The Chokin' Kind:Joe Simon.
#1 R&B and #13 on BB Hot 100
on MONUMENT Records in 1969.
INTRO: Ab Db D Ab Fm Db Bbm
#1.
Ab
I only meant to love you, didn't you know it, babe,
Bbm Ab
didn't you know it?
Bbm Db Eb Ab
Why couldn't you be content with the love I gave,
Db
oh, yeah.
Ab Bbm
I gave you my heart but you wanted my mind, oh yeah.
Db Eb Ab
Your love scared me to death, girl..oh, it's the chokin'
kind, that's all it is.
#2.
Db Ab Bbm
You can kill a man with a bottle of poison or a knife,
I know you can.
Db Eb Ab
And hurt him more than take his pride and ruin his life..
oh, it's a shame girl.
Abm Ab Bbm
Whatever it is, girl, I surely hope you find, oh yeah.
Db Eb Ab
I tell you that hat don't fit my head, oh, it's the chokin'
kind, oh, yeah.
BRIDGE:
Ab Eb Bb
It makes me wanna..mmm..mmm-hmmm-hmm, oh, yeah, oh, listen
Eb
to me.
#3.
Bb Cm
When you fall in love again, girl, take a tip from me,
oh, yeah.
Eb F Bb
If you don't like a peach don't buy the tree..that's
what you better do, honey.
Dm Bb Cm
Find what you want, girl, keep it, treat it, sweet and kind,
oh, yeah.
Eb F Bb
Oh, let it breathe..don't make it the chokin' kind.
OUTRO:
Eb Bb
Oh, no, don't break your heart, baby..oh, no, I know you
love me, really I do, honey.
Bbm Bb Cm
I tell you your love scares me to death, girl, it's the
Bb
chokin' kind, that's all it is..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
