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The Right Thing

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[Intro]
E  Asus4  A      E  A
E  Asus4  A      E  A
[Verse]
In the Emiddle of the night, when the Asus4time is right
ASexily right, I’m gonna do the right Ething
I'm gonna Emove real slow, much Asus4harder though
ASexily slow, i"m gonna do the right tEhing
I’m feeEling hot, I ain’t Asus4ever gonna stop
To Aget what you got, you better take what I Ebring
I Efeel it now, much Aharder now
More than Aany old how, say you feel Ethe pain
[Bridge]
  EFeel life  G6getting harder now   D/F#(get off your back boy) yeah E(get on top boy) ow
  EFeel I’m G6sinking farther down   D/F#(get off your back boy) yeah  E(get on top boy) oh now
[Link]
E  Asus4  A      E  A
[Verse]
I Etold you to stop, you’re Asus4sleeping out a lot
You Atold me get lost, where’s your understandEing
I Efeel it now, much Asus4harder than I’ve ever done now Anow
Hey I’m gonna do the right Ething, let me tell what I'm gonna do, hit me now
[Chorus]
EI, oh AI, oh I, I’m gonna do the right Ething
EI, oh AI, oh I, I’m gonna do the right Ething, all the time now
[Bridge]
  EFeel life  G6getting harder now   D/F#(get off your back boy) yeah E(get on top boy) ow
  EFeel I’m G6sinking farther down   D/F#(get off your back boy) yeah  E(get on top boy) oh now
[Verse]
In the Emiddle of the night, when the Asus4time is right
ASexily right, I’m gonna do the right Ething, ohh, yeah I said
I’m gonna Emove you slow, much Asus4harder than I’ve ever done now now
AHey, I’m gonna do the right Ething, let me tell you now, hot me now, hit me now
[Chorus]
EI, oh AI, oh I, I’m gonna do the right Ething
EI, oh AI, oh I, I’m gonna do the right Ething, all the time now
EI, oh AI, oh I, I’m gonna do the right Ething, when it's early in the midnight hour
EI, oh AI, whoh I... oooh yeah
[Outro]
    EI'm on G#mfire now, oh, F#mI,  I'm gonna do the right Ething
(I,     oh I         oh, I,  I'm gonna do the right thing)
   EYou know I'm on G#mfire now, oh, F#mI,  I'm gonna do the right Ething, yeahhhh-hey
(I,             oh I         oh, I,  I'm gonna do the right thing)
    EI won't give up         G#mI won't give up      F#mI won't give it up,
(I,                 oh I                     oh, I,  )
I won't give it up,      EI won't give it up, I won't give it now
 (I'm gonna do the right thing)
    EYou know I told you that        G#mI would never dream of leaving F#mnow
(I,                           oh I                         oh,     I,
Yes, I'll  do       you Eright     yeah-heh now
(I'm gonna do the right thing)
    EYou know I told you that        G#mI would never dream of leaving F#mnow
(I,                           oh I                         oh,     I,
Yes, I'll  do       you right     yeah-heh now
(I'm gonna do the right thing)
   EI-I-I      G#mI-I-I          F#mI-I-I                             Eye-ah, ye-es I am
(I,     oh I         oh, I,      I'm gonna do the right thing)
   EI-I-I      G#mI-I-I          F#mI-I-I...
(I,     oh I         oh, I)

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The Right Thing

by Simply Red

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Asus4

D/F#

G#m

F#m

[Intro]

E Asus4 A E A

[Verse]

E Asus4

In the middle of the night, when the time is right

A E

Sexily right, I’m gonna do the right thing

E Asus4

I'm gonna move real slow, much harder though

A E

Sexily slow, i"m gonna do the right thing

E Asus4

I’m feeling hot, I ain’t ever gonna stop

A E

To get what you got, you better take what I bring

E A

I feel it now, much harder now

A E

More than any old how, say you feel the pain

[Bridge]

E G6 D/F# E

Feel life getting harder now (get off your back boy) yeah (get on top boy) ow

E G6 D/F# E

Feel I’m sinking farther down (get off your back boy) yeah (get on top boy) oh now

[Link]

E Asus4 A E A

[Verse]

E Asus4

I told you to stop, you’re sleeping out a lot

A E

You told me get lost, where’s your understanding

E Asus4 A

I feel it now, much harder than I’ve ever done now now

Hey I’m gonna do the right thing, let me tell what I'm gonna do, hit me now

[Chorus]

E A E

I, oh I, oh I, I’m gonna do the right thing

E A E

I, oh I, oh I, I’m gonna do the right thing, all the time now

[Bridge]

E G6 D/F# E

Feel life getting harder now (get off your back boy) yeah (get on top boy) ow

E G6 D/F# E

Feel I’m sinking farther down (get off your back boy) yeah (get on top boy) oh now

[Verse]

E Asus4

In the middle of the night, when the time is right

A E

Sexily right, I’m gonna do the right thing, ohh, yeah I said

E Asus4

I’m gonna move you slow, much harder than I’ve ever done now now

A E

Hey, I’m gonna do the right thing, let me tell you now, hot me now, hit me now

[Chorus]

E A E

I, oh I, oh I, I’m gonna do the right thing

E A E

I, oh I, oh I, I’m gonna do the right thing, all the time now

E A E

I, oh I, oh I, I’m gonna do the right thing, when it's early in the midnight hour

E A

I, oh I, whoh I... oooh yeah

[Outro]

E G#m F#m E

I'm on fire now, oh, I, I'm gonna do the right thing

(I, oh I oh, I, I'm gonna do the right thing)

E G#m F#m E

You know I'm on fire now, oh, I, I'm gonna do the right thing, yeahhhh-hey

(I, oh I oh, I, I'm gonna do the right thing)

E G#m F#m

I won't give up I won't give up I won't give it up,

(I, oh I oh, I, )

I won't give it up, I won't give it up, I won't give it now

(I'm gonna do the right thing)

E G#m F#m

You know I told you that I would never dream of leaving now

(I, oh I oh, I,

Yes, I'll do you right yeah-heh now

(I'm gonna do the right thing)

E G#m F#m

You know I told you that I would never dream of leaving now

(I, oh I oh, I,

Yes, I'll do you right yeah-heh now

(I'm gonna do the right thing)

E G#m F#m E

I-I-I I-I-I I-I-I ye-ah, ye-es I am

(I, oh I oh, I, I'm gonna do the right thing)

E G#m F#m

I-I-I I-I-I I-I-I...

(I, oh I oh, I)

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