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How Could I Let You Get Away Chords

Music by: The Spinners
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[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Am][G][C][G][Am][G][Am][G]
[C]
[G][Am][Dsus4]

[Verse 1]
Like howdy-do [G]Your
Your tin soldiers,
your clowns too
[C]They're all laugh[Em]ing a[Am]t you
[C]I'm laughing [Em]at yo[Am]u too
[Dsus4]Like basketball

[Verse 2]
[G]
Five [C]fouls and that [Am]was [G]all
[C]The games you [Em]really [Am]knew, yeah
[C]Why couldn't I [Em]beat [Am]you
In the middle [Em]of the room

[Verse 3]
[Am]
Got no time to [Dsus4]count my sheep tod[G]ay[Am]
[G]How could I let[D] you get[Em] away[Am]
When I knew I'd [Dsus4]need somebody
[G]soon [Am]hoo hoo[G]
How could I [D]let you [Em]get [Am]away
When I knew I'd [Dsus4]need
somebody [G]soon
[Am][G]

[Verse 4]
[G]Like mother goose
Winds you [C]up then turns [G]you loose
Block [C]ten was [Em]beatin' [Am]two
And I can't tell [Em]green from [Am]blue,
no [Dsus4]no

[Verse 5]
Like cat and [G]mouse
Games of chase instead of house
I get [C]so [Em]mad at you[Am]
Like [C]parents [Em]often [Am]do

[Verse 6]
In the [Am]middle [Em]of the r[Am]oom
Got no time to [Dsus4]count my sheep today,
[G]bab[Am]y[G]
How could I [D]let [Em]you get [Am]away
When I knew I'd [Dsus4]need somebody soon,
[G]hoo hoo[Am][G][D]
[Em](How could [Am]I let you
get away) baby
When I knew I'd [Dsus4]need somebody soon[G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][G]
[Em][Am][Dsus4][G][Am]
[G][Em][Am][Dsus4][G]

[Verse 7]
Oo[Am]h ba[G]by[Em]
(How could I let you get away,
baby) how could I [Am]let you get away, baby
(When I knew) when I knew I'd
[Dsus4]need somebody soon[G], yeah
Hey, [Am]baby
[G]I didn't count my sheep,[Em]
I let them moan and weep[Am], baby
(When I knew I'd) I knew down inside
I'd [Dsus4]need somebody soon[G]

[Verse 8]
[G]
Like mother goose I done [D]let [Em]you
loose (how could I let you get away)
[Am]And need you, baby, yeah
Ooh-wee, I I [Dsus4]need somebody soon[G]
Help [G]me now, keep my feet on the ground
(how could I let you get away)
My baby
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