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1.Little Sister
2.Go Home, Girl

3.The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)

4.I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine (Instrumental)

5.Down in Hollywood

6.Look at Granny Run Run

7.Trouble, You Can't Fool Me

8.Don't Mess Up a Good Thing

9.I Can't Win

LITTLE SISTER
(M. Shuman-D. Pomus)
(Bþ) - (Eþ) - (Gm) - (F) - (C9) - (F7) - (Gm7)

(Bþ) Little sister won't you (Eþ) please, please, (Bþ) please
Little sister don't you (Eþ) cheat on (Bþ) me

Little sister don't you (Eþ) kiss me once and twice

Say it's very nice and then you (Gm) run (F)

(Eþ) Little sister don't you (C9) do what your (F) big sister (Bþ) done

Well, I (Bþ) dated your big sister
And I (Eþ) took her to a show (Bþ)

I (Eþ) went out for some candy

Along came Jim Dandy

And they (F) snuck right out the door

Little sister won't you please, please, please
Little sister don't you cheat on me

Little sister don't you kiss me once and twice

Say it's very nice and then you run

Little sister don't you do what your big sister done

Ev'ry time I see your sister
Seems she's got somebody new

Well, she's mean and evil

Like that little old Boll Weevil

Got to try my luck with you

Sister won't you please, please, please
Little sister don't you cheat on me

Little sister don't you kiss me once and twice

Say it's very nice and then you run

Little sister don't you do what your big sister done

Well, now I used to pull your pigtails
And I pinched your turned-up nose

Baby you been a-growin'

Yes, it's been a-showin'

From your head down to your toes

©Elvis Presley Music-BMI

GO HOME, GIRL
(A. Alexander)

(C) - (F) - (G)

(C) Well, me and Frank we're the best of friends
And our friendship will never (G)
end
But it would hurt him so for him to know

That I'm in love with his girl (C) friend

(C) Now, the love of a girl and the love of a friend
Are (C7) two things you can't com (F) pare

Though my heart will ache I will (C) let it break

'Cause I (G)
know that it just ain't (C) fair
So go on (G)
home girl, let's call it a (C) night
You better go (G)
home girl, this just ain't (C) right

But before you go I want you to know
That I love you, yes I do

And though it breaks my heart for us to part

Still I know Frank loves you too

Well,  you say that a we can make him see
We have a love that's really real

But I think that he is just like me

And I don't know just how he'd feel

Darling, people know it would hurt him so
If you told him that it must end

And I could never hold the love I stole

From a man I call my best friend

Go on home girl, you better go home, girl
Go on home, you better move on

Me and Frank been friends for so long
And our friendship is really  strong

He gives me his car to go for a ride

Never knows how long I'll be gone

Well, I'm trying to forget all the things that we've done
While Frank is just a-waiting back home

Girl you can't go ride with me anymore

That's the way it's got to be from now on

Go on home!
Uhn, hun. Better go home, girl

Uhn, hun. Now you better move on, girl

Uhn, hun. Better go home, girl

Uhn, hun. You better move on, girl

©Painted Desert Music Corp.-BMI

THE VERY THING THAT MAKES YOU RICH (MAKES ME POOR)
(S. Bailey)
(C#m) - (G#m7) - (G#7) - (F#7) - (E) - (B)

My father (C#m) told me, lying (G#m7) on his bed of (C#m) death,
"Boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your (G#7) self

'Cause she's got (C#m) something to make a man (F#7) lay that money, uh, right in her hand

And the very (E) thing that makes her (B) rich will make you (C#m) poor (F#7)

The very thing that makes her (G#7) rich will make you (C#m) poor"

That's right!

Well, I put you behind the wheel of a deuce and a quarter, yes I did
Had you living like a rich man's daughter, yes I did, I sure did

While you were living high on the hog

You had me down here scuffling like a dog

Well, the very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Don't you never ever make such a bad mistake
You know I'd rather climb into bed with a rattlesnake

Then to work hard every day bringing that woman all my pay

The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor,

Makes me so damn poor

The thing that makes her rich makes me poor

The very thing that makes you rich make me poor

Very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Makes me so damned poor

Money won't change it, no no...

©Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.-BMI

DOWN IN HOLLYWOOD
(T. Drummond/R. Cooder)

("Down in Hollywood" is pretty much one chord for the entire song.
There's a LOT of complexity to it in terms of the ensemble parts,
but it can't be reduced to a set of "EZ-play" chords.)
(C7)

Well, did you hear the good news ?
There's gonna be some bad blues

Somebody said they're playing all night long

So go and fill your brown bag and put on all your clean rags

Let's go downtown and see what's going on

You take me down the Vine Street
Stop when you hear the back beat

And I'll sneak past the bounccer at the door

Now I know that he ain't looking

Not when the band is cooking

Because he's watching the ladies dancing on the floor

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas

Down in Hollywood

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass

Down in Hollywood

They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you

Down in Hollywood

Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through

Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving

Well, the scotch has started flowing
And some girls she is showing everything she's got

Folks, it's a sight!

Some men will give a week's pay if she would just dance down their way and say

"Baby, I'm gonna take you home with me tonight"

Outside the streets is shaking and I hear the windows breaking

Some poor fool's gonna land in jail tonight

Well, all those hookers trying to pull your coat and the pimps reach out to cut your throat

Ain't no way out of here without a fight

(What's that fool saying ?)

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas

Down in Hollywood

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass

Down in Hollywood

They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you

Down in Hollywood

Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through

Be careful, don't look back, keep moving, keep moving

Voice of gay male: "Hi. You know that you're going to get arrested the way that those pants fir around your thighs. Oh, come back honey! Don't leave now."
Voice of pimp: "Hey, bud. Come here, let me talk to you for a second. Give me that"
[Sounds of fists, a robbery]

"Cops coming"
Voice of policeman (Ry): "869 Victor." [radio code] "Jesus, this guy's a mess"
Voice of other cop: "Well, he's just drunk. Come on, pick him up, put him in the car and take him downtown"

Well, his mama told him not to go
Little sister told him too

But the poor boy just didn't listen

Like he should have, that's too bad

He hitchhiked all the way from Burbank

Now,  he's gonna end up in drunk tank

Some old man say, "Yeah, well, that's just the way it goes down in Hollywood"

Going down in Hollywood
You better hope that you don't run out of gas

Down in Hollywood

He'll drag you right out of your car and kick your ass

Down in Hollywood

They're standing on a corner waiting for a sucker like you

Down in Hollywood

Now, if you want to stay healthy just keep a-moving right on through

For truth! Man, I'm telling you
Well, they'll do anything down in that low-down Hollywood

He'll be in a world of trouble now

Lord, have mercy

Can I get a witness

©Barn Yard Music/Tonopah & Tidewater Music Co.-BMI

LOOK AT GRANNY RUN RUN
(J. Ragovoy/M. Shuman)

Said, look at Granny run, run
Grandpa runnin' close behind.

Look at Granny run, run, ah... there's something on Grand-daddy's mind.

Because he went to the doctor, got a brand new pill.

The doctor said, "Son, you ain't over the hill."

He can't sit still.

Great, gosh, almighty, won't you...

Look at Granny run, run, faster than a Greyhound bus. [Granny, you better run]

Look at Granny run, run, now Grandpa is gettin' serious. [Somebody's calling you]

Well, he woke up in the middle of the night.

Said, "Look-a here baby, everything's alright."

It was such a sight

Great, gosh, almighty, won't ya...

Well, look at Granny run, run
Grandpa runnin' closer now.

No matter how she run, run, he gonna catch her anyhow.

Well, he jumped up and he began to shout

Granny come a-running with the mouth poked out

Said, "Look here, pretty Mama, stop your carrying on

All I want's a little loving just before I'm gone

Ain't nothing wrong"

Hear my Lord, singing

Great, gosh, almighty

[You better run]
[Somebody's calling you]

Look at Granny run, run.

Well, I feel like my time ain't [long], time ain't [long] time ain't [long]

©Ragmar Music Corp./Rumbalero Music Inc.-BMI

TROUBLE YOU CAN'T FOOL ME
(F. Knight/A. Varnell)
(C) - (F) - (G)

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d-2-------6--6--6--2--2--|---------2--2--------2--2---------
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(C) Trouble you can't fool me (F) I see you behind that tree
(C) Trouble you can't fool me (G)  trying to get the ups on me

(C) Trouble you can't fool me (F) I see you behind that tree

(C) You want to (F) jump (G) on (C) me

Work hard for living, wanted just to get  paid
But, sure'd be stealing for a year and a day

Would like to see a little sunshine, just to guide my way

Would like to have a little peace of mind

That's why I wanna say you better look out !

Trouble you can't fool me I see you behind that tree
Look out! Trouble you can't fool me trying to get the ups on me

Trouble you can't fool me I see you behind that tree

You want to jump on me

Trouble taught me a lesson I never never will forget
Now, he took my love, she ain't paid it back yet

I had to find another just to take her place

And I sure do love her, I said we're doing ok

So look out!
Trouble you can't fool me I see you behind that tree

Look out! Trouble you can't fool me trying to get the ups on me

Trouble you can't fool me I see you behind that tree

You want to jump on me

Well, you know, everyday can't be Sunday [That's right!]
It's a funny thing, it seem just before daylight is your darkest hour

And you know one thing [what's that ?] behind every silver lining, there isn't a dark cloud

[And you just ain't got time to go 'round subtracting and adding 'cause you'll just be too late]

You know one thing ? [What's that ?]

Every time you get around a tree, you better stop and grab a brick [Why ?]

Old man trouble... laying and waiting on you

That's what I wanna say...
Trouble you can't fool me I see you behind that tree

Look out! Trouble you can't fool me trying to get the ups on me

Trouble you can't fool me I see you behind that tree

You want to jump on me

Trouble took my money, Cadillac's gone
Best suit of clothes, all raised up in the closet, oh Lord

But I'm so glad

Trouble don't last ...always

You can't fool me

©East-Memphis Music/Low-Ban Music-BMI

DON'T MESS UP A GOOD THING
(O. Sain)

Good thing, good thing, good thing
You been cheating on me, now,  baby

You know I know it's true

Ain't nobody in this whole wide world

Gonna love you like I do

Don't you be no fool, don't you be no fool

Gonna keep on fooling 'round now, baby

Gonna mess up a good thing

Gonna mess up a good thing, all right

Well, I might of cheated just a little bit baby
Like many others do

But when I get my little old paycheck now

It goes right back to you

Don't you be no fool, don't you be no fool

'Cause if you keep on fooling around now, baby

Gonna mess up a good thing, you're going to mess up a good thing

They tell me you got a part-time lover
Who's living way cross town

It won't be but a little while, baby

Before you put me down

Don't you be no fool, don't you be no fool

Gonna keep on fooling 'round now, baby

Gonna mess up a good thing

Gonna mess up a good thing, all right

Let me tell you something
Now, don't you go sneaking across town,baby

To catch me doing wrong

Don't you know everybody's jealous, baby

'Cause we got a thing going on

Don't you be no fool, don't you be no fool

If you keep on fooling 'round now baby

Gonna mess up a good thing

Gonna mess up a good thing

Good thing [You're messing up a good thing]
Messing up a good thing

Good thing

Good thing

©Chevis Publ. Corp./Saico Publ. Co. -BMI

I CAN'T WIN
(L. Johnson/D. Richardson/C. Knight)

(C) - (F) - (G) - (Am)

(C) I've been trying so (F) hard to find a (C) way to your (F) heart
I can't (C) win, I can't (F) win, I can't (C) win, I can't (F) win

Win (Am)your (G)
love(C) , win (Am)your (G) love (C)
I gave you my love, I gave you my heart

Instead of taking it, keeping it, baby, you tore it apart

But I can't win, I can't win, I can't win, no, I can't win

Win your love, win your love

I go to church every Sunday [And there ain't nothing wrong with that]
I stand work on time, every Monday [I do the best I can]

I can't win, I can't win, I can't win, oh, no, I can't win

Win your love,

Can't seem to win your love, baby

Win your love

No matter how hard I try

Win your love, can't win your love, baby

Win your love, oh-hoo, I can't win

I just can't win, baby

I can't win

I try hard enough, girl

I can't win, I still can't win

I work eight days a week, baby

What more, what more you want me to do ?

I'm down on my knees, baby, I do that

I can't win, please, please, please

Just can't seem to win your love

Come on, and bring it to me, girl

Win your love, win your love