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[Verse]
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You can be a righteous rocker, or a holy roller
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You could be most anything
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You could be a Leon Russell, or a super muscle
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You could be a corporate king
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You could be a wealthy man from Texas, or a witch with heavy hexes
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But without love, you ain't nothing without love
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Without love you ain't nothing, without love
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You could be a brilliant surgeon, or a sweet young virgin
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Or a harlot out to sell
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You could learn to play the blues, or be Howard Hughes
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Or the scarlet pimpernel
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Or you could be a French provincial midwife
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Or go from door to door with a death-knife
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But without love you ain't nothing, without love
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Without love you ain't nothing, without love
[Bridge]
E B7 E
Without love you ain't nothing, without love
E B7 E
Without love you ain't nothing, without love
[Solo]
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You could be a woman feeler, or a baby stealer
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You could drink your life away
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Or you could be a holy prophet, get a blessing off it
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Or you could fast for fifty days
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You could shake hands with the devil, or give your life to God on the level
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But without love you ain't nothing, without love
E B7 E
Without love you ain't nothing, without love
[Outro]
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But without love you ain't nothing, without love
E B7 E
Without love you ain't nothing, without love
E B7 E
But without love you ain't nothing, without love
E B7 E
Without love you ain't nothing, without love