Chords for JOE TEX-that's the way

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You know [Eb] since I've been singing songs about love
_ [Db] _ _ How man and a woman [Ab] are supposed to treat each other?
_ _ [Db] I've had several people all [Eb] across the country to walk up and ask me if [Ab] I could help them with their love affairs
_ _ Well, I'm no authority on love and I never claimed to be
_ But [Eb] this woman that I met at this gas station in [Db] North Carolina the other week keeps coming back to [Ab] my mind _
This woman had a [Db] problem _ _
She walked up to me [Eb] with tears in her eyes and I could see that she [Ab] was hurt _
She said to [Eb] me.
She said mr.
Joe said I [Ab] don't think my man loves me anymore
_ [Eb] You know, he used to hold me tenderly [Db] and kiss me real good said but now he don't do that [Ab] no more
_ _ _ [Db] Said he just loves me now and if I like it, it's [Eb] alright, and if I don't that's alright with him, [Ab] too
She says there are two things.
I want [Eb] you to do for me before y'all leave here tonight
_ [Ab] So I want you to give me your autograph [Eb] on this piece of paper
_ And then tell [Db] me something that I could go home and do or say to my [Ab] man to make him treat me a little bit better
_ [Db] And I said miss lady
_ [Eb] You go home and you tell your [Ab] man that I said
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_ He's got
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_ _ He's got the whole [Db] you're like me and _ _ when _ _ [Ab] he kisses you You _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ He's got to love you and love you, right
_ _ [Eb] So you can start sleeping _ _
Tell him I [Db] said that's the _ [Eb] way a man
_ _ Is supposed to make his wall
_ _ [Ab] man He
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_ He's gotta [A] start coming home _ _ _ _
_ _ Each and [D] every _ night _ _ _ _ _ and [A] making sure _ that _ _ _ _ you
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_ _ And _ _ _ _ if you [A] ever
_ _ _ Feeling blue
_ He's got [E] to know
Just what to do
Tell him I [D] say that's the way [E] a man
_ Is [D] supposed to make [E] his wall
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_ _ Yeah
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You gotta [Bb] take you out
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_ Every now [Eb] and then _ _ and _ _ _ [D] give you a [Bb] little bit of moon _ _ _ _ _
So you could have some [Eb] _
change this thing _ and _ _ _ instead [Bb] of _ complimenting Mary Lou
_ He's got [F] to start _
from me _ _
Tell him I [Eb] said that's the way [F] a man
_ Is [Eb] supposed to make [F] his wall?
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