We've gotta get out of this place (video) (intro) (midi)

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1. In this dirty old part of the city, where the sun refuses to shine,

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people tell me there ain't no use in tryin'.

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2. Now my girl you're so young and pretty, and one thing I know is true,

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you'll be dead before your time is due, I know it !

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Watch my daddy in bed a-dying, watch his hair as it's turning grey,

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he's been working and slavin' his life away, oh yes, I know it.

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Yea.........h ! He's been workin' so (hard) !

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Yea.........h ! I've been workin', too (baby !)

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Yea.........h ! Every night and (day), yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah !

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We gotta get out of this place,

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if it's the last thing we ever do !

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We gotta get out of this place

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Girl, there's a better life for me and you

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2. Now my girl you're so young and pretty, and one thing I know is true,

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you'll be dead before your time is due, I know it !

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Watch my daddy in bed a-dying, watch his hair as it's turning grey,

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he's been working and slavin' his life away, I know, he’s been working so hard.

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Yea.....h ! I've been workin', too, baby,

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Yeah ! Every day, baby !

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Yea................h ! Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

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We gotta get out of this place,

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if it's the last thing we ever do !

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We gotta get out of this place

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Girl, there's a better life for me and you

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+ Somewhere, baby ! Somehow I know it !

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+ CHORUS + Leave me, baby !

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I know it, baby ! You know it, too ! + D - C - G - A

(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Animals)