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Beekeepers Blues

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 Cmaj9/B- x20010
[Intro]
AChhhhhhhFhh......... AChhhhhhhFhh.........
[Verse]
  CYou only Cmaj9/Bcall when you want Ammoney
  CAnd when I Cmaj9/Bneed you you're not Amthere
  CEverybody Cmaj9/Belse has Amwritten you right off
You make it D7hard to D7sus2careD7  D7sus2  
You're pretty Fhard to bear
[Verse]
  CWomen Cmaj9/Bthink that you're a Amgenius
  Dm'Till you get Ccaught for who you Gare
  GI reeled you Fin and you Cate me half alive
You were a D7future stD7sus2arD7  D7sus2  
Who do you Fthink you are
[Chorus]
  DNo good deed will go unGpunished
  DNo beekeeper goes unGstung
  DAnd these Aboots were made for Bmwalking
They're walking E7back to you
What else Gcan I do
[Verse]
  CI know you Cmaj9/Bknow that you're good-Amlooking
  CAnd you're not Cmaj9/Bknown for too much Amelse
  CI took you Cmaj9/Bin and you Amleft me half alive
Don't know D7what you D7sus2doD7  D7sus2  
Or who you Fdo it to
[Verse]
  CWhen I'm Cmaj9/Bgone someone will Amsave you
  DmWhen she gets Ctired there's always someone Gnew
  GI reeled you Fin and you Cate me half alive
You were a D7future D7sus2starD7  D7sus2  
Who do you Fthink you are (who do you think you Care)
[Verse]
  CBa ba Cmaj9/Bba ba ba ba Ambaaah ba da da daah
  DmBa ba Cda da da da Gba ba ba daah
  GI reeled you Fin and you Cate me half alive
You were a D7future D7sus2starD7  D7sus2  
Who do you Fthink you are
[Chorus]
  DNo good deed will go unGpunished
  DNo beekeeper goes unGstung
  DAnd these Aboots were made for Bmwalking
They're walking E7back to you
What else Gcan I do
[Outro]
Ooh, huh-Dho, Oh no, no
Walking Gback to you, walking back to you
  DOoh-oh-oh, Walking Gback to you, walking back to you
  DOhhhh, AAhhh-Bmohhh, I'll do it E7all again
I'll do it Gall again, with Dyou

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Beekeepers Blues

by Susanna Hoffs

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj9/B

D7sus2

Cmaj9/B

- x20010

[Intro]

C F C F

Ahhhhhhhhh......... Ahhhhhhhhh.........

[Verse]

C Cmaj9/B Am

You only call when you want money

C Cmaj9/B Am

And when I need you you're not there

C Cmaj9/B Am

Everybody else has written you right off

D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus2

You make it hard to care

You're pretty hard to bear

[Verse]

C Cmaj9/B Am

Women think that you're a genius

Dm C G

'Till you get caught for who you are

G F C

I reeled you in and you ate me half alive

D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus2

You were a future star

Who do you think you are

[Chorus]

D G

No good deed will go unpunished

D G

No beekeeper goes unstung

D A Bm

And these boots were made for walking

They're walking back to you

What else can I do

[Verse]

C Cmaj9/B Am

I know you know that you're good-looking

C Cmaj9/B Am

And you're not known for too much else

C Cmaj9/B Am

I took you in and you left me half alive

D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus2

Don't know what you do

Or who you do it to

[Verse]

C Cmaj9/B Am

When I'm gone someone will save you

Dm C G

When she gets tired there's always someone new

G F C

I reeled you in and you ate me half alive

D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus2

You were a future star

F C

Who do you think you are (who do you think you are)

[Verse]

C Cmaj9/B Am

Ba ba ba ba ba ba baaah ba da da daah

Dm C G

Ba ba da da da da ba ba ba daah

G F C

I reeled you in and you ate me half alive

D7 D7sus2 D7 D7sus2

You were a future star

Who do you think you are

[Chorus]

D G

No good deed will go unpunished

D G

No beekeeper goes unstung

D A Bm

And these boots were made for walking

They're walking back to you

What else can I do

[Outro]

Ooh, huh-ho, Oh no, no

Walking back to you, walking back to you

D G

Ooh-oh-oh, Walking back to you, walking back to you

D A Bm E7

Ohhhh, Ahhh-ohhh, I'll do it all again

G D

I'll do it all again, with you

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