Shop Around Chords by The Miracles

[G] When I became a page, my mother [C] called me to her side.
She [A] said, son, you're growing up now.
Pretty [D] soon you'll take a bride. _
_ [G] And then she said, just because [C] you've become a young man,
[G] there's still some things that you [C] don't understand.
[G] Keep _ _ [C]
up for a head and [G] bow.
Keep your freedom [C] for as long as you can.
[A] _ My mama [Dm] told me you [G] better shop around.
_ Oh, [Cm] yeah, [C] you better [G] shop around. _ _
[D] _ _ [G] I ain't _ [C] got no good enough.
[G] I got the share [C] and the weed and the [G] blood.
_ _ _ [C] You know where we're gonna [G] go.
_ _ _ _ [C] _
_ So [A] my _ mama [D] told me you better [G] shop around.
[C] Oh, yeah, [Gm] you better shop around.
[G] Shop [D] around.
_ _ [C] I got to get yourself a _ _ _ [G] big sword on the very first [C] one.
A pretty girl from a down _ _ [D] _ _ _ -to-earth future of loving.
[G] _ Before you take your [C] girl and say, I'm kidding [G] now.
I'll make sure [C] she's in love with you [A] now.
My mama [G] told me you better shop around. Shop around. _ _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ I _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] got _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] to get myself a big sword on the very first one.
[C] A pretty girl _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] from a down-to-earth future of [G] loving.
Before you take your [C] girl and say, I'm kidding [G] now.
Make sure [C] she's in love with you [G] now.
Make sure [C] that love is pure [G] now.
I hate to see you [C] getting fat and blue [A] now.
My mama [Bm] told me you [D] better [G] shop around.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] I'll get you a [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ big sword.
[C] Yeah, yeah, make sure [G] she's in love.
_ [C]
Before you let her [G] be getting lost.
_ [C]
Understand my son, [G] be a man.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _