Intro
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(I want everybody to get up off your seat
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And get your arms together, and your hands together
N.C.
And give me some of that o-o-old soul clapping)
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You didn't have to love me like you did
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But you did, but you did
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And I thank you
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You didn't have to squeeze me like you did
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But you did, but you did
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And I thank you
Verse: 1
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If you took your love to somewhere else
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I wouldn't know what it meant to be loved to death
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You made me feel like I've never felt
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Kisses so good I had to holler for help
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You didn't have to squeeze me but you did
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But you did but you did
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And I thank you
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You didn't have to hold me but you did
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But you did but you did
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And I thank you
Verse: 2
Eb7
Every day was something new
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You pull out your bag and your fine to-do
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You got me trying new things too
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Just so I can keep up with you
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You didn't have to shake me like you did
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But you did but you did
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And I thank you
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You didn't have to make it like you did
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But you did but you did
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And I thank you
Verse: 3
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All my life I've been shortchanged
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Without your love baby, it's a crying shame
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And now I know what the fellas are talking about
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When they say that they been turned out
Bridge
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I want to thank you (thank you)
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Thank you (oh, baby)
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Thank you baby (yeah, yeah)
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Oh baby (I gotta be thanking)
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Got to say
Interlude: Cm Db Cm Db Ab Eb
Eb
You didn't have to love me like you did
Eb
But you did, but you did
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(And I thank you.)
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You didn't have to hold me like you did
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But you did, but you did
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(And I thank you.)
Outro
Eb Ab7
Thank you (thank you, baby)
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Baby (Got to thank you)
Db7
Baby (oh, baby)
B7 Eb7
Thank! I've! Got! I've got to (thank you baby)
Eb7 Db B
Thank you baby (oh baby)