Chords for Lonnie Johnson - Careless Love (1965)

[Eb] _ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _
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[Eb] _ Love, oh [Bb] love, how [Eb] can it be love? _ _ _ _ _ _
Love, _ _ _ _ love, how can it be [Bb] love?
_ [B] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] You've caused me to be, _ you've [Ab] caused me [Abm] to fall. _ _
You've [Eb] caused me to [Bb] leave my [Eb] happy home.
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] Careless love, _ [Bb] never drive a stranger from [Eb] you do.
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[Bb] _ [Eb] Careless love, never drive a stranger from you [Bb] do.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] Cause it may _ be your best friend _ _ _ [Ab] knocking on your [Abm] door.
And [Eb] it may be [Bb] your brother, _ he would [Eb] never know.
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [B] _
[Bb] _ [Eb] Careless love, _ [Bb] just look how you've been dragging [Eb] me around.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ Careless love, _ just look how you've been dragging [Bb] me around.
_ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [Bbm] Caused me to forsake [Eb] my mother, _ she's [Ab] _ laying six feet of [Abm] ground. _
_ [Eb] Careless love, _ I just [Bb] can't let you [Eb] drive me down.
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ Careless love, [Bb] it worried my poor mother, till [Eb] she died.
[Cm] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Eb] Careless love, it worried my dad, until he lost [Bb] his mind.
_ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] [A] Now [Eb] I'm joining [Bbm] you, _ I'm gonna shoot you, _ [Ab] shoot you for a lifetime.
[Abm] And _ [Eb] stand _ over your [Bb] body until [Eb] you finish [Cm] time.
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
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[Bb] _ _ [B] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ [Ebm] _ [Cm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _
[Abm] _ [Eb] _ _ Then [Bb] I'll [Eb] dig your grave, I'll [Bb] dig it with a silver [Cm] spade. _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] I'll [Eb] dig your grave, _ _ I'll dig it with a silver _ [Bb]
spade.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] Bury [Eb] your body, _ out on some hillside, [Ab] close to a cedar [Abm] grove.
Six [Eb] feet in your grave, [Bb] where nothing will [Fm] ever be [Eb] told.
[Ab] _ [Bm] _ [Eb] _ _ [N] _ _ Thanks for watching!