Don't Let It Go Trk 21 Disc 2 2:45
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(Ellas McDaniel)
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Bo Diddley
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Bo Diddley - vocal & guitar, Willie Dixon - bass, Clifton James or Frank Kirkland - drums, Jerome Greene - maracas, Peggy Jones
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guitar. Backing vocals, Bo, Jerome and Peggy or poss. The Carnations aka The Teardrops. Recorded December 1958
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Originally released on 'Go Bo Diddley'.
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Transcriber: [email protected]
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Album: Bo Diddley 'I'm A Man - The Chess Masters 1955-1958'
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B0009231-02 Hipo Select (Geffen) 2007
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All night and the night befo'
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(Don't let it go)
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Somebody kept a-knockin' on the do'
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(Don't let it go)
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Got up and see what the noise
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(Don't let it go)
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Spot myself a rowdy young boy
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(Don't let it go)
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Put on my hat, put on my shoes
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(Don't let it go)
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I ran out the do' to see what I could do
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(Don't let it go)
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They were singin' a song called
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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Look out here come the rhythm boys
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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I was out there shakin' their hands
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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One cat broke out singin', I'm A Man'
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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(Don't let it go)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go (yeah, yeah)
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(Don't let it go)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh)
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(Don't let it go)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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(Don't let it go)
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We've changed the tune and start singin' a song
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(Don't let it go)
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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I like yo' woman ain't gon' do no harm
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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I said, 'Get away beer boy, your mind's messed up'
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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She bring me my coffee in her favorite cup
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(Boo-hoo-hoo)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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(Don't let it go)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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Oh-oh-oh-oh)
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(Don't let it go)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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(Don't let it go)
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Oh-oh-oh-oh)
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Hold on to what you got but don't let go
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(Don't let it go)
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Goin' start to singin', you're singin' in vain
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(Don't let it go)
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I like a-yo woman, it's a cryin' shame
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(Don't let it go)
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I said, 'No, no, no, that won't work, here'
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(Don't let it go)
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You better go back, grow up, come back next year
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(Don't let it go)
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She said, 'Hold on to what you got but don't let it go'
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(Don't let it go)
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She said, 'Hold on to what you got but don't let it go'
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(Don't let it go)
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She said, 'Hold on to what you got but don't let it go'
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(Don't let it go)
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(Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh)
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(Say, hey)
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(Don't let it go)
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(Say, hey)
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FADES-
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(Say, hey)
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(Don't let it go)
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(Say, hey)
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(Hey, don't let it go)
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Don't Let it Go
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