A Lover Was Born Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]When Mom and Papa first laid eyes
On [G]me right from [D]the start
[G]They knew right away a [D]lover was born
I'd be [C]breakin' lov[G]ers' [D]hearts
[C](Breakin'[G][D][C][D]
lovers' hearts)

[Verse 2]
At a very early age, [G]yeah,
I began to show [D]sign
That a [G]stone cold [D]lover was born
Lord, [C]I'm gonna [G]let [D]it shine, yeah
[C](I'm gonna let[G] it [D]shine,
[C]yea[D]h)[A]

[Verse 3]
Girl, if I can't love you [A]A
reel can make gumbo
A [G]drunken man don't [D]stumble
[F]A seein'- eye dog can lea[G]rn
to lead [D]the blind[G][D]

[Verse 4]
A [A]bee don't deal in honey
The [G]Beatles ain't got no money
An[F]d watermelons [G]grow
on a grapev[D]ine

[Verse 5]
[D]One day my papa told me
'Son, sit [G]down, I gotta talk [D]to you
Said, [G]don't believe I can't [D]understand
I've [C]been through the [G]same
thing [D]too?[C][D]

[Verse 6]
[D]Said, ?You think you're pretty hot stuff
And you [G]dig every girl [D]you see
But [G]listen, son, [D]settle for one
It'll [C]save a lotta [G]misery [D]in
the long [C]run?[G][D]

[Verse 7]
[A]If that don't get [D]it, sonny[A]
There ain't no corpse in
the dawn
[G]There ain't no birds in a home
[F]And you can get black from a t[G]urnip
If you squeeze [D]and [G]squeeze

[Verse 8]
[A]Tears don't go with the blues
[G]Chicken wear high- heeled shoes
[F]And Old McDonald's f[G]arm didn't
have no [D]trees[A][D]
[A][D]

[Verse 9]
[D]I'm gonna take my papa's
advice
Though it's [G]gonna be hard [D]to do
[G]I'm gonna stop tryin' to prove a point
[D]I'm gonna give mysel[G]f to [D]you,
[C]girl[D]

[Verse 10]
[A]If I fear [E]you, baby[A][A]
Ain't no leaps in a frog
[G]There ain't no bumps on a [D]log
And [F]you can get black from a [G]turnip
If [D]you squeeze [G]and squeeze[D]

[Verse 11]
A [A]new cow don't give milk
A [G]egg don't got no [D]yolk
[F]And I'd pull side o[G]f pole right out o[D]f tree,
[A]yeah
Baby
[D]