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Sweet Substitute Chords

Music by: Dave Van Ronk
Tone G major BPM 58 Views 8
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[Intro 1]
[G][Ab]
[G][Ab][G][Ab][G][Ab][G][Am]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
My [Bb]girl [Ab]went away
[G]and she knew I'd miss her night and day.
I just had to look around,
wan[Ab]na se[Bb]e what I found
[Ab]Sweet [G]substitute, swe[F]et substi[G]tut[Ab]e
She al[Fm]ways tells me
[G]that she's [Ab]mine, all [F]mine
[G]Does everything [Bb]I tell her,
you know love is [Ab]blind.
[G]She's got such loving ways.
Got my poor heart in a daze.
My new recruit is mighty [Ab]sweet
[Fm]and cute.
[G]You know I'm crazy about
my substitute.
I don't want no regular.

[Interlude 1]
Crazy about my substitutes
[G][Ab][G][Gm][G][Ab][G][Ab]
[G][Bb][Ab][G]
[Ab]
[G][Gm][Ab][G][Ab]
[G][Ab][G][Ab][G][Ab][G]
[Ab][G][Ab][G][Ab][Eb][Ab]
She always [Fm]tells[G] me that

[Verse 2]
she's mine oh mine
[F]Does [Ab]everything [Bb]I te[Bbm]ll her,
[Bb]love [Eb]is blind
[Ab]An d[G] she's got such loving ways,
[Gm]got [G]my poor [Ab]heart in a[Fm] daze.[Ab]
My new [G]recruit is mighty [Ab]sweet
and cute.
You know I'm [Bb]crazy
[Ab]about my substitute.
Don't want no reg[F]ulars.
[Bb]Crazy about my s[Ab]ubstitut[G]e.
. . . . . you
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