Key:
Introduction: C
C
Have you seen my baby
G
On the avenue?
G
You know she's driving me crazy
G C
With the funny things she do
C
I seen her with the milkman
C G
Ridin' down the street
G
When you're through with my baby, milkman
G C
Send her home to me
F C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
F C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
E7 Am
You know it's been so long
F G#7
Since she have been gone
C G C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
C
I seen her with the gypsies
C G
Dancin' in the wood
G
She's always been unfaithful to me
G C
She never been no good
C
I say, "Please don't talk to strangers, baby"
C G
But she always do
G
She say, "I'll talk to strangers if I want to
G C
'Cause I'm a stranger, too"
F C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
F C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
E7 Am
You know it's been so long
F G#7
Since she have been gone
C G C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
F G C
Hold on, hold on, hold on
C
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E
Let's burn down the cornfield
E
Let's burn down the cornfield
G E
And we can listen to it burn
E
You hide behind the oak tree
E
You hide behind the oak tree
G B5 E
Stay out of danger 'til I return
A
Oh, it's so good
E
On a cold night
A C
To have a fire
E
Burnin' warm and bright
E
You hide behind the oak tree
E
You hide behind the oak tree
G E
Stay out of danger 'til I return
E
Let's burn down the cornfield
E
Let's burn down the cornfield
G B5 E
And I&rsquo ll make love to you while it&rsquo s burning
G B5 E
And I&rsquo ll make love to you while it&rsquo s burning
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