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Forty Days: Ronnie Hawkins.
Top Ten in Canada and #45 in USA in 1959.
           (Capo 1st Fret.)
#1.
GI'm gonna give you 40 Ddays to get back Ghome.
GI done called up a gypsy woman on the teleDphone.
I'm gonna Gsend out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..
That will Cbe the very thing that'll suit you.
I'm gonna Gsee that she'll be back Dhome in 40 Gdays.
CHORUS:
GOh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)
I'm gonna see if she'll be back in 40 Ddays.
I'm gonna Gsend out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..
That will Cbe the very thing that'll suit you.
I'm gonna Gsee if she'll be back Dhome in 40 Gdays.
(INTERLUDE:)
#2.
GI was talkin' to the Judge in Dprivate, early this Gmornin'.
GWell, he took me to the Sheriff's Office to sign a Dwarnin'.
They gonna Gthrow a charge again' ya..
that will Cbe the very thing that'll send ya.
I'm gonna Gsee that she'll be back Dhome in 40 Gdays.
CHORUS:
GOh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)
I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 Ddays.
I'm gonna Gsend out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..
That will Cbe the very thing that'll suit you.
I'm gonna Gsee if she'll be back Dhome in 40 Gdays.
(INTERLUDE:)(PIANO:)
OUTRO:
GOh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)
I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 Ddays.
I'm gonna Gthrow that charge again' ya..
that will Cbe the very thing that'll send ya.
I'm gonna Gsee that she'll be back Dhome in 40 Gdays.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Forty Days

by Ronnie Hawkins

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Forty Days: Ronnie Hawkins.

Top Ten in Canada and #45 in USA in 1959.

(Capo 1st Fret.)

#1.

G D G

I'm gonna give you 40 days to get back home.

G D

I done called up a gypsy woman on the telephone.

I'm gonna send out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..

That will be the very thing that'll suit you.

G D G

I'm gonna see that she'll be back home in 40 days.

CHORUS:

Oh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)

I'm gonna see if she'll be back in 40 days.

I'm gonna send out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..

That will be the very thing that'll suit you.

G D G

I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.

(INTERLUDE:)

#2.

G D G

I was talkin' to the Judge in private, early this mornin'.

G D

Well, he took me to the Sheriff's Office to sign a warnin'.

They gonna throw a charge again' ya..

that will be the very thing that'll send ya.

G D G

I'm gonna see that she'll be back home in 40 days.

CHORUS:

Oh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)

I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.

I'm gonna send out a worldwide hoo-doo, there..

That will be the very thing that'll suit you.

G D G

I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.

(INTERLUDE:)(PIANO:)

OUTRO:

Oh, 40 days (40 days)..Oh, 40 days (40 days)

I'm gonna see if she'll be back home in 40 days.

I'm gonna throw that charge again' ya..

that will be the very thing that'll send ya.

G D G

I'm gonna see that she'll be back home in 40 days.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

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