Chords for Joe Simon - It Be's That Way Sometimes.
Tempo:
102.5 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Ab] [C] [Cm] I've been abused, and I've been misused, and I'm mad as hell.
In other words, I'm stone mad.
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[Ab] [C] [Cm] I've been abused, and I've been misused, and I'm mad as hell.
In other words, I'm stone mad.
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ [Cm] I've been abused, _ _ _ and I've been misused, _ _ and I'm mad as hell. _ _
In other words, I'm stone mad. _ _ _
You know, I took a young lady out to dinner, _ _ _ and after dinner she said, I'm going to have
to leave you now. _ _
_ _ _ I said, do you mean to tell me _ _ _ I done spent 15 or 16 dollars and _ you're going to leave
me and ain't going to do nothing?
_ _ _ Do you know what that dirty woman said?
_ _ _ Put her hands on her hip, look at me and say, _ I knew all the time what you had on your mind,
but your son would be that way sometimes.
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Have [Cm] you ever _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ wanted something _ [G] that _ [Cm] you just couldn't have? _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
And have [Cm] you ever heard something funny? _
It was [Fm] so funny, _ [G] _ _
but you [Cm] just couldn't laugh. _ _ _ _
[Fm] Oh no.
_ _ [G] _ Tell [Cm] me, have you ever been someplace [Fm] you was having a good [Cm] time,
[Fm] and you just didn't want [Cm] to leave? _
[Fm] Oh, it be _ [Cm] [D] that way _
[Cm] _ sometimes.
Let me say it again.
[Fm] It be _ [G] that way, and let it [Cm] be that way sometimes.
_ If [Fm] you don't mind hearing the truth,
_ [G] _ Have [Cm] you ever, _ _ _ _ have [Fm] you ever loved somebody _ [G] _ _ [Cm] that didn't love you?
_ _ _ [Bbm] It's [Fm] hard, it's hard.
_ _ [G] _ _ And that [Cm] somebody, _ _ that somebody [Fm] you love, _ [G] _ [B] loves someone [Cm] else too.
_ _ _ And that [Fm] pain is so hard to [G] bear.
_ [Cm] Have you ever been down in a [Fm] bed [Cm] just like you was [Fm] about to lose your [Cm] mind?
Oh, [Fm] it be [Cm] _ [Fm] that way _ _
[Cm] _ sometimes.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] It [Cm] be [D] that way _ [Cm] sometimes.
_ _ _ _ _ I want to [Fm] go to you, I know what I'm talking about.
_ [G] _ You [Cm] see, life is a funny thing, sure.
_ _ _ Life ain't [Fm] always in your favor.
[G] _ _ Mmm.
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[Fm] _ [Eb] Have _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _
you ever, _ _ _ _ [Fm] have you ever met somebody [G] that you [Cm] really did like?
_ _ _ Listen to me [Fm] good now.
_ _ [G] _ _ And [Cm] that somebody, _ _ _ _ that [Fm] somebody you like,
had [G] a dirty doll turn around and stab [Cm] you in the back.
_ _ _ You took him [Fm] to be your friend.
_ _ [G] _ _ You see, [Cm] a true friend [Fm] these [Cm] days,
[Fm] oh, it's kind of hard [Cm] to find.
Believe what your Simon tells [Fm] you, it be [Cm] _ [D] that way _ [Gm] _
[Cm] _ sometimes.
I just want to say it one more [Fm] time, it be _ [G] that way, it really be [Cm] that way sometimes.
_ _ _ Oh, [Fm] it _ _ [G] _ _ really be [Cm] that way sometimes.
_ _ When you do all [Fm] you can do,
_ _ _ [C] [Cm] oh, just like your friend, don't give a damn about me.
_ I tell you, it be that [Fm] way sometimes.
[G] That way sometimes.
You give him a [Cm] crown on your back, _ _ _
then turn [Fm] right around and stab you in the back.
That [G] way _
_ [Cm] _ sometimes. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ [C] _ [Cm] I've been abused, _ _ _ and I've been misused, _ _ and I'm mad as hell. _ _
In other words, I'm stone mad. _ _ _
You know, I took a young lady out to dinner, _ _ _ and after dinner she said, I'm going to have
to leave you now. _ _
_ _ _ I said, do you mean to tell me _ _ _ I done spent 15 or 16 dollars and _ you're going to leave
me and ain't going to do nothing?
_ _ _ Do you know what that dirty woman said?
_ _ _ Put her hands on her hip, look at me and say, _ I knew all the time what you had on your mind,
but your son would be that way sometimes.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
Have [Cm] you ever _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ wanted something _ [G] that _ [Cm] you just couldn't have? _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
And have [Cm] you ever heard something funny? _
It was [Fm] so funny, _ [G] _ _
but you [Cm] just couldn't laugh. _ _ _ _
[Fm] Oh no.
_ _ [G] _ Tell [Cm] me, have you ever been someplace [Fm] you was having a good [Cm] time,
[Fm] and you just didn't want [Cm] to leave? _
[Fm] Oh, it be _ [Cm] [D] that way _
[Cm] _ sometimes.
Let me say it again.
[Fm] It be _ [G] that way, and let it [Cm] be that way sometimes.
_ If [Fm] you don't mind hearing the truth,
_ [G] _ Have [Cm] you ever, _ _ _ _ have [Fm] you ever loved somebody _ [G] _ _ [Cm] that didn't love you?
_ _ _ [Bbm] It's [Fm] hard, it's hard.
_ _ [G] _ _ And that [Cm] somebody, _ _ that somebody [Fm] you love, _ [G] _ [B] loves someone [Cm] else too.
_ _ _ And that [Fm] pain is so hard to [G] bear.
_ [Cm] Have you ever been down in a [Fm] bed [Cm] just like you was [Fm] about to lose your [Cm] mind?
Oh, [Fm] it be [Cm] _ [Fm] that way _ _
[Cm] _ sometimes.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] It [Cm] be [D] that way _ [Cm] sometimes.
_ _ _ _ _ I want to [Fm] go to you, I know what I'm talking about.
_ [G] _ You [Cm] see, life is a funny thing, sure.
_ _ _ Life ain't [Fm] always in your favor.
[G] _ _ Mmm.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ [Eb] Have _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _ _
you ever, _ _ _ _ [Fm] have you ever met somebody [G] that you [Cm] really did like?
_ _ _ Listen to me [Fm] good now.
_ _ [G] _ _ And [Cm] that somebody, _ _ _ _ that [Fm] somebody you like,
had [G] a dirty doll turn around and stab [Cm] you in the back.
_ _ _ You took him [Fm] to be your friend.
_ _ [G] _ _ You see, [Cm] a true friend [Fm] these [Cm] days,
[Fm] oh, it's kind of hard [Cm] to find.
Believe what your Simon tells [Fm] you, it be [Cm] _ [D] that way _ [Gm] _
[Cm] _ sometimes.
I just want to say it one more [Fm] time, it be _ [G] that way, it really be [Cm] that way sometimes.
_ _ _ Oh, [Fm] it _ _ [G] _ _ really be [Cm] that way sometimes.
_ _ When you do all [Fm] you can do,
_ _ _ [C] [Cm] oh, just like your friend, don't give a damn about me.
_ I tell you, it be that [Fm] way sometimes.
[G] That way sometimes.
You give him a [Cm] crown on your back, _ _ _
then turn [Fm] right around and stab you in the back.
That [G] way _
_ [Cm] _ sometimes. _ _ _ _
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