Nat King Cole
Adam Green
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Tom : G
D C G D C G
[Verse 1]
D C G D C G
Oh I'm going with Darlene in a tragical part of the night
D C G D C G
But I wish she would bring me a place of morning spectacular life
D C G D C G
Make it last just a few, brother's knew, brother's lovers proclaim
D C G D C
Down at the subway station, just a few brother's mother's remain
G D
Oh help the children
[Instrumental]
D C G C C# D
[Verse 2]
D
Down at the television station momma
C G D C G
You're bored, getting tired
D C G D C G
But baby you ain't trying to warn me that the macro-D getting fired
D C
Just like those bored down now second old cures
G D C G
That we said, hubba hubba
D
Just like that funny little lady momma
C G D C G
Tidy and clean, just like butter
D C G C C# D
Yeah
[Chorus]
D
Oh everybody know, know, know Nat King Cole
C G
Know, know, know Nat King Cole
D C G
Know, know Nat, know, know Nat, know, know Nat King Cole, baby
D C G
You're giving birth to a jealous lover, baby
D C G
The situation is out of your hands momma
D C G
A funny little lady, and Johnny laid a flower
D
They gonna get me momma
C G D
Going home now yeah
[Verse 3]
D C G D C G
Now I've been monkey-ing around, but a beat, bobbing free-wheeling guy
D C G D C G
But this lean Adam Green found this motel is how I get by
[Verse 4]
D
I got a hole in my barrel Cheryl
C G D C G
She left me out in the cold
D
I got a hundred one fever momma
C G D
Should not be acting so old
C G D
She acted so old now yeah
[Instrumental]
D C G C G C G C G
[Outro]
D
Woooo, break it down now
D
Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole
D
Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole
D
Nat King Cole, Nat King Cole
D
Nat King Cole
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