Work The Groove

from A Hint Of Melancholy by Johnny Loney

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(E) I feel the need to (A) hum
to- (E) day i have a groove to (A) strum

(hook) the (E) groove the groove (A) something to prove
I work the (E) groove, the groove, (A) make my body move

(Verse 1) oh (E) I’ve been singing for (A) 40 years
ain’t (B7) nobody listnin’ to (E) the falling tears
I’ve been searching for (A) volunteers
to work the (E) groove

(Verse 2) oh (E) i’ve been singing at the (A) top of my lungs
I (B7) left my dreams where my (E) hat is hung
you / think it’s over by I’ve (A) just begun
to work the (E) groove

(Verse 3) oh (E) I’ve been singing in the (A) pouring rain
my (B7) cries on the level but my (E) laugh’s insane
I’ve got to get this (A) scrambled brain
to work the (E) grove

(refrain)
(E) Sometimes I’m happy
(A) Sometimes I’m sad
(B7) Sometimes I just long for
(E) What I’ve never had

(Bridge 1)
and (G#m) when my voice starts to fade
I (C#m7) calculate the price I paid
and I (F#m) question my validity
and (E) what the groove means to me

(Bridge 2) every (G#m) now and then I take the time
I (C#m7) read the script I speak the lines
I com- (F#m) mit the words to memory
I (E) work the groove for all to see

(Bridge 3) and (G#m) every groove I’ve ever known
has (C#m7) worked my fingers to the bone
the (F#m) words in blood the contract’s signed
the (E) reaper’s never far behind

(out)
Oh (E) I’ve been singing in the (A) face of death
oh (B7) I’ll work the groove with my (E) dying breath

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from A Hint Of Melancholy, released December 31, 2014

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