Backstabbers (chromatic)

BACKSTABBERS chromatic
By: Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John  Whitehead
The O’Jays
Key: E


(What they do!)
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They smile-in in your face
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All the time they want to take your place
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The back stab-bers, back stab-bers

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They smile-in in your face
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All the time they want to take your place
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The back stab-bers, back stab-bers

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All you fel-las who have a wom-an 
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and you real-ly care, yeah

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Well, it's all  of you  fel-las 
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who bet-ter be-ware, yeah yeah
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Some-bod-y's out to get your la-   dy
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A few of your bud-dies they sure look sha-dy
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They don’t know what’s tight in their fist
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And it’s time to jump back
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And I don't think they'll miss

(What they do!)
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They smile-in in your face
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All the time they want to take your place
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The back stab-bers, back stab-bers

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Keep get-tin' all these mes-sag-es 
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from my friends, yeah,
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(What they do-in to me?)
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They come to my house a-gain and 
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a-gain and a-gain and a-gain, yeah
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They’re on-ly there to see my wom- an
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I don't ev-en be  home 
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but they just keep on com-in'
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What can I  do 
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to get on the right track
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I wish they'd take some of these 
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knives out of  my  back

(What they do!)
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They smile-in in your face
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All the time they want to take your place
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The back stab-bers, back stab-bers

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Ah
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Low down... dir-ty...

(What they do!)
 5*    7*  7* -6*  6  -6*7*  
They smile-in in your face
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All the time they want to take your place
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The back stab-bers, back stab-bers

5*    7*  7* -6*  6  -6*7*  
They smile-in in your face
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All the time they want to take your place
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The back stab-bers, back stab-bers