Dont Mess Up A Good Thing

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Good thing
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Good thing
Bb 8 strums


[Verse 1: Fontella Bass]
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You been cheating on me
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You know my love is true
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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]
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Now I might have cheated just a little bit baby
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Like all of us do
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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]
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They tell me that you got a part-time lover
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Living away across town
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And it ain't gonna be but a little while baby
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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]
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Now don't you come sneakin' across town baby
Eb
To catch me doing wrong
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'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


[Otro]
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