Chords for Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White (1966)

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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] [E] I'm a poor [A] boy born in New [D] Orleans.
_ [A] _ [E] Some say [A] my manners need [D] to be [A] [E] fixed.
And some of my [A] friends here [D] have been in [A] real [E] trouble.
And some say [A] I'm no better [D] than the [A] rest.
[B] But tell your mama and your papa,
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_ sometimes [Bb] good guys [E] don't wear white.
[A] _ [D] Man, _ [A] _ [E] give me steam, [A] baby.
I [D] work hard, [A] _ [E] and it's true [A] at night.
I [D] spend the rest of this [A] time
[E] putting those rich [A] kids in all [D] that lazy money.
[A] _ [E] Can't hold [A] a can of [D] filled rice.
[A] So [B] tell your mama and your papa,
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_ _ sometimes good [Eb] guys don't [E] wear white.
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G]
Good guys, bad [C] guys, pretty as hell.
[G] But white's probably one of the [C] most bigger immigrants.
[G]
And who's to say [C] who's a better man
[B] when I've always known this I can?
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] A bag worth [A] as dirty as [D] mine.
[A] [E] All those messed [A] up tricks of [D] the changing [A] [E] times.
White's [A] built an [D] easy living.
[A] _ [E] Can't have to chase [A] the love [D] I'm [A] giving.
So tell [B] your mama and your papa,
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_ _ sometimes [A] good guys don't wear [E]
white.
[A] Ha, [D] I mean to tell you,
[A] you [E] better tell your mama and your [A] papa something.
[D] _ _ [A] I'll [E] be laid off by [A] myself for another [D] check, yeah.
_ [A] I'm [E] just a kid.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] You think [E] those guys in the [A] white collar
are better than [D] I am, baby?
[A] Then blink [E] off.
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] You don't [E] think this long hair
[A] is gonna get you out of my [D] crew car, baby?
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_ [A] _ [D] Okay.
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_ [A] I'll see [D] you.
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