Intro
G#m D#5 F#5
I need ... a shot of love, I need ... a shot of love
[Verse 1]
G#m
Don’t need a shot of heroin to kill my disease
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Don’t need a shot of turpentine, only bring me to my knees
G#m
Don’t need a shot of codeine to help me to repent
G#m
Don’t need a shot of whiskey, help me be president
[Chorus]
C# B G#m
I need a shot of love
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I need a shot of love
[Verse 2]
G#m
Doctor, can you hear me? I need some Medicaid
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I seen the kingdoms of the world and it’s makin’ me feel afraid
G#m
What I got ain’t painful, it’s just bound to kill me dead
G#m
Like the men that followed Jesus when they put a price upon His head
[Chorus]
C# B G#m
I need a shot of love
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I need a shot of love
[Verse 3]
G#m
I don’t need no alibi when I’m spending time with you
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I’ve heard all of them rumors and you have heard ’em too
G#m
Don’t show me no picture show or give me no book to read
G#m
It don’t satisfy the hurt inside nor the habit that it feeds
[Chorus]
C# B G#m
I need a shot of love
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I need a shot of love
[Verse 3]
G#m
Why would I want to take your life?
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You’ve only murdered my father, raped his wife
G#m
Tattooed my babies with a poison pen
G#m
Mocked my God, humiliated my friends
[Chorus]
C# B G#m
I need a shot of love
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I need a shot of love
[Verse 4]
G#m
Don’t wanna be with nobody tonight
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Veronica not here, Mavis just ain’t right
G#m
There’s a man that hates me and he’s swift, smooth and near
G#m
G#m I supposed to set back and wait until he’s here?
[Chorus]
C# B G#m
I need a shot of love
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I need a shot of love
[Verse 5]
G#m
What makes the wind wanna blow tonight?
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Don’t even feel like crossing the street and my car ain’t actin’ right
G#m
Called home, everybody seemed to have moved away
G#m
My conscience is beginning to bother me today
[Chorus]
C# B G#m
I need a shot of love
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I need a shot of love
[Outro]
G#m
I need ... a shot of love
G#m
I need ... (a shot of love)
G#m
I need ... (a shot of love)
G#m
I need ... (a shot of love)
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If you’re a doctor, I need a shot of love (fade out)