Turtle Blues Chords by Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin

_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
[Eb] _ [G] Oh, [Ab] _ [A] _ _
I'm [D] a [Bm] mean, mean woman.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
I'm no [D] good, _ _ _ no. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] I don't mean no un _ [Em] _ [D]-mean _ good. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [A] _ Treats him like a waltz dance.
[G] I never treat some honey like [D] I should.
[Gb] _ _ [Bm] _
[Eb] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Once had a daddy.
_ _ [G] He said he'd give me [C] everything [D] in the same. _
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_ _ [G] Once had a daddy.
[C] _ _ [G] [C] Said he'd give me [G] _
[C] everything [D] in the same. _
Yes, he did. _ _
So [A] I said, honey, I want the sunshine.
[G] _ He'll take [C] the stars [Am] out of [D] the night.
[C] [Bm] Come on and give it to me, [Eb] baby.
[B] I [Ab] _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ ain't the kind of woman _ [G] who'd make your [Em] life [D] a bed of beads.
[Bm] _
_ No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
[G] _ [C] Not [G] the kind of woman, no, to make your life a [D] bed of beads.
[Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _
But [A] if you just want to go out drinking, [Ab] honey, [G] _ [Am] won't you invite me [Bm] along, [D] please?
Oh, [Bm] [Eb] I'd be so [A] good to you, babe.
Yeah. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
[Dm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
[Gm] _ _ [Am] I [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [Bm] guess I'm just like a turtle.
[G] _ Tidin' underneath [Gm] its horn [D] and shell. _
_ _ Whoa, _ _ whoa, [G] whoa.
_ [C] _ [G] _
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] [G] Tidin' underneath [C] [D] its horn and shell.
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_ [G] [A] But you know I'm protected.
_ [G] _ [Bm] I know this goddamn life [D] too well.
[G] _ [Eb] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ You can call me evil.
_ [G] _ _ I become much worse than [D] things around. _ _
Oh, don't you know how _ _
_ _ [G] mean I can be evil. _ _ _
Much worse than [D] _ _ things around. _ _ _
Yeah, [A] but I'm going to take good care of Janice. Yeah.
[G] _ Honey, no [B] one going to talk [D] me down.
_ [G] _ _
[Ab] _ [D] _ Yeah. _ _
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