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Sure Didnt Take Him Long

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Sure Didn't Take Him Long
Written and Performed by Waylon Jennings
Ladies Love Outlaws
Capo 2
[Verse]
DMy long and lean and hungry looks Greally used to turn her Don
Till she found two hundred pounds or Gtrue love muscle and Dbone
I made up my mind to keep what was mine he Gmade up mind I was Dwrong
To Gtake my Ann took a Dhell of a man but it Cadd9sure didn't take him too Dlong
[Chorus]
It Gsure didn't take him long changing her Dmind
GSure didn't take her long to leave me be Dhind
She had breakfast with me met him at three by Gsuppertime she was Dgone
To Gtake my Ann took a Dhell of a man but it Cadd9sure didn't take him too Dlong
[Verse]
DNow Ann never was a righteous girl but you Greally couldn't call her Dbad
I'd have to say as long as she stayed Lord she Ggave it all that she Dhad
One look at them two looks at him I Gknew I'd be a living a Dlone
To Gtake my Ann took a Dhell of a man but it Cadd9sure didn't take him too Dlong
[Chorus]
It Gsure didn't take him long changing her Dmind
GSure didn't take her long to leave me be Dhind
She had breakfast with me met him at three by Gsuppertime she was Dgone
To Gtake my Ann took a Dhell of a man but it Cadd9sure didn't take him too Dlong

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Sure Didnt Take Him Long

by Waylon Jennings

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Cadd9

Sure Didn't Take Him Long

Written and Performed by Waylon Jennings

Ladies Love Outlaws

Capo 2

[Verse]

D G D

My long and lean and hungry looks really used to turn her on

G D

Till she found two hundred pounds or true love muscle and bone

G D

I made up my mind to keep what was mine he made up mind I was wrong

G D Cadd9 D

To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long

[Chorus]

G D

It sure didn't take him long changing her mind

G D

Sure didn't take her long to leave me be hind

G D

She had breakfast with me met him at three by suppertime she was gone

G D Cadd9 D

To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long

[Verse]

D G D

Now Ann never was a righteous girl but you really couldn't call her bad

G D

I'd have to say as long as she stayed Lord she gave it all that she had

G D

One look at them two looks at him I knew I'd be a living a lone

G D Cadd9 D

To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long

[Chorus]

G D

It sure didn't take him long changing her mind

G D

Sure didn't take her long to leave me be hind

G D

She had breakfast with me met him at three by suppertime she was gone

G D Cadd9 D

To take my Ann took a hell of a man but it sure didn't take him too long

About Sure Didnt Take Him Long Chords by Waylon Jennings

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