Key: C
Introduction:
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Granma came to see
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Something she could not believe
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How could her girl be
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So naive
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Tar baby, tar baby told
N.C.
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That big old smile of yours
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Could turn the wind into a song
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How could I have doubted
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Honey it's with me that you belong
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Tar baby, tar baby
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I love you so
Bridge
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Like a brand new blade
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You cut into my life
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Cut through two decades
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Like a hot coal on ice
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Tar baby, my tar baby
B4 B
It ma----ybe was meant to be
verse 3
C#m7 G#+
When I look at you
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I can't believe my eyes
C#m7
And with your magic
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I think you just might charm the birds out of the sky
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Tar baby, tar baby, tar baby
N.C.
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A golden thread inside of the web
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That I got caught in
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Oh, it's a lover's revenge, but out of the pain
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Come the best things
Outro
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You cut into my life
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You cut into my life (baby baby baby baby don't you know that)
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You cut into my life (I love you)
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You cut into my life
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La la la la la ooh
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You can turn the wind into a song
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La la la la la baby baby baby
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It's with me you belong