glad to see you with it
Just show me that you love me
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And that you're thinking of me
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You can get it
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in a
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