Nitty Gritty
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NITTY GRITTY
by: Doug Sahm
performed by:
The Bottle Rockets off their Album "Songs Of Sahm"
submitted by: NormJorgensen@aol.com
(G)well if you didn't love me
wish you of (D)told me
then I would even let it (G)throw me
when we got down to new york (D)city
we got down to the nitty (G)gritty
well I didn't mean to bring you (D)down now
well I guess I got to be (G)myself now
cause I sure can't be nobody (D)else now
yeah they say that I'm A millionaire(G) now
well ya told me just outside of (D)austin
that you'd stick with me til (G)boston
when a movie star from the (D)city
he took away my nitty (G)gritty
(SOLO)
(G)well if you didn't love me
wish you of (D)told me
then I would even let it (G)throw me
when we got down to new york (D)city
we got down to the nitty (G)gritty
well I didn't mean to bring you (D)down now
well I guess I got to be (G)myself now
cause I sure can't be nobody (D)else now
yeah they say that I'm A millionaire(G) now
(OUTRO)
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