Eb
Good thing
Eb
Good thing
Bb 8 strums


[Verse 1: Fontella Bass]
Eb
You been cheating on me
Eb
You know my love is true
Eb
But ain't nobody in the whole wide world
Eb
Gonna love you like I do


[Chorus: Fontella Bass]
                    Ab
Don't you be no fool
                    Ab
Don't you be no fool
                  Bb                        Ab
You're gonna keep on foolin' around now baby
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
Bb 8 strums


[Verse 2: Bobby McClure]
    Eb
Now I might have cheated just a little bit baby
Eb
Like all of us do
Eb
But when I get my paycheck baby
Eb
I rush right home to you


[Chorus: : Bobby McClure]
                   Ab
Don't you be no fool
                    Ab
Don't you be no fool
                  Bb                        Ab
You're gonna keep on foolin' around now baby
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
Bb 8 strums


[Post-Chorus]
Eb
(A good thing) Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eb
(A good thing) Yeah baby
Eb
(A good thing) Oh yeah
Eb
(A good thing) Come on baby

[Saxophone Solo]
Ab Ab Bb Ab Eb Eb
Bb


[Verse 3: Fontella Bass]
Eb
They tell me that you got a part-time lover
Eb
Living away across town
Eb
And it ain't gonna be but a little while baby
Eb
Before you're puttin' me down


[Chorus: Fontella Bass]
                   Ab
Don't you be no fool
                    Ab
Don't you be no fool
                  Bb                        Ab
You're gonna keep on foolin' around now baby
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
Bb 8 strums


[Verse 4: Bobby McClure]
Eb
Now don't you come sneakin' across town baby
Eb
To catch me doing wrong
Eb
'Cause you know everybody's jealous baby
Eb
'Cause we got a thang goin' on


[Chorus: : Bobby McClure]
                   Ab
Don't you be no fool
                    Ab
Don't you be no fool
                  Bb                        Ab
You're gonna keep on foolin' around now baby
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
                              Eb
You gonna mess up a good thing
Bb 8 strums


[Outro]
Eb
(A good thing) Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eb
(A good thing) Yeah baby
Eb
(A good thing) Oh yeah
Eb
(A good thing) Come on baby
Eb
(A good thing) Yeah, yeah, yeah
Eb
(A good thing) Yeah baby
Eb
(A good thing) Oh yeah
Eb
(A good thing) Come on baby