Chords for Bobby Womack "I Was Checking Out"

[B] _ [A] _ [B] _ [A] _ [B] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ [Bm] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] [D] I'd like to [Bm] dedicate [A] this song for one of the greatest [B] writers [D] of all time, my [Bm] friend Don Gove.
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ [D] [Bm] He's got it [A] all, [B] he's got it [A] all.
_ [Bm] [Bm] Listen to me, [E] I just [Bm] got finished giving the [E] hotel manager [D] back the room key [Bm] and I paid my bill.
[D] _ _ [Bm] You see, I was outside in the car in the [G] shadows of the parking lot telling this [Em] woman that
I was with [Bm] how [E] happy she had made [D] me.
She made me feel real good.
_ [A] Kissing [D] and hugging and all of a sudden another car pulled up on the parking [E] lot [Bm] and [Em] people
I couldn't believe my [F#m] eyes caught the woman that was [G] sitting in the front [D] seat beside another dude.
Turned out to be my old lady.
_ _ There [E] she [G] was [Em] with another [Bm] man.
[G] Oh [D] it hurt me so bad.
[A] _ [Bm] And the [D] only thing I could say about it.
Oh!
[G]
I was shaking out!
[Em] _ [G] _ _ And my old [D] lady, she was checking in
You _ [A] [G] see, _ _ _ _ what hurt me so bad
[D] She was with her boyfriend
_ Listen to me
[G] _
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] Tears, [Bm] tears begin to [D] fall like rain
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[G] She waited [A] [Em] outside, _ [G] y'all in the [A] car
_ While he went [Em] inside the whip [G] [A] room
He [F#m] wanted to say [Em] something to her
But [F#] there was nothing to say
Cause that woman I was with
Yes, she was married to [Bm] a [G] chicken eye
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] My old lady, his old lady
My old lady was checking in
See, [Em] y'all have to [G] understand
Where I'm coming from
I was trying to be cool about the situation
[Em] Sitting there, [D] another woman asked me
Baby, what's wrong?
Are you that happy?
I see tears falling down
But y'all see, y'all don't understand
[G] Another man was taking my old lady
Into the hideaway motel
[Em] And [Bm] I was with my old [D] woman
And I couldn't say a damn thing
[D] She, _ [A] she, she [G] was supposed to [A] be at home
[Em] _ Reminding the [A] kids
But both of [Em] us were [G] being untrue
[A] _
Oh, [Bm] I guess I [Em] could go on
Go on being blind
[F#]
Cause I can't reveal her guilt
Not without showing mine
Not without showing [Bm] mine
_ [E] I was checking out
[Bm] _ [Em]
Hear me people
[D] My [A] old lady had with another [D] man was checking in
And you see people, what made it really [Em] so bad is
[Bm] The _ [Em] _ [G] hotel operator gave her the same [Bm] room
That I had just checked [A] out
_ Oh, [Bm] the tears [G] started falling down like rain _ _
Rain
[D] Every time I thought I had it tamed down
It would just start acting up again
[Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Ah, ya, ya, ya, ya, ya
_ _ [D] Somebody, somebody
Talk to me
[E] Have [Bm] _ [Em] you ever [Bm] been there?
[Em] _ [D] All you got to do is wave your hand
Let me know I'm not alone
_ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _