[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Well, I'll be doggone if I wouldn't work all day, baby
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And I'll be doggone if I wouldn't bring you my pay, baby
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But if I ever caught you runnin' around
F#m B E
Blowin' my money all over this town
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Then I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone
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Then I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone
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[Verse]
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I'll be doggone if you ain't a pretty thing, baby
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I'll be doggone if you ain't warm as a breath of spring, baby
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If we live to be a hundred years old
F#m B E
If you ever let that spring turn cold
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Then I wouldn't be doggone, hey hey, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
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Oh, I wouldn't be doggone, baby, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
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Oh now what I say
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Believe me
[Bridge]
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Well, every woman should try to be
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Whatever her man wants her to be
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I don't want much, all I ask of you
E
Is for you to be true to me
[Verse/Outro]
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I'll be doggone if love ain't a man's best friend, baby
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I'll be doggone if you ain't on the lovin' end, baby
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I know you make me feel like nobody could
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But if I ever found out that you're no good
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Then I wouldn't be doggone, baby, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
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Whoa, I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
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Whoa, I wouldn't be doggone
(Fade)