Intro
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verse 1
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Well I thought I'd do the right thing
E
And just hang around 'n a bar, well--
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Hopin' that you might show
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But it never got that far
B
Well, my plans they stunk and I wound up drunk
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I really got the point
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Two black eyes and broken nose
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And a night down in the joint
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I went to staggerin’ lengths
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I went to staggerin’ lengths
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I went to staggerin’ lengths
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To get on back with you
B
Baby, you know it makes sense
G#m
I’d go to any expense
B
I go to staggering lengths
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To get on back with you
verse 2
B
Now if I took a trip up to the moon
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Yeah, hung around on Mars
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And whil'd away some hours
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Droppin' bricks on top of some cars
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Well I wound up broke and I gave up hope
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I got an earhole and a guitar
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And I can get myself out of anything
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Except myself out of this bar
B
I go to staggerin’ lengths
E
I go to staggerin’ lengths
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I go to staggerin’ lengths
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To get on back with you
B
Baby, you know it makes sense
G#m
I’d go to any expense
B
I go to staggering lengths
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To get on back with you-- I'm leavin'!
Instrumental
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Refrain
B
The police stood in my doorway
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Her clothes draped on his head
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I left the talkin' to Honest
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And hid under the bed
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He said “one more peep out of you Son,
E
And we’ll have you banged to rights”
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And those few words were all that I heard
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As they sped off into the night
B
I went t' staggerin’ lengths
E
I went to staggerin’ lengths
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I went to staggerin’ lengths
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To get it on back with you-- Oh
B
I know it makes sense-- that's why
G#m
I'll go to any expense
E
Yeah, I go to staggering lengths
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To get on back with you
B
I go to staggerin’ lengths
E
Yeah, I go to staggerin’ lengths
F#
I go to staggerin’ lengths
B F#
To it get on back with you-- Oh
B
Yeah, you know it makes sense
G#m
I'll go to any expense
E
I go t' staggerin' lengths
F#
To get on back
E
Staggering lengths
F#
To get on back wi'
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Staggerin' lengths
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To get it on back with you-- la la la laaaa