Tom: E X. means the note is below middle C X' means the note is once 8ve above middle c E D C A. C A. Hey girl, keep your head high E D C C A. I never said I E E E E D C C A. C A. C A. Wouldn't be back when I'm leaving on a red eye E E E E E A. C A. C C C Gotta do this show so I can get my dough C C C C A. A. C A. Blow then lay low with you and I E E E D C C C A. C C C A. Huggin' up at the house on the top of the hill C C C C C C A. Where we can drop and get ill C C C C C C A. A little spot we can chill A. E E D D C C C A. Or hide out whenever things get real C A. C C C C C C A. Shorty, wontcha tell me how ya feel C C A. If I will E E G E D How can I be sure D C D C E C That you love me too C A. C C A. Well, I gotta go D D D D E C Until we get this clear C A. C C A. Ya just gotta know D D D D D E C C When you're not there I be so tight A. C A. C A. C C C D C No matter what I try, it won't go right G G A G. G. A. My shorty D D EC C C Coz you got my back G G A G. G. A. My shorty A. C A. C C A. We keep it real like that G G A G. G. A. My shorty E E E EC C C C I wanna be where ya at G G A G. G. A. My shorty A. C A. C C C D That's why I'm feelin' like that [Chorus] C C C C CA. Shorty ain't around G. G. E D I don't feel right D D E My shorty D D E My baby D D E My lady D D E Come with me (Repeat) E E F G E E D E E E E C Onto a 2 months 8 weeks sixty days later C D D D D D C C I threw so many groupies off D D D D D C C One I even made her cry E E E C C D D D D D C C Had to tell her I really didn't hate her, right? E E E C C Couldn't lay awhile D D D D D C C Coz we had to say goodbye E E E E C C I never thought that I'd D D D D D C C Ever see the day that I B. B. B. B. B. A. A. Fall for her the way that I G. G. G. A. B. C Did, so I'll say that I E E E C C D D D D D C C Never stray coz I find a better way when I D D D D D C C Hold it down and keep it tight E E F G E E D Could never say goodbye G G A G. G. A. My shorty D D EC C C Coz you got my back G G A G. G. A. My shorty A. C A. C C A. We keep it real like that G G A G. G. A. My shorty E E E EC C C C I wanna be where ya at G G A G. G. A. My shorty A. C A. C C C D That's why I'm gettin' like that [Repeat Chorus] G F E My shorty G F E D E FED My shorty ain't around G F E My shorty G F E D E FEDC My shorty ain't around [Repeat Chorus] C C C C A. G F E D E FEDC Shorty ain't around(My shorty ain't around) G. G. E D I don't feel right D D E My shorty D D E My baby D D E My lady D D E Come with me (x5)