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[Title]54-46 Was My Number (Modern Version)
[intro]
Stick it up, mister!G7  
Can you hear what I'm saying now, G7yeah (Mufflin Eh no no no)
Get your hands in the air, sir!         G7(Uhhh...Yeah..)
And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no
I said G7yeah (I said yC7eah)
Listen what they G7say (listen what they C7say)
Can you hear me say, yG7eah? (yeah yeahC7)
Listen what they G7say (listen what they C7say)
[verse 1]
Do you beG7lieve I would take such a thing with C7me
And G7give it to a police C7man?
I wouldn't G7do that, oh C7no (ooh, ooh)
I wouldn't G7do that (ooh, C7ooh)
And if I G7do that, I would C7say "Sir
    Come G7on and put the charge on C7me"
I wouldn't G7do that (ooh, C7ooh)
I wouldn't G7do that (ooh, C7ooh)
I'm not a G7fool to hurt mysC7elf
So I was iG7nnocent of what they done to C7me
They were wG7rong (give it C7to me one more time)
They were wG7rong (C7ooh yeah)
[pre chorus]
You give it to me one time (C7huh)
You give it to me two times (C7huh-C7huh)
You give it to me three times (C7huh-C7huh-C7huh)
You give it to me four times (C7huh-C7huh-C7huh-C7huh)
G754-C746 was my nG7umber, eeC7eeehh
Right G7now, someone eC7lse has that nG7umber (one more time)
G754-C746 was my nG7umber, (wC7as my number yeah)
Right G7now, someone eC7lse has that nG7umber
I said G7yeah (I said yC7eah)
Listen what they G7say (listen what they C7say)
Can you hG7ear me now? (yeah C7yeah)
Listen what they G7say (listen what they C7say)
[solo]
G7I gotC7ta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)
[bridge]
You give it to me one time (C7huh)
You give it to me two times (C7huh-C7huh)
D7Give it D7Give it D7Give it D7Give it
D7Give it D7Give it D7Give it D7Give it
D7Give it D7Noh     D7Noh     D7Noh
D7Noh     D7OhD7  D7  
[solo]
G7I gotC7ta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)
G754-C746 was my nG7umber, eeC7eeehh
Right G7now, someone eC7lse has that nG7umber
(Fade Out)

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54 46 Was My Number

by Toots and The Maytals

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[Title]54-46 Was My Number (Modern Version)

[intro]

Stick it up, mister!

Can you hear what I'm saying now, yeah (Mufflin Eh no no no)

Get your hands in the air, sir! (Uhhh...Yeah..)

And you will get no hurt, mister, no no no

G7 C7

I said yeah (I said yeah)

G7 C7

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

G7 C7

Can you hear me say, yeah? (yeah yeah)

G7 C7

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

[verse 1]

G7 C7

Do you believe I would take such a thing with me

G7 C7

And give it to a police man?

G7 C7

I wouldn't do that, oh no (ooh, ooh)

G7 C7

I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

G7 C7

And if I do that, I would say "Sir

G7 C7

Come on and put the charge on me"

G7 C7

I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

G7 C7

I wouldn't do that (ooh, ooh)

G7 C7

I'm not a fool to hurt myself

G7 C7

So I was innocent of what they done to me

G7 C7

They were wrong (give it to me one more time)

G7 C7

They were wrong (ooh yeah)

[pre chorus]

You give it to me one time (huh)

C7 C7

You give it to me two times (huh-huh)

C7 C7 C7

You give it to me three times (huh-huh-huh)

C7 C7 C7 C7

You give it to me four times (huh-huh-huh-huh)

G7 C7 G7 C7

54-46 was my number, eeeeehh

G7 C7 G7

Right now, someone else has that number (one more time)

G7 C7 G7 C7

54-46 was my number, (was my number yeah)

G7 C7 G7

Right now, someone else has that number

G7 C7

I said yeah (I said yeah)

G7 C7

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

G7 C7

Can you hear me now? (yeah yeah)

G7 C7

Listen what they say (listen what they say)

[solo]

G7 C7

I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)

[bridge]

You give it to me one time (huh)

C7 C7

You give it to me two times (huh-huh)

D7 D7 D7 D7

Give it Give it Give it Give it

D7 D7 D7 D7

Give it Give it Give it Give it

D7 D7 D7 D7

Give it Noh Noh Noh

D7 D7 D7 D7

Noh Oh

[solo]

G7 C7

I gotta tipitipitipitii aniani yay-yay-yay-yay-yay-hubadidadabadedah-deah deah...( Scat)

G7 C7 G7 C7

54-46 was my number, eeeeehh

G7 C7 G7

Right now, someone else has that number

(Fade Out)

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