Getting Divorce Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Then Yellowman why did
you divorced [Am]Susan?
[G]Boy Fathead I can't tak[Am]e it no longer.
I just can't [G]take it no longer. [Am]Seen?
Boy she [G]a ruined mi [Am]life [G]bwoy...
I'm getting [Am]divorced in the

[Verse 2]
[G]
[Am]evening.[G]
Buff- [Am]baff Susan get a lot of [G]beating. [Am]Why?
Me [G]give her plenty [Am]money
To [G]look a for mi yellow [Am]baby
So [G]take me to the family [Am]court on [G]time!
But listen [Am]man!

[Verse 3]
Me [G]dress up ina jacket, me [Am]dress up ina tie.
[G]As me reaching court the [Am]girl a tell lie.
The [G]judge seh: I know you
never [Am]loved that gal.
Then [G]tell me your honour
why she [Am]married I and I?
[G]Put her in the kitchen to
[Am]fry some chicken.
[G]Put her in the kitchen to
[Am]boil some rice.
When me [G]see what she do me
bawl [Am]Jesus Christ!
She [G]burned- out the chicken
[Am]and? the rice!

[Verse 4]
[G]I'm getting [Am]divorced in the
[G]evening.[Am][G]
Buff- [Am]baff Susan get a lot of [G]beating.[Am]
Me [G]give her plenty [Am]money
To [G]look a for the yellow [Am]baby
So [G]take me to the family [Am]court on [G]time!
But listen [Am]man!

[Verse 5]
Me [G]one Susan she [Am]have plenty man.
[G]She have 3 a them wey [Am]live a Portland.

[Verse 6]
Seh [G]one Anna man, one a [Am]them a Byron
And [G]one a them a soldier
ina [Am]Hope Park camp.
Me [G]pack up me thing and
[Am]go thru the door.
Me [G]wave my hand and
seh: Good [Am]bye Susan!
Seh [G]as me reach the gate
I hear she [Am]sing one [G]song:
Come back [A]darling![Am][G]
Give me [Am]another [G]try![Am]
Why [G]I! And me will [Am]satisfy!
[G]You kno[Am]w...

[Verse 7]
[G]I'm [Am]getting divorced in [G]the
[Am]evening.[G]
Buff- [Am]baff Susan get a lot of
[G]beating. Tell me [Am]why?
Me [G]give her plenty [Am]money
To buy [G]feed and also [Am]nappy
As [G]night come she gone
let the [A]yellow [G]baby!
But listen [Am]man!

[Verse 8]
Me [G]love Susan 'til me [Am]go a obeah- man.
Me [G]love Susan 'til me [Am]go a obeah- man.
The [G]obeah- man seh: I beg you
[Am]stretch out you hand.
Me [G]stretch out mi hand
and then he [Am]read my palm.
[G]He open the Bible and [Am]read one psalm.
[G]Him seh: Yellowman I [Am]gwaan
tell you wey they [G]gwaan.
Fathead and fi you woman
[Am]them just gone!
Me no [G]want! Me no [Am]want! Where
[A]Fathead [G]ya man [Am]left!
Me no [G]want! Me no [Am]want! Where
Fathead [G]ya man left!
[Am]Why?
[G]Fathead?[Am][G][Am]

[Outro 1]
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