IntroFmGbAbFmGbVerse 1Ab
Oh, didn't I mess around
Db
Like everybody did
Eb
I said, "Woman, you're foolin' around
Ab
With a man that just don't fit"
Ab
I said, "I'd better get along
Db
Before I get right under your skin"
Eb
Remember the song, wasn't it fun
Ab
But it was just one of those things
ChorusFmGbAb
It was al - right for an hour
FmGbAb
It was al - right for a day
FmGbAb
It did not last, it did not last through the weekend
FmGbAb
And I packed my bags and moved right away
Verse 2Ab
I said goodbye, mama
Db
I don't owe no ali-money
Eb
I paid my dues and payroll cues
Ab
Gonna leave it all up to you
Ab
I'll take my dog and my car
Db
The best friends I've found so far
Eb
and I'll be gone with the mornin' sun
Ab
Singin' the same old song
ChorusFmGbAb
It was al - right for an hour
FmGbAb
It was al - right for a day
FmGbAb
It did not last, it did not last through the weekend
FmGbAb
And I packed my bags and moved right away
InterludeGbm – G – A x4 (cold stop or tacit last A through drum transition to Verse 3)
Verse 3Ab
Well I guess you needed somebody
Db
To open each and every door
Eb
With a large amount in a Swiss account
Ab
To give you thrills and nothing more
Ab
But my Volkswagen is hardly
Db
a custom built Ferarri
Eb
You want first class but I pump gas,
Ab
So I'll get on out of your way
ChorusFmGbAb
It was al - right for an hour
FmGbAb
It was al - right for a day
FmGbAb
It did not last, it did not last through the weekend
FmGbAb
And I packed my bags and moved right away
FmGbAb
It was al - right for an hour
FmGbAb
It was al - right for a day
FmGbAb
It did not last, it did not last through the weekend
FmGbAb
And I packed my bags and moved right away
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