: :I'LL BE DOGGONE :written by Smokey Robinson, Pete Moore, and Marv Tarplin :performed by Marvin Gaye : :(8 measures of A) : :Well, I'll be doggone if I wouldn't work all day (baby) :And I'll be doggone if I wouldn't bring you my pay (baby) : :But if I ever caught you runnin' around :Bm :Blowin' my money all over this town : :Then I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone) :Then I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone) : :Verse 2: :I'll be doggone if you ain't a pretty thing (baby) :I'll be doggone if you ain't warm as a breath of spring (baby) :If we live to be 100 years old :If you ever let that spring turn cold :Then I wouldn't be doggone, hey hey, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone) :Wo, I wouldn't be doggone, baby, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone) : :Bridge: : :Well, every woman should try to be :Whatever her man wants her to be : :I don't want much, all I ask of you : :Is for you to be true to me : :Verse 3: :I'll be doggone if a girl ain't a man's best friend (baby) :I'll be doggone if you ain't on the lovin' end (baby) :I know you make me feel like nobody could :But if I ever found out that you're no good :Then I wouldn't be doggone, baby, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone) :Wo, I wouldn't be doggone, I'd be long gone (I'd be long gone) :Wo, I wouldn't be doggone :...and fade :