(Ian Hunter)
C Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl G D I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world C you don't remember when you got your last meal G D and you forgot just how a woman feels Bd you didn't know what rock n' roll was Ed until you met a drummer on a Greyhound bus Bd I got there in the nick of time Ed before he got his hands across your state line well in the middle of the night on the open road and the heater don't work and it's oh-so cold you're gettin' tired, you're lookin' kinda beat the music of the street, drive you off your feet you didn't know how rock n' roll looked until you caught your sister with a guy from the group half-way home in the parking lot by the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got C F You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe C F You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe C F end on G You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep all the blood on my hand and my Les Paul heat I can't leave you home cos you're runnin' around my best friend told me you're the best trick in town You didn't know that rock n' roll burned so you bought a candle and you loved and you learned you got the rhythm, you got the speed mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet C F You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe C F You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe C F end on G You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe Lead C G D - C G D Bd I didn't know ya got a rock n' roll record Ed until a saw your picture on another guy's jacket Bd you told me I was the only one Ed and look at you now, well it's dark as it's dumb C F You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe C F You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe C F end on G You know Ah Ah Ah Once bitten twice shy, babe
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