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Version 1(Both Cm and Gm are played barred on the 3rd fret.) [Verse 1] Gm It was a stormy night Cm You know the kind where the lightening strike Gm Cm and i was hanging out with some of my artsy friends oo wee oo wee oo weeeeeeee Gm The night was long the night went on Cm people coolin' out until the break of dawn Gm Cm incense was burnin' so I'm feelin right, aight. [Bridge] Gm See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit Cm My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth Gm I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not Cm I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got Gm I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you Cm and that's why I do what I do Gm My soul flies free like a willow tree Cm doo wee doo wee do wee [Hook] Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm You don't want to pick from my apple tree Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm You just don't want to be down [Verse 2] Gm I have a ho Cm and I take it everywhere I go Gm Cause I'm planting seeds Cm so I reaps What I sow, ya know, ya know Gm Oh on & on & on & on Cm my cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone Gm I can't control the soul flowin' in me Cm ooh wee [Bridge] Gm See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit Cm My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth Gm I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not Cm I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got Gm I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you Cm and that's why I do what I do Gm My soul flies free like a willow tree Cm doo wee doo wee do wee [Hook] Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm You don't want to pick from my apple tree Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree Gm And if you don't want to be down with me Cm You just don't want to be down (x3)