Intro: (x3) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5-5-5--7-8--5---5-5-5---------5-5-5--7-8--5---5-7--8--8/12--10------------| G|-----------------------7/9--7----------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-5-5-5--7-8--5---5-5-5---------5-5-5--7-8--5---5-7-8--8/12--10---12--------| G|-----------------------7/9--7----------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| We weren't afraid of nothing, wasn't nothing we couldn't do She held her breath once for seven minutes and never turned blue She could burn a woman down if she felt she'd been unkind Or if she thought she was coming on to me, it drove her out of her mind Oh yeah, it's true just did what we did whenever we wanted to Yeah, it's true, we just did what we did whenever we wanted to She was my very best friend, my biggest enemy On judgement day we could go either it was all the same you see She was not afraid of Satan, in fact she thought he was a joke Said she'd tear off his tail and run her fist down his throat Oh yeah, it's true just did what we did whenever we wanted to Yeah, it's true, we just did what we did whenever we wanted to She was the apple of temptation, the apple of my eye Used to rest on a bed of burning coats every single night And I know she's out there somewhere, she's wrestling in the bones With confetti in her hair and you can bet she's not alone Oh yeah, it's true just did what we did whenever we wanted to Yeah, it's true, we just did what we did whenever we wanted to
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