Doctor Told Me Chords

DOCTOR TOLD ME
As recorded by J.J. Cale
(From the 1996 Album GUITAR MAN)
 
 
Capo 2nd fret.
If you don't want to use a capo transpose +2 steps.
 
 
[Intro]
E
 
 
[Verse 1]
E
Well my heart ain't in it
E
My mind is blank
E
Can't seem to function
E
Can't seem to think
E
Doctor told me cure your ills
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Get yourself a woman boy that'll pay your bills
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Have her clean your house, make your bed
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Rub your bottom down, hold your head
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Get yourself a lover, a friend and a wife
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Get yourself a woman boy, get yourself a life
 
 
[Chorus]
A
Doctor told me
E
Doctor told me
B             A               E   A E
Doctor told me get yourself a life
 
 
[Verse 2]
E
Well, I got out on the street and I looked around
E
Here come a woman, she was fine and brown
E
I said "Come here baby, my name is Bob
E
I'm a long, tall lover, but I ain't got no job"
 
 
[Chorus]
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Doctor told me (I told her)
E
Doctor told me
B             A               E
Doctor told me get yourself a life
 
 
[Verse 3]
E
Well she looked at me with a sparkle in her eye
E
Told me I was crazy, told me I was high
E
"Get outta here", she said, "or I'll cut you with my knife"
E
You better be gone boy, get yourself a life
 
 
[Chorus]
A
Doctor told me
E
Doctor told me (I told her)
B             A               E
Doctor told me get yourself a life
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
E    A   E   B  A  E
 
 
[Verse 4]
E
Here I'm standin' 'round a lonesome old house
E
Ain't got nobody, ain't got no spouse
E
I sure feel bad, I sure feel blue
E
One thing I sure feel, I'm sure needin' you
 
 
[Out-Chorus]
A
Doctor told me
E
Doctor told me
B             A               E
Doctor told me get yourself a life
A
Doctor told me
E
Doctor told me
B
Doctor told me
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