Otis Redding – Swingin On A String (Guitar)

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As recorded by Otis Redding (From the 1970 Album TELL THE TRUTH) [Intro] G C G C G C G N.C. [Verse 1]
N.C.       C
You got my knees a'shakin'

G          C
You got my head a'ragin'

G          C
You got me doin that thing

     G               C
That I don't wanna do now

G          C
You got me reelin', lockin'

G          C
You got my fingers poppin'

G          C
You got my mind messed up

  G               C
I don't know what to do now
[Pre-Chorus]
G             D          G            C
You've got me in a world that I'm not used to honey

G           D
It's such a crazy world

G            C
You got me lovin' you babe

G          C
You got me hesitatin'

G          C
You got me startin', waitin'

G          C
You got my mind messed up

  G                  C
I don't know what to do now
[Chorus]
D
Swingin' on a string, that's where I don't want to be

D
But I can't help it

                              G
Babe you gotta stop me from a'swingin'

C        G                  C
Help me, all right, yes you do
[Verse 2]
    G          C
Ha, you got my head a'achin'

G          C
You got my legs a'shakin'

G          C                    G             C
You got me doin' the thing that I don't wanna do now

G               C
You got my note wide open

G         C
You got indexes talkin'

G          C             G               C
You got me swingin' on a string, yes you have now
[Chorus]
D
Swingin' on a string, I don't wanna be

                                                    G
But I can't help it, babe you got to stop me from a'swingin'

        C     G                  C
Yes you have, all right, yes you do now
[Interlude] G C G C G C G N.C. [Verse 3]
N.C.       C
You got me desperate, talkin'

G                   C
You got me startin' smokin'

G          C                    G             C
You got me doin' the thing that I don't wanna do now

G          C
You got me hesitatin'

G          C
You got me just a'waitin'

G          C               G                    C
You got my mind messed up, I don't know what to do now
[Pre-Chorus]
G      D          G            C
Got me in a world that I'm not used to huh

G                                   C
It's such a crazy world, you got me wantin' you babe

G          C
You got my heart a' yearin'

G          C
You got my nose burnin'
[Chorus]
G          C             G              C
You got me swingin' on a swing, yes you have

D
Swingin' on a swing, I don't wanna be

                                                    G
But I can't help it, babe you got to stop me from a'swingin'

        C         G          C            G
Yes you have, swingin' baby, I'm swingin' too hard
[Outro]
C                  G     C                      G
You got me rockin' babe, I don't know which way to go

C                   G       C                      G
Don't know where to turn, I don't know what to say babe

C                   G
I don't know, know, no, no

    C                     G   C              G
You got me rockin' honey, you got me beggin' babe

    C                       G         C
I'm smokin' twenty packs of cigarettes