Carolyn

CAROLYN
By Tommy Collins
Merle Haggard
Key: F

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Car-o-lyn let me tell you 
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what I heard ‘bout a man to-day
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He did-n't come home from work 
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and he went a-way
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Till he came to a cit-y, 
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bright in the night-time like day
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There they say he met up with some wom-en 
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dressed in yel-low and scar-let
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Their warm lips like a hon-ey-comb, 
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dripped with hon-ey
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And some-thin' a-bout the smell 
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of strange per-fume
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Made him feel warm, and not a-lone

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Yes Car-o-lyn a man will do that 
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Some-times on his own
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Some-times when he's lone-ly
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And I be-lieve a man might do that 
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Some-times out of spite
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But Car-o-lyn, a man will do that al-ways
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When he's treat-ed bad at home 

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Yes Car-o-lyn a man will do that 
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Some-times on his own
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Some-times when he's lone-ly
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And I be-lieve a man might do that 
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Some-times out of spite
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But Car-o-lyn, a man will do that al-ways
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When he's treat-ed bad at home