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From: Evan Simper 
Subject: CRD: Tootie by Hootie and the Blowfish
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 10:24:33 -0600


			Tootie
		Hootie and the Blowfish
	From the album Fairweather Johnson

C/B 01022

Intro:  (Played throughout verse)

(riff) C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)        Am (x02210@1)                  F (133211@1)                 G-----------------0---------------------0---------------------1-------------------3- (320003@1)-0-1-3-1-----1-----1----1----1-----1------1---1----1-----1-----1---1---3-----3-----
---------0-----0-----0----0----2-----2------2---2----2-----2-----2---2---0-----0---
-----------2---------------------2---------------------3-------------------0-------
---0-2-3---------2-----------0---------0-------------------------------------------
-3-------------------------------------------------1---------1---------3---------3-

riff
  C (x32010@1)       C/B (x2555x@1)         AmYou (x02210@1)put a rose in my hand
       FPut (133211@1)a dollar in my pocket
               G (320003@1)       
But you don't understand
riff     C (x32010@1)      C/B (x2555x@1)        AmHow (x02210@1)the days grow longer, the sky is black as night
   F (133211@1)                           GI (320003@1)see the morning but you won't see the light

  Em (022000@1)                     AmI (x02210@1)thought about you for a long, long time
  Em (022000@1)                     Am (x02210@1)                FmI (133111@1)wrote about you but the words don't seem to rhyme
    C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)  AmAnd (x02210@1)now you're lying here
       F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)  riff
But my heart still beats for you

 C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)   AmHad (x02210@1)a dream about you
    FYou (133211@1)sat right down beside me
         G (320003@1)                    riff
And you told me we were through
        C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)        AmIt (x02210@1)was all so real and you told me reasons why
     FYou (133211@1)brought me to the window 
         GAnd (320003@1)you taught me how to fly

   Em (022000@1)                    AmI (x02210@1)thought about you for a long, long time
 Em (022000@1)                     Am (x02210@1)                FmI (133111@1)said I love you but we just don't have the time
     C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)now you're lying here
        F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)       CBut (x32010@1)my heart still beats for you

[cello part] C  C/B  Am  F  G

    Em (022000@1)                     AmI (x02210@1)thought to hold you for a long, long time
     Em (022000@1)                   Am (x02210@1)                FmYou (133111@1)said I love you but my heart won't seem to chime in
     C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)now you're lying here
        F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)       CAnd (x32010@1)my heart still beats for you
 C/B (x2555x@1)Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)       CI'm (x32010@1)trying, and my heart still beats for you

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submitted by Evan Simper