Chords for Billy Paul - Me and Mrs. Jones | Het verhaal achter het nummer | Top 2000 a gogo

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and promoting the rich musical history of the genre.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [Ab] I've been good, man.
Man, what you been [Eb] having?
You ain't seen no things since Trenton.
He's one of the best in the [Ab] world.
One of the R&B legends of the Philly sound.
One of the architects of the Philly sound.
Of the Philly sound.
[Gm] Imagine Billy Paul synonymous with me versus Jones.
That song will never grow old.
Never.
Our [G] kids, kids, kids, kids, kids, [Gm] on TEL-A-LIVE.
Or like me and Mrs.
Jones.
That's a nice one.
Like me and Mrs.
Jones.
[Ab] Me and [Eb] Mrs.
[Cm] Jones.
_ [Gm] _
_ [Cm] We [Gm] got a thing [Fm] going on. _ _ _ _ _
We both know that it's wrong.
[Eb] But it's much too [C] strong [Eb] to let it go [Gm] now.
This is about a guy [Ab] cheating.
[Eb] And he meets this lady before he goes home to his wife at night.
[Ab] _ [Eb] And I _ [Ab] _ _
[Gm] guess it was so popular because a lot of people had Mrs.
Jones's.
The whole world [Ab] had it.
[G] A lot of people had [Cm] Mrs.
Jones's.
We meet every day [Gm] at the same cafe.
[Fm] 6 to 30.
[Bb] No one [Eb] knows she'll be there.
[G] _ _
[Cm] _ Holding hands, [Gm] making all kinds of [F] things.
Why would you fuck a favorite [Ab] song?
[Bb] You know it was the last song on the album.
It was the filler.
We had finished the album.
And it was [N] all right.
But it was like rather basic.
I was hearing something else that I had to do to it.
So I took her down to St.
Thomas.
_ _ You went on vacation to [Eb] St.
Thomas.
Took the subway to it.
And I [D] changed it around.
And that's when I got me and Mrs.
Jones.
You know, so.
And I [Gm] put the hook to it. _ _ _ _
Mrs.
Mrs.
Jones.
[Cm] Mrs.
Jones.
Mrs.
[Bb] Jones. _
[Cm] We [Gm] got a thing _ _ [Fm] going on.
_ _ _ _ _ _ We both know that it's wrong.
[Eb] But it's much too [Bm] strong [C] to [Eb] let it go now.
Tens of thousands of times people have asked me, you know.
[B] They've called me Mrs.
[N] Jones.
And no, I'm absolutely not Mrs.
Jones.
Now, I never wanted anybody else's husband.
[Eb] No.
I [Bb] never wanted what I couldn't [D] have.
A major [B] twist in the tiger's tale.
Well, you know, we [A] have a situation now.
You [B] know, a golf player.
He had a Mrs.
Jones.
You know what I mean?
You know, I mean, you know, he's human.
But don't you think Americans are like overreacting?
He is overreacting.
What is the big deal?
[D] Nobody's perfect.
Here's women coming out of [N] the woodwork that spoke to the guy.
That said, hello to the guy.
And here you are singing a song that glorifies cheating.
Oh, well.
[E] _ _
_ Jimmy Ball, do you remember him?
[D] [Am] All right, well, I'm glad you know him.
[D] I do now.
[Am] Congratulations.
And _ _ [D]
[Am] I'm not a comedian.
But I've been in this business for 55 years.
I've seen them come and go.
[D] I've seen them [Am] come up and down.
The only way you're going to [D] stay up [Am] is to be nice to your public.
Never forget where you came from.
It's not important to be important, but it's important to be nice.
Thank you very much.
[Ab] _ [E] _
[C] _ Mrs.
_ [Eb] Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs.
Jones, Mrs.
[Gm] Jones.
[Cm] _ [Gm] We got a big _
[D] [Fm] going on.
We _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Fm] [Cm] got to be [Gm] extra careful that [Fm] we don't build our homes [Ab] up too [Gm] high.
_ [G] _ _
[Eb] [Cm] Because she's got [Gm] her own aggregation.
And [A] so, and [F] so do [Ab] I.
_ [Bb] _ _
[E] _ _ [Eb] Mrs.
Jones, [Ab] Mrs.
Jones, [C] Mrs.
Jones, Mrs.
Jones.
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] And we're going to hold [Ab] hands like we used to, I want to say.
[Eb] Merry _ Christmas to you and God bless you.
_ [D] _ _
[Ab] _ [N] Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
Thank you.
_ Thank [E] you. _ _