Its Tight Like That chords by Clara Smith

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Listen here, folks. I'm gonna sing a little song,
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But you mustn't get mad. I don't mean no wrong.
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There's an old maid name is Liza Beck
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Always singin' the blues when she tumbles in bed.
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Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that.
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Hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that.

Verse 2:
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I know a hotel that's called the Cumberland Patch,
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Got a million bedbugs just to make you scratch.
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Monkey woke up a quarter to three,
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And he said to the flea, "Quit your pickin' on me."
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Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that.
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Ah, hear me talkin' to you. I mean, it's tight like that.

Break 1:
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Verse 3:
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Mandy Lee Jones got to rappin' at night,
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And she never gets home till it's comin' daylight.
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Old Uncle Bill came 'bout half-past ten,
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Put the key in the hole, but he couldn't get in.
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He says: "It's tight like that. What's the matter with it,
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gettin' tight like that?
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Oh, hear me talkin' to you, I mean it's tight like that."

Verse 4:
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If you see my man, tell him to hurry home.
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I ain't had no bread since he's been gone.
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 I love a man slender and slim.
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When he struts his stuff, why, it's too bad, Jim.
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Oh, it's tight like that. Oh, it's tight like that.
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Ah, hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that.

Break 2:
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Verse 5:
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Oh, the little red rooster said to the hen:
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"You ain't laid a egg in I can't tell when."
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The little red hen said to the roosta:
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"You don't come around as often as you used ta.
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Now it's tight like that. A augmentedA long delay
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Makes it tight like that. Hear what I say.
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Hear me talkin' to you. I mean it's tight like that."