Laura (What’s he got that I ain’t got)    (video)

 

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1. Laura, hold these hands and count my fingers,

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    Laura, touch these lips you once desired.

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    Lay your head upon my chest and hear my heart beat,

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    gently run your fingers through my hair.

 

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2. Touch these ears that's listened to your wishes,

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    most of them full-filled and that's a lot.

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    Let your soft gentle hands caress my body,

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    then tell me what he's got that I ain't got.

 

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    Tell me what he's got that I can't give you,

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    it must be something I was born without.

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    You took an awful chance to be with another man,

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    so tell me what he's got that I ain't got.

 

(original moves up half as note to capo 1st here)

 

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3. Laura, see these walls that I built for you,

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    Laura, see this carpet that I laid.

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    See those fancy curtains on the windows,

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    touch those satin pillows on your bed.

 

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4. Laura, count the dresses in your closet,

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    note the name upon your checkbook in your bag.

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    And if there's time before I pull this trigger,

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    then tell me what he's got that I ain't got.

 

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    Tell me what he's got that I can't give you,

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    It must be something I was born without.

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    And if there's time before I pull this trigger,

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    then tell me what he's got that I ain't got.

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    Oh, tell me what he's got that I ain't got,

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    tell me what he's got that I ain't got....

 

    (Leon Ashley)