Fleas

INTRO:  (open chords)
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my father used to say: you sleep 
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with the dogs, the next day
you'll wake in the bed scratching 
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those inevitable fleas
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at ten years old you listen to 
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what you're told
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i never had the itch, i never would.

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my mother had forbidden me to 
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waste away my life
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"i want you to have all the things 
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I could never buy you

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so don't stop what I've begun...  
you're my one my only son.
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follow what i say not what i've 
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done.
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follow what i say not what i've 
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done.
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shower scrub and shave, cleanly 
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boys don't misbehave
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follow what i say, not what i've 
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done.

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G      F     C    etc etc etc....