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swingin on a string Chords

Music by: Otis Redding
Tone G major BPM 109 Views 6
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Guitar

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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G]
You [D]got my knees

[Verse 1]
[C]
[G]a'shakin'
You got my [C]head [G]a'ragin'
You got me [C]doin that thing
That [G]I don't wanna d[C]o now
[G]You got me

[Verse 2]
[C]reelin', lockin'
[G]You got my fin[C]gers poppin'
[G]You got my min[C]d messed up
I [G]don't know what to [C]do now
[G]You've got me in

[Verse 3]
[D]a world
[G]that I'm not use[C]d to honey
[G]It's such a cra[D]zy world
[G]You got me lov[C]in' you babe
[G]You got me hes[C]itatin'
[G]You got me [C]startin', waitin'
[G]You got my min[C]d messed up
I [G]don't know what to [C]do now
[D]Swingin' on a

[Verse 4]
[D]string,
that's where I don't want to be
But I can't help it
Babe you gotta stop me
[G]from [C]a'swingin'
Help me, [G]all right, yes you [C]do
[G]Ha, you got my

[Verse 5]
[C]head [G]a'achin'
You got my [C]legs [G]a'shakin'
You got me [C]doin' the thing
that [G]I don't wanna d[C]o now
[G]You got my not[C]e wide open
[G]You got index[C]es talkin'
[G]You got me

[Verse 6]
[C]swingin' on [G]a string,
yes you [C]have now
[D]Swingin' on a string, I don't wanna be
But I can't help it,
babe you got to stop me [G]from a'swingin'
Yes you [C]have, [G]all right,
yes you [C]do [G]now
[C][G][C][G][C][G]

[Verse 7]
You [D]got me [C]desperate, talkin'
[G]You got me [C]startin' smokin'
[G]You got me doi[C]n' the thing
that [G]I don't wanna d[C]o now
[G]You got me hes[C]itatin'
[G]You got me jus[C]t a'w[G]aitin'

[Verse 8]
You got my [C]mind messed up,
I [G]don't know what to [C]do now
[G]You got me [D]in [G]a world that
I'm not [C]used to huh
[G]It's such a cra[D]zy world,
[G]you got me wan[C]tin' you babe
[G]You got my hea[C]rt a' [G]yearin'
You got my [C]nose burnin'
[G]You got me swingin'

[Verse 9]
[C]on a swi[G]ng,
yes you [C]have
[D]Swingin' on a swing, I don't wanna be
But I can't help it,
babe you got to stop me [G]from a'swingin'
Yes [C]you have, [G]swingin' baby,
[C]I'm swingin' too[G] hard

[Verse 10]
[C]You got me rock[G]in' babe,
I [C]don't know which [G]way to go
[C]Don't know where to [G]turn,
I [C]don't know what [G]to say babe
[C]I don't know, k[G]now, no, no
[C]You got me rock[G]in' honey,
[C]you got me beggin' babe
[C]I'm smokin' twenty packs of cigarettes...
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