E
Mary heard boys talkin' in voices low
A
Saying she weren't no spring chicken
A
Like she didn't already know
E
So she called up Jack from a few years back
A
She turned him down once in his one-room shack
E A
She said, Now baby, you don't look that bad
D E
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
D E
Everybody needs someone, can't you see
D E A
Everybody needs someone sometime
E A
E
Spivey Leeks was a drip of a man
A
He looked like a potato shoved into jeans
E
He recollects, it wasn't that long ago
A
That he could walk by, make the young girls scream
E
But he thought he'd just let it all slide, let it all pass
A
'Cause he thought love was best on the run
E A
He said, "Now baby, it don't seem that fun"
D E
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
D E
Everybody needs someone, can't you see
D E A
Everybody needs someone sometime
A
Hey there, Honey Bee
D
Will you give me... sugar
A
And if you shake real cute
D
I might give you some... sugar
F#m7 E
I was doing alright on my own but now I just might take you home...sugar
E
Sister Mary used to be a nun
A
She thought that she'd retire and have her some fun
E
Mr. Joe (of the Philadelphia Joes)
A
Well, he worked in the Post Office all night
E D
He said, "Hey Sweetheart, you know you look alright"
D E
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
D E
Everybody needs someone, can't you see
D E A
Everybody needs someone sometime
D E
'Cause everybody needs someone sometime
D E
Everybody needs someone, can't you see
D E A
Everybody needs someone sometime
E A
Everybody needs someone sometime
E A
Everybody needs someone sometime