Shop Around

SHOP AROUND
By Berry Gordy & Smokey Robinson
The Miracles
Key: G


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When I be-came of age,
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my moth-er called me to her side
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She said, 'Son, you're grow-ing up now, 
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Pret-ty soon you'll take a bride".

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And then she said -
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'Just be-cause you've be-come a young man now
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There's still some things that 
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you don't un-der-stand now
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Be-fore you ask some girl for her hand now
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'Keep your free-dom for as long as you can now'

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My ma-ma told me, 'You bet-ter shop a-round'
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Oh yeah you bet-ter shop a-round
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Shop shop a-round Uh-uh-uh

''There's some things that I want you to know now'
'A just as sure as the winds gonna blow now'
'The women come and the women gonna go now'
Before you tell 'em that you love 'em so now

My mama told me, 'You better shop around'
You better (uh-huh) shop around

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'A try to get your-self a bar-gain son'
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'Don't be sold on the ver-y first one'
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'A Pret-ty girls come a dime a doz-en'
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'A-try to find one who's 


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gon-na give ya true lov- in'


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'Be-fore you take a girl and say 'I do, now'
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Make sure she's in love with a you now'
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My ma-ma told me, 'you bet-ter shop a-round

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Oh    Yeah
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'Try to get yourself a bargain son'
'Don't be sold on the very first one'
(First one, first one)
A pretty girls come a dime a dozen
A try to find one who's gonna give ya true lovin'
(Uh-huh-ooo)

'Before you take a girl and say, 'I do' now' (uh-huh)
'Make sure she's in love with-a you now' (uh-huh)
'Make sure that her love is true now' (uh-huh)
'I'd hate to see you feelin' sad and blue now'

My mama told me, 'You better shop around'
(Shop, shop around)

Uh-huh don't let the first one get you'
(Shop, shop around)
Oh no, cuz I don't wanna see her 'wich-you''
(Uh-huh, 'before you let 'em hold you tight'
A yeah-yeah 'make sure she's alright'

Uh-huh, 'before you let 'em take your hand my son'
'Understand my son'
'Be a man my son'
'I know you can my son'
FADES-
I love it...a shop around