Chords for Lou Rawls - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water

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[Eb]
♪ Baby, we [Bb] got to have our [Bbm] little talk ♪
♪ I ought to pack up my things and walk [Eb] ♪
♪ I know a dollar goes from [Bbm] hand to hand ♪
♪ But before I'll let you go from [Eb] man to man ♪
♪ I'd rather drink [Bbm] muddy water, sleep out on a [Eb] log ♪
[Bbm]
I work for you [Dbm] like a Georgia [Bbm] mule.
My friends all laugh, [Eb] call me a fool.
Your kisses are sweet, [Bbm] as [Bb] can be.
But [Fm] before I let you make a fool out of me,
I'd [Eb] rather drink [Bbm] muddy water, [Bb] lay down and sleep
in [C] a hollow [Ebm] log.
[Bb]
I love you, baby, but you won't be [Gm] fair.
You don't know how [Bbm] to be on the square.
[Eb] I'll have your fun, baby, [E] if [Eb] you must.
But [Bbm] before I'll have a woman that I cannot trust,
[Bb] I'd rather drink [A] muddy water, [Eb] sleep out in a hollow _ [A] _ [Gm] _
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[G] log.
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Yes, baby, we got to have our little talk.
Sit on a pack of my things and walk.
[Bbm] I know a dollar goes from hand to [Bb] hand.
But before I'll let you go [G] from man to [Cm] man,
I'd rather [Ab] drink [D] muddy water, [Bbm] lay down and sleep
in a hollow log.
[Eb] I work for you like a [Bbm] Georgia mule.
[Bb] My friends all laugh, and they call me a fool.
[Bbm] Your kisses are sweet, as can be.
But before I'll let you make a fool out [Eb] of me,
I'd rather drink muddy [Bbm] water, sleep in a hollow [Eb] log.
Because I [Bb] love you, [Cm] baby, but you won't be fair.
[Gm] You don't know how to be on the [G] square.
I'll have your fun, [Bbm] baby, if you must.
But before I'll have a [Cm] woman that I can't trust,
I'll drink muddy water, _ [Ebm] drink muddy water, _
[Eb] [F] drink muddy water,
sleep [Gm] out in a [Gb] hollow [Cm] _ [G] _
log.
[Bb] I want to.
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