Private Number Chords by Big Mama Thornton

_ _ _ I'll do it like this.
_ _ _ _ You have a private number.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[B] The operator won't give it out.
_ [F] _ _
All my friends tell me
_ they don't [Bb] know your whereabouts. _ _ _
_ Each time I dial your number _ _
_ _ the head starts to [F] spin. He's _ coming _ _
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[Bb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] and tried again. _ _ _
[Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I said you have a private number
[Fm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ and the operator won't give it out. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm sick and tired of your friends telling me
_ [Bb] _ _ they [F] don't know your whereabouts.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
[F] He _ has what it takes _ _
_ _ _ to give me peace of mind.
_ _ _ [C] I need him for _ myself.
_ [Bb] _ _
God damn all [F] the time.
_ I'm sick of that private number. _ _ _ _
[Bb] Sick [F] of that private [Bb] number.
_ [F] _ _ _
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Shh. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ebm] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Your [C] _ _ _
[F] _ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] private telephone has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ moved _ _ me home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If I _ [B] _
[Bb] were his gone _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I would [F] surely knock on his door. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Because each time [C] I dial his number _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ the operator tells me to [F] hang up and dial again. _ _ _ _ _
That's when my heart begins to spin. Yeah. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] Baby you better call [Db] me and [Bb] give me that other number.
_ _ [F] Don't you better not let me catch you walking down the street.
_ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] [C] I gotta have a good peace of [G] mind. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ He has what it takes
_ and _ [D] _ _
[F] _ _ _ just to give me peace of mind.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[C] _ [Bb] _ I need him for myself.
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ And I gotta have him _ [D] all the [F] time. _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [G] My bad. _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ And he done moved to a [F] brand new home.
_ _ If I know where he [Cm] at gone
[F] I'll go knock on that door for [Cm] sure.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ I said you have a private number. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
[F] Each time I dial my head begins to spin.
[C] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [F] But every time the [Bb] operator tells [F] me
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[Bb] _ Young lady you gotta [C] hang up and try [F] again. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[C] Peace of mind.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ Gotta [B] have my baby all [F] the _ time.
[Bb] _ _ [B] _ _ [F] _
_ [Abm] _ _ [F] See that private number.
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