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>Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 10:09:39 -0800
>From: Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net>
>Subject: .../g/gaye_marvin/ill_be_doggone.crd
>
>I'LL BE DOGGONE
>written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin
>performed by Marvin Gaye
>tab transcribed by Collins Crapo <roxtar@srv.net>
>
>(8 measures of A)
>
>Well, I'll be doggone if I wouldn't work all day (baby)
>And I'll be doggone if I wouldn't bring you my pay (baby)
>                         D
>But if I ever caught you runnin' around
>Bm                   E7
>Blowin' my money all over this town
>       A
>Then I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
>Then I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
>
>Verse 2:
>I'll be doggone if you ain't a pretty thing (baby)
>I'll be doggone if you ain't warm as a breath of spring (baby)
>If we live to be 100 years old
>If you ever let that spring turn cold
>Then I wouldn't be doggone, hey hey, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
>Wo, I wouldn't be doggone, baby, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
>
>Bridge:
>            F#m
>Well, every woman should try to be
>Whatever her man wants her to be
>  Bm
>I don't want much, all I ask of you
>       E7
>Is for you to be true to me
>
>Verse 3:
>I'll be doggone if a girl ain't a man's best friend (baby)
>I'll be doggone if you ain't on the lovin' end (baby)
>I know you make me feel like nobody could
>But if I ever found out that you're no good
>Then I wouldn't be doggone, baby, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
>Wo, I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone)
>Wo, I wouldn't be doggone
>...and fade
>