Intro
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Verse 1
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On a sunny September's day
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Out in Tennessee where we were booked to play
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Light shone down on a little dance floor
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I seen a woman I never seen before
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Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
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When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it
Verse 2
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Black hair and it was piled high
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Never seen a girl do it or even try
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She buys her bobby pins by the pound
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Just to keep that big hair down
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Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
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When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it
Chorus
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She took that thing
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Put it on a string
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Started dancin' round
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Movin' up and down
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Shakin' side to side
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Man, she was so fine
[D7]
I had to beg that bowlegged woman to
[G7]
Give me back that heart of mine
[Guitar Solo]
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[Piano Solo
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Verse 3
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It got so hot that it began to steam
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An eye candy woman like from a dream
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I knew that I'd seen that girl before
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Down in Tennessee on a dated dance floor
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Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
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When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it
Chorus
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She took that thing
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Put it on a string
[C] [F]
Started dancin' round
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Movin' up and down
[C]
Shakin' side to side
[C] [A7]
Man, she was so fine
[D7]
I had to beg that bowlegged woman to
[G7]
Give me back that heart of mine
Verse 4
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Well you know it must've been my time
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Me and that girl, we were doin' just fine
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Tennessee floor on St Louis
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Oh she always come to shake it for me
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Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
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When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it
Chorus
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She took that thing
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Put it on a string
[C] [F]
Started dancin' round
[F] [C]
Movin' up and down
[C]
Shakin' side to side
[C] [A7]
Man, she was so fine
[D7] [G7]
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks
[C] [A7]
Man, she was so fine
[D7] [G7]
Love will hit you like a ton of bricks when a
[C]
Bowlegged woman starts shakin' it
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When a bowlegged woman starts shakin' it
