Need a Little Time off for Bad Behavior
Recorded by David Allan Coe
Album: A Matter of Life and Death (1987)

(Capo on 3)

(Intro.)
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(Chorus)
Need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
The (D)devil in me done been asleep too (A)long
I need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
It (Bb)looks like Ifve been (A/C#)too good for too (D)long
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(Verse 1)
(D)Well, Ifm up and gone at the break of dawn
I been (G)workinf like a regular (D)dog
To keep my (D)woman and the lights
And the (A)water and the phone turned (D)on
I been (D)sayin, gYes Sirh all day at work
I been (G)sayin, Yes Mafamh at (D)home
I been (G)storinf up the gf**k youfsh
(A)Keepinf under my (D)tongue
 
(Chorus)
I need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
(D)Devil in me done been asleep too (A)long
I need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
(Bb)Looks like Ifve been (A/C#)too good for too (D)long

(Instrumental)
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(Verse 2)
Ifve (D)had this number on my mind the while
Ifve been (G)fightinf off the urge to (D)call
A (G)pretty little strawberry (A)blonde with a Southern (D)drawl
Some (D)good olf boys called from Alabama 
Said the (G)fishes been a missinf me (D)
And (D)I need to renew my (A)friendship with Jim (D)Beam
 
(Chorus)
I need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
(D)Devil in me done been asleep too (A)long
I'll need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
It (Bb)looks like Ifve been (A/C#)too good for too (D)long

(Instrumental)
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(Chorus)
I need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
(D)Devil in me done been asleep too (A)long
I'll need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
It (Bb)looks like Ifve been (A/C#)too good for too (D)long
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(Outro.)
I need a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior
The (F)devil in me done been asleep too (D)long
I gotta have a little (D)Time Off For Bad Be-(G)havior - - - - -