Spit Before You Swallow Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Cm][G][C][G]

[Verse 1]
[Cm]Everybody's preaching[C]
how to bring [G]this world together
Everybody's pushing love
to [C]make it last forever
Every[Cm]body's got the way
[Eb]to make things right
[Bb]But in t[F]heir mind you'll find they're blind
to [Ab]any kind of sign that they're uptight
[G]You've got to lea[C]rn to spit
before you swallow
You've got to learn to give
before you borrow
And before you can leave
you've got to [F]follow
So be[Ab]fore I die as someone else
I'm gonna take [G]good care of my[C]self[Cm]
[C]I can't help but feel I'm
[Cm]under in[G]vestigation
By the local branch of the women's
and the [C]gay boys' liberation
Liv[Cm]ing makes you crazy
if your [Eb]head is [Bbsus4]not on straight
Don't [F]no one say to stay in previews
the [Ab]way I may delay my day of fate
[G]No, you've got to [C]learn to spit
before you swallow
You've got to [G]learn to [C]give
before you [G]borrow
And before [C]you can leave,
you've got to fol[Am]low
[G]So [Ab]before I die as someone else
I'm gonna [G]take good care of myself
[C][G][C]
[G][C][Bb][Bbsus4][C][Cm]
[Ab]
[G]Da [C]-da -da -da -da -da -da -da
Da -da -da -da -da -da -da -da
Da -da [G]-da, da -da -da,
da -da -da -da -da -da -da
[Cm]If I seem to be just a
[G]bundle of confusion
Well I could use a transplant
or at [C]least a mind transfusion
Nothing [Cm]makes much sense,
the words keep [Bbsus4]hanging in my ear[Bb]
[Bbsus4]I started [Am]out to shop
when I'm about
[Ab]But now I doubt I'm even h[G]ere
You've got to [C]learn to spit
before you swallow
You've [Cm]got to [C]learn to give
before you borrow
And [G]before [C]you can lead,
you've got to [Am]follow
[Adim]So befor[Ab]e I die or someone else,
I'm gonna [G]take [C]good care of myself
Take [G]good [C]care of [G]my [C]self[Cm]
[G]Take good care of myself
[C]La -da -da -da -da -da -da -da
La -da -da -da -da -da -da
La da da [G]da, la da da da,

[Outro 1]
la da da da, oh
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