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Fun Boy Three and Bananarama - It Ain’t What You Do It's The Way That You Do It
Album: Fun Boy Three
UK No 4
Year: 1982
Intro:
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Chorus:
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the way that you do it do, do, results
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the time that you do it do, do, results
Verse 1:
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You can try hard, don’t mean a thing Take it easy, then your jive will swing
Chorus:
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the place that you do it do, do, results
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Do do do do do do Do do do do do do Do do do do do do Do do do do do do
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Do do do do do do Do do do do do do Do do do do do do Do do do do do do
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Do do do do do do Do do do do do do Do do do do do do Do do do do do do
Bridge:
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I thought I was smart I didn’t know what But then I learned That life is like a
but I soon found out life was all about out much too fast game of chess
Chorus:
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the way that you do it do, do, results
Verse 2:
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You can try hard, don’t mean a thing Take it easy, then your jive will swing
Chorus:
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the way that you do it do, do, results
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E|-3---3---3---x-3--|-3---3---3---x-3--|-3---3---3---x-3--|-3---3---3---x-3--|
It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the time that you do it do, do, results
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the place that you do it do, do, results
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It ain't what you do It ain't what you It ain't what you That’s what get’s
it's the way that you do it do, do, results
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| ~ - vibrato
| x - muted note