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The Spider and the Fly

The Rolling Stones
ChordsKeyEintermediate
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The Spider And The Fly chords *
The Rolling Stones 1965 live version (Out of Our Heads)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider_and_the_Fly_(song)
E7 E 4x
Sittin' thinkin' sinkin' drinkin'
Wondering what I'd do when I'm through tonight
Smoking moping, maybe just hopin'
Some little girl will pass on by
I don't wanna be alone but I love my girl at home
I remember what she said 
She said, "My, my, my don't tell lies, keep fidelity in your head
My, my, my, don't tell lies. When you're done you sure hit the bed.
And don't say hi, like a spider to a fly
Jump right ahead and you're dead" 
Sit up, fed up, low down go round
Down to the bar at the place I'm at
Sitting, drinking, superficially thinking
About the rinsed-out blonde on my left
Then I said, "hi" like a spider to a fly
Remembering what my little girl said 
break
She was common, flirty, she looked about thirty
I would have run away but I was on my own
She told me later she's a machine operator
She said she liked the way I held the microphone
And I said my, like the spider to the fly
Jump right ahead in my web 
Break
* Alternate:
Capo II
E7 = D7
E = D
A = G
A7 = G7
B7 = A7
Set8

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