John Hartford — Don't Ever Take Your Eyes Off the Game, Babe
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
Track 17 Don't Ever Take Your Eye Off the Game"
Steam Powered Aero-Takes
Rounder 22 January 2002
Verne Garrison
November 9, 2008
Banjo tuned E Key D Capo 1
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
(Don't Ever Take Your Eye Off The Game)
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Dont ever take your eyes off the game, babe
A7D
If you don't want your deal to go down
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Don't try to get away on a sunny day
A7D
Thats the time to hang around
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Theyll try to tell you, aint nothing wrong
A7D
Your shirt gets short, where it should be long
B7E7
And setting around singing that old love song
A7D
Dont let your deal go down
All together now....(Chorus)(same chords)
B7E7
Dont let your deal go down
A7D
Dont let your deal go down
B7E7
Dont let your deal go down sweet mama
A7D
Till your last gold dollar is gone
B7E7
Dont ever take your eye off the scoreboard babe
A7D
Theres a lot of pretty lights up there
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Dont ever bet your ass on a snow white horse
A7D
It might not be going anywhere
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Now I dont mean to make you sad
A7D
But you are having the best time you ever had
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Its just your nature makes you wanna be bad
A7D
Don't let your deal go down
All together now:
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Oh no dont let your deal go down
A7D
Dont let your deal go down
B7E7
Doobidee,Doobidee do do ...down
A7D
Till your last gold dollar is gone
Instrumental:
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Now I don't know what I said last night
A7D
I think it was about quarter to eight
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I think things were going to go down
A7D
Because we couldnt commun--i--cate
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But now, I think things are all right
A7D
Nobody knows when things go bad,
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Things have got to get better
A7D
If I dont want my deal to go down
All together now:
B7E7
Dont let your deal go down....