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Introduction: A A A A4
A A4 A A4
Please, don't cry, my baby
A D
Can't nobody
A D
Ever come between us
A D
No, we've got something
A D
Something special, yeah
A A+
Neighbors on our street are talking about our thing
F#m A7
Messing, messing with our business
D C#
Pay no attention, baby
F#m A
Hold your little head up high, now
A
People are going to talk
A4
People are going to hate us
A A4
People are going to talk, ooh
B7
People will be people and I'll tell you people
E
They've just got to talk
A A4 A A4
Ooh, don't worry, baby, it's going to be all right
A D
Can't nobody
A D
Ever bring us down, now
A D
We got it baby
A D
We've got the real "real thing"
A A+
The way you walk, I'll tell you, it sure is nice
F#m A7
It makes them nervous just to watch you walk, baby
D C#
Keep on strutting, honey
F#m A
Hold your little head up high, now
A
People are going to talk
A4
People are going to hate us
A A4
People are going to talk, ooh
B7
People will be people and I'll tell you people
E
They've just got to talk
D7
Don't you let them get you down, now
A7 D7
Don't you worry about a dog-gone thing
B7
People are just naturally going to talk about a girl who's got it
E
Got everything and baby, baby
E
Baby, you've got it, huh
A
People gonna talk
A4
People gonna frown
A A4
People gonna talk and ooh put us down
B7
People gonna be people and I tell you people
E
They just gotta talk
A#
So let 'em talk, huh!
D#7 A#
People just naturally gonna talk
D#7 A#
But we got to keep on tryin'
D#7 A#
But we got to keep on tryin'
D#7 A# D#7
But we got to keep on tryin', yeah
A# D#7
It's so hard to live in this dog-gone city, huh
A# D#7
It's a city without pity
A# D#7
But we got to keep on tryin'
A# D#7
We got to keep on tryin'
A# D#7
Oh let 'em talk
A# D#7 A#
Talking about a girl, ooh
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it
D#7 A#
Talking about a girl who's got it