Key: C
Introduction:
C
Now in the good book on page twenty-one
C
Says ev'ry married woman gonna have a little fun
F
'N' if you turn over further, boys, on page twenty-two
C
Says my wife is John's wife 'n' Henry's gal too
G F
And in the good book on page twenty-three
C
Says she'll two-time you jus' like she double-crossed me
verse 2
C
And in the good book on page twenty-four
C
Says if yo' wife do the boogie firs' time look out she gon' do that some mo'
F
'N lemme tell ya sumpn' about that twenty-fifth page
C
It say that back bitin' women is all the rage
G F
And in the good book on page twenty-six
C
Says you keep your wife home, boy, if you gotta mess 'n' treat her wid a brick
verse 3
C
Now page twenty-seven, it read like this
C
Say if your wife get hungry give 'er a mouthful of fist
F
Now in the good book on page twenty-eight
C
Say when you go out to work a bunch of pinch backs comin' in to yo' back gate
G F
And the closin' of my sermon is on page twenty-nine
C
Says a woman get tired of one man all the time