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[Verse 1]
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Woke up this mornin', whatchu think I do?
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Walk that line that lead me straight to you
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  Time is short but my journey's long, o-o-ong,
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Yeah' I've gotta be movin' on


[Chorus 1]
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Gotta get it 'fore it's gone
                  C          F
Get it 'fore it's gone, oh yeah
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Get it 'fore it's gooooooooooooooooone,       Get it now!
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  Gone, gone, g-get, gone, g-get
          C                      F
you gotta get it 'fore it's gone
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Get it 'fore it's gooooooooooooooooone


[Verse 2]
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  I'm gonna live life just like a butterfly
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It's here today then kiss the world goodbye
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  Noon is breaking, I'm making my way, ay-ay-ay!
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Don't throw shade on my sunny day


[Chorus 2]
                        C      F
Gotta get it 'fore it's gone
                  C          F
Get it 'fore it's gone, oh yeah
                  C        F        C     F
Get it 'fore it's gooooooooooooooooone,       Get it now!
C                F
  Gone, gone, g-get, gone, g-get
          C                      F
you gotta get it 'fore it's gone
                  C        F        C     F
Get it 'fore it's gooooooooooooooooone,       Get it now!


[Instr.]
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[Verse 3]
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  You spend too much time locked up in that room
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  Worried 'bout what you was gonna do
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  People are dying, friends are far away, ay-ay-ay!
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Later is always toooo  late,
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  Later is always too  late,
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  Later is always too  late...


[Chorus 3]
                         C      F
Better get it 'fore it's gone
                  C          F
Get it 'fore it's gone, oh yeah
                  C        F        C     F
Get it 'fore it's gooooooooooooooooone,       Get it now!
C                F
  Gone, gone, g-get, gone, g-get
          C                      F
you gotta get it 'fore it's gone
                  C        F        C     F
Get it 'fore it's gooooooooooooooooone,       Get it now!


[Outro]

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      Get it 'fore it's gone
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Get it now!