Chords for Albert Collins - ...But I Was Cool!

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_ _ _ _ [C] I always [Dm] live by the [Eb] golden rule, _ _ [Cm] whatever [Dm] happens, _ [Eb] don't [G] blow your coo, _ [Cm] you got to [D] have
nerves of [Cm] steel _ [G] and [C] never show folks [D] how you [Eb] _ honestly feel.
_ [G] I lived all [D] my life this way.
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ [Cm] For example, [D] _ [Eb] take yesterday.
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I [Dm] breathed home happy, [Eb] bringing her my [G] pain.
Her [Cm] nose red, so long [Cm] sappy, I have gone away.
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[Cm] And I threw myself down across our empty beds.
_ [C] And this is what I say. _
_ _ [Cm] Oh, [Dm] shit!
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Oh, [F] _ _ [Cm] shit!
[Dm] Oh, shit!
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Oh, shit! Oh, [F] man!
_ [Eb] _ [G] But I was cool.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ So I whined for [D] the roadie at [Eb] an all-night [G] bar.
I whined [D] up so loaded, I [Eb] towed up my car.
[G] _ [C] The judge threw the [D] book at me, and [Eb] when I read [F] _ his [C] sentence there, [Eb] I said,
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Ow!
[Cm] _ Please!
Ow! _ _
[Dm] Please!
[Eb] I don't know why, [F] I don't know.
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[Dm] What's wrong?
[Eb] I don't [G] understand.
Ow!
[D] _ But I was cool.
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_ [F] _ _ [G] So I said, she's the [Dm] only one that [A] I have to thank.
_ [C] And I found [D] her and pulled my [Eb] gun and fired point [F] blank.
_ [C] The shot whistled [D] right past that [Eb] woman's head.
[G] And [F] I killed my [D] hound dog [C] there.
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Ow!
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_ Ow!
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[Fm] As they carried me away, I [Eb] was overheard to say,
Be [G] cool, keep [Ab] cool, stay cool, keep [C] cool.
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