Chords for Cash Box Kings - Black Toppin'

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You know, one day I was talking to my friend.
He said, hey man, what you doing tonight?
I said, you know what man, I'm going [B] black topping.
_ [A] I'm going black topping.
He said, what?
[G] I'm going black topping.
[E] Gonna break a day. _ _ _ _
_ _ You know, my friend said, Oscar, what is black topping?
I said, you know what [Em] man, when men are working on a white concrete highway, after it's buckled
up from the heat and the [E] weight of the traffic, you [Em] [E] know what they do?
[A] They go black topping.
Start black topping.
Start black topping.
Gonna [Em] break a day.
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So my friend said, Oscar, I still don't know what you mean.
I [Em] said, what do you mean?
You don't know what I mean.
_ He said, what do you mean by going black topping?
I said, man, _ I'm going across the bridge, _ down by the railroad track, and I don't even
know if I'm going to make it back because death or being loved waits for me.
_ I've got to get to her, [E] man.
Can't you understand [A] me?
I'm going black topping.
[Em] I'm going [A] black topping.
I'm going black [E] topping.
Gonna break a day. _
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You know, _ I hate the fact _ that I have to sneak around because you know I ain't supposed to
be on that side of town.
You know, if my woman catches me, my life will be ruined.
So now you know why I wait the nightfall [E] to do what I'm [Em] doing.
[A] I'm going black topping.
I'm going black topping.
I'm going black [Em] topping.
Gonna break a day. _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] I'm going black topping.
Yeah, I'm going black topping.
Oh, man, [G] I'm going black topping.
Gonna break [E] a day.
_ _ Y'all be some cootin', y'all.
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