Yo Yo Man Chords by Plainsong

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_ I'm a little tomboy, never felt free, I was tied to my job and tied to my people.
Living like a chili bean in a can, till along one day [C] come a yo [F]-yo man.
_ He went where he wanted and he did what he pleased, he never had it hard and he'll never come easy.
Mighty good words from a mighty young man, gonna leave my [C] home and my friends [F] if I can [Bb] be a yo [C]-yo man.
I'm out at the playground putting on [F] a show, talking to the little kids who listen to me [C] yo-yo.
I see Paula, Scooter, [F] Pie, [Fm] sleeping in the Y.
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_ _ So I left my home and I went out west, headed up north to see [Ab] what you like [F] best.
Bright light cities or your little dark towns, yo-yo [C] man [F] he's gotta get around.
_ [G] I'm a hit you for a ride when the traveling's free, all the city livin' signs up the [Bb] like to me.
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Traveling man's like a yo-yo top, puts a gate to [C] spin him but he [F] just can't stop.
He's a [C] yo-yo man at the playground putting on a show, [F] talking to the little kids who listen to [C] me yo-yo.
I see Paula, Scooter, [F] Pie, _ [Fm] sleeping in the Y.
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_ _ [F] Babies in the cradle, cats in the tree, walking the dog don't mean a [Ab] thing to [F] me.
Been around the world, been a long time gone, but ain't a yo-yo man with a string that long.
It's [C] a yo-yo song at the playground putting on a [F] show, talking to the little kids who listen [C] to me yo-yo.
I see Paula, Scooter, Pie, [Fm] _
sleeping in the Y.
_ I'm a hit you [C] for a ride when the traveling's free, all the city livin' signs up the like to me.
Traveling man's like a yo-yo top, puts a gate to spin him but he just can't stop.
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