Chords for I Gotta Clean Up

_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _
Man, [Eb] I almost [Bb] lost her. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] I'm glad she [Cm] gave me another [Gm] chance. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] My friends, _ [Eb] I got something I want to say. _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] And I want everybody [Eb] to listen to [Bb] me good. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ You know, _ [Eb] everybody knows [F] _ _ I have a [Bb] good wife.
[Gm] _ _ [F] She don't drink, [Eb] _ _ party, _ gamble, [Bb] or smoke.
_ _ _ [F] And that's the kind [Eb] of woman every man
wants, ain't that [Bb] right? Hear, hear.
_ _ [F] _ And me, [Eb] _ _ everybody [Eb] knows I'm no [Bb] good.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] Drinks, _
_ [Eb] gambling, _ [Bb] I mean, just messing around with women.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ I don't [Eb] even deserve her.
_ _ Oh, I'm [Bb] such a [Gm] lucky man.
[F] _ _ _
[Eb] Yes, I am.
_ [F] _ _ This [Bb] morning when I came home, _ _ she gave me a [Eb] choice.
_ _ _ _ She said, [Bb] me?
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] Father Rowe.
_ _ _ Let me [Bb] tell y'all what I decided to do about [F] it.
I hope y'all [C] understand. _ _ _ _ _
I gotta clean [F] up _ _ _ [Gm] what I messed [F] up, _ _ _
[Bb] _ start my [Dm] life over _ [Cm] again.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
I'm going to clean up, [F] yes I am, [Gm] what I messed [F] up, _ _ _
_ [Bb] start my [F] life over [Cm] _ _ again.
[F] _ Oh, hear me, y'all.
[Dm] _ _ I made up my mind.
[Gm] I ain't cheating no more. _
_ [Cm] _ _ If I don't stop, _ she might let me [Fm] go. _
[Bb] I gotta [Gm] clean up [F] _ what [Gm] I messed up, _
[Bb] or start my [F] life [Dm] over _ [Cm] again.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
Oh, y'all, I'm going to clean up [Dm] _ what _ [Gm] I messed [F] up, _ _ _
_ [Bb] start my [F] life over _ [Gm] _ again.
[F] Oh, hear [Cm] me, y'all.
[Dm] _ _ I made up my mind.
[Gm] I ain't gambling no more. _
_ [Cm] _ Losing all our money, _ [C] _ just got to [F] go. _
[Bb] I gotta [Gm] clean up [F] _ what _ [Gm] I messed [F] up, yes I am,
[Bb] _ start my [Dm] life over _ [Cm] _ again.
[Bb] _ _ Y'all, I'm going to clean up [F] _ what _ [Gm] I messed [Bb] up, _ _ _
_ start my [F] life over [Gm] _ again. [F] Everybody listen.
[Cm] _
_ [Dm] _ _ I made up my mind.
[Gm] I ain't lying no more. _
_ [Cm] _ Because if I do, _ [Eb] _ I'll have to [F] go. _
[Bb] I gotta [Gm] clean up [F] _ _ _
[Cm] what I messed [F] up, _ _ _
_ [Bb] start my [F] life over [Gm] _ again.
I'm [F] trying to tell you, [Bb] I'm going to [Gm] clean up [Dm] _ _ _
[Gm] what I messed
up, [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ start my [F] life [G] over _ [Eb] _ again.
Oh, listen to me [Bb] good.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ All you women [Eb] out there [Bb] _ _ who haven't seen, _ _ _ _ [F] _ no,
[Eb] you didn't do nothing [Bb] wrong.
_ Nothing.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] I just can't [Eb] see you no [F] more.
_ I gotta make a [Bb] _ [Gm] change.
_ [F] _ _ _
[Eb] You see, _ _ _ [Cm] _
listen, [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ I'm tired of [Eb] doing wrong.
[Bb] _ _ Yes, I am.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ And I'm going to [Eb] do right _ [Bb] _ from now on.
_ _ [Dm] And maybe there's someone else [Eb] out there who's done wrong. _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ And want to do [Eb] right.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Well, here's your chance.
_ _ [F] _ Will it be [Eb] you?
_ _ _ Or [Bb] will it be both of you?
_ _ [F] _ Let me ask you [Eb] something.
_ _ [Bb] Can I? _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ Have you did [Eb] somebody wrong?
[Bb] _ _ _ _
_ Yes.
_ _ [Dm] _ Have you lied [Eb] on _ somebody?
_ [Cm] _ _
[Bb] _ Almost.
_ _ [Dm] _ Have you [Eb] cheated _ _ [F] on somebody?
_ [Bb] _ Almost.
_ [Dm] Do you stay out [Eb] all night?
_ _ _ _ [Bb]
Yeah, almost.
_ _ [F] Pardon?
All night [Eb] long?
_ _ _ _ Huh?
_ [Bb] Almost.
_ _ [F] Do you spend [Eb] too much money?
_ _ _ [Bb]
Yeah, almost.
_ [F] And can't even pay your [Eb] bill _ [Bb] _ _ or buy food for the children to [F] eat? _ _
[Eb] Do you?
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Tell me.
_ _ _ [Dm] Now, I believe some of y'all got a [Eb] good wife or a good husband at home. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Why don't you just [Eb] say this to yourself?
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
I'm going to clean up [Dm] _ _ _
[Cm] what I messed [Bb] up. _ _ _
_ Start my [F] life over _ [Cm] again.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _
I'm going to clean up.
[F] Say it to yourself.
[Gm] What I messed [Bb] up.
That's all you got to do.
Start my [F] life over [Gm] _ again.
_ [Bb] _ I've got to clean up [F] _ _
what [Cm] I messed [F] up. _ _ _
_ [Bb] Start [Gm] my [F] life [G] over _ [Cm] again.
_ [Bb] _ _ _
I've got to clean up [Dm] _ _ _
[Cm] what I messed [Bb] up. _ _ _
_ Almost.
Started my [Dm] life over _ [Eb] again.
_ No more partying for my [Bb] _ [Gm] freedom.
_ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] What I messed up.
[Bb] No more gambling.
_ Start my [F] life over _ [Cm] _ again.
[Bb] _ No more staying out all night long.
_ [F] _ _ _
[Cm] What I messed [Bb] up.
_ No more messing around with women.
Start my [D] life over _ [Cm] _ again.
[Bb] If I can do it, you can too.
[F] Oh, _ you [Cm] can.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
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