Chords for LET'S STRAIGHTEN IT OUT - ETTA

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[E] _ _ _ [F] Everybody's got to straighten out something sometimes.
[G] I don't care how [Gm] old you are or how young you are,
but I want you to think about the [Dm] last time you heard somebody say,
let's straighten it [Am] out.
And I'll bet it [Gm] was a man that said it.
Why?
Because most of the time it's a man who [Ab] makes it crooked in the first place.
You see, [Am] men have a tendency to take women for [Gm] granted,
but I believe a woman feels things deeper than a man,
and I [F] believe that a woman loves [Dm] stronger than a man.
Sit yourself down [Gm] and talk to me.
_ _ _ Tell me what's [Ab] on your mind.
_ _ [F] _ Don't you keep on [Bb] telling me [Gm] everything's okay,
_ [G] _ [Gm] because if it was, [Am] you wouldn't [E] be crying.
_ [Dm] _ You've been tossing and turning in your sleep lately, babe,
[D] sitting around pouting [Am] all day [A] long.
_ _ How in the hell [Gm] do you expect me to [Gm] understand
when I don't even [Am] know, don't know what's [Dm] wrong?
Yeah, [Gm] let's straighten it out.
_ Oh, baby, [Dm] let's straighten it out.
[D] _ _ [Dm] Honey, [Gm] let's straighten it out.
_ _ Oh, [Dm] let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Let's straighten it out.
_ _ Oh, baby, [D] let's straighten it out.
_ _ Hey, honey, [Gm] let's straighten it out.
_ _ _ Come on, [Dm] let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] For the last five nights, honey, when we went to bed,
I could tell [Dm] something wasn't right. _ _ _
[Gm] When you turned your back on me and you covered your head, _
[D] you didn't [Am] even say [Dm] goodnight. _ _
[Gm] If you're tired and don't want to be bothered, baby,
just [Dm] say the word, I'll [D] leave you alone. _
[Gm] Instead of laying there crying your eyes out,
[Dm] you and me ought to be getting it on.
_ _ Oh, [Gm] let's straighten it out.
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Let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Let's straighten it out, baby.
_ _ Oh, [D] let's straighten it out.
_ _ _ Come on, [G] let's straighten it out.
_ [Gm] _ Just [D] say the word, I'll straighten it out. _ _ _
[Gm] Instead of laying there crying your eyes out,
you and me ought [D] to be getting it on.
[Dm] _ Oh, let's straighten it out.
_ [Gm] _ _ Oh, [Dm] baby, let's straighten it [D] out.
_ _ [Dm] Hey, [G] honey, let's straighten it [Gm] out.
Come on, [Dm] let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Let's straighten it out.
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Let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _
[Gm] Let's straighten it out.
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Let's straighten it out. _ _ _ _ _ _
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