Intro 
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B  E  F#  B 

verse 1 
       B 
Well I thought I'd do the right thing 
         E 
And just hang around 'n a bar, well-- 
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Hopin' that you might show 
       E              F# 
But it never got that far 

         B 
Well, my plans they stunk and I wound up drunk 
  E 
I really got the point 
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Two black eyes and broken nose 
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And a night down in the joint 


[Refrão]
          B 
I went to staggerin’ lengths 
          E 
I went to staggerin’ lengths 
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I went to staggerin’ lengths 
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To get on back with you 
          B 
Baby, you know it makes sense 
          G#m 
I’d go to any expense 
        B 
I go to staggering lengths 
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To get on back with you 

verse 2 
         B 
Now if I took a trip up to the moon 
      E 
Yeah, hung around on Mars 
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And whil'd away some hours 
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Droppin' bricks on top of some cars 

       B 
Well I wound up broke and I gave up hope 
         E 
I got an earhole and a guitar 
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And I can get myself out of anything 
       E                  F# 
Except myself out of this bar 


[Refrão]
        B 
I go to staggerin’ lengths 
        E 
I go to staggerin’ lengths 
        F# 
I go to staggerin’ lengths 
                    B    F# 
To get on back with you 
          B 
Baby, you know it makes sense 
          G#m 
I’d go to any expense 
        B 
I go to staggering lengths 
   F#               B         F# 
To get on back with you-- I'm leavin'! 

Instrumental 
B  E  F#  E  F# 
B  E  F#  E  F# 

Refrain 
B 
The police stood in my doorway 
    E 
Her clothes draped on his head 
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    I left the talkin' to Honest 
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   And hid under the bed 

         B 
He said “one more peep out of you Son, 
          E 
And we’ll have you banged to rights” 
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And those few words were all that I heard 
        E                 F# 
As they sped off into the night 


[Refrão]
          B 
I went t' staggerin’ lengths 
          E 
I went to staggerin’ lengths 
          F# 
I went to staggerin’ lengths 
                       B     F# 
To get it on back with you-- Oh 
          B 
I know it makes sense-- that's why 
           G#m 
I'll go to any expense 
              E 
Yeah, I go to staggering lengths 
   F#               B    F# 
To get on back with you 

        B 
I go to staggerin’ lengths 
              E 
Yeah, I go to staggerin’ lengths 
        F# 
I go to staggerin’ lengths 
                       B     F# 
To it get on back with you-- Oh 

          B 
Yeah, you know it makes sense 
           G#m 
I'll go to any expense 
        E 
I go t' staggerin' lengths 
   F# 
To get on back 
E 
Staggering lengths 
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To get on back wi' 
E 
Staggerin' lengths 
   F#                  B 
To get it on back with you-- la la la laaaa