Brown Paper Sack

The Gentrys

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Brown Paper Sack

Written by Larry Rogers

Key: C#m

Brown Paper Sack Key G#mG#m

Brown Paper Sack Key AmAm

Brown Paper Sack Key A#mA#m

Brown Paper Sack Key BmBm(one step down)

Brown Paper Sack Key CmCm(half step down)

Brown Paper Sack Key C#mC#m(original key)

Brown Paper Sack Key DmDm(half step up)

Brown Paper Sack Key D#mD#m(one step up)

Brown Paper Sack Key EmEm

Brown Paper Sack Key FmFm

Brown Paper Sack Key F#mF#m

Brown Paper Sack Key GmGm

	  		

Intro: C#m A E A 


A    E         A E       A          E          A E 
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl. 
A    E         A E       A          E          A E 
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better run away, girl. 

#1. 
    C#m 
You treated me so bad I might as well have been  
              E    A E 
a brown paper sack. 
A 
You cheated me, you lied to me, so, girl, don't 
            B                  Ebm             E 
try to come back..you know you rumpled all the sack. 


A    E         A E       A          E          A E 
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl. 
A    E        A E         A         E          A E 
Hey, you, girl.....you're gonna get hurt, girl. 

#2. 
A  C#m 
I  hope he breaks your heart for you in two the way  
                       E  A E 
you broke my heart for me. 
  A 
I hope he has you on your knees pleading with him 
              B                     Ebm      E 
asking him to see..but you said you wanna be free. 

 
A    E         A E       A          E          A E 
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better not stay, girl. 
A    E         A E       A          E          A E 
Hey, you, girl.....you'd better run away, girl. 


#3. 
    C#m 
You treated me so bad I might as well have been  
              E    A E 
a brown paper sack. 

OUTRO: 
       A           E          A E        A           E 
Like a brown paper sack, girl.....like a brown paper sack,  
     A E         A           E          A E 
girl......like a brown paper sack, girl.....(Fade.)

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