The Chokin' Kind
"The Chokin' Kind" is a 1967 song, later recorded by Joe Simon in 1969, written by Harlan Howard. The original version of the tune was released by Waylon Jennings in 1967. The single became Joe Simon's first number one on the R&B charts, where it stayed for three weeks. "The Chokin' Kind" was also Joe Simon's first top twenty entry on the pop singles chart. It was also recorded by Z.Z. Hill in 1971, by Ella Fitzgerald on her Capitol Records release "Misty Blue," and by Joss Stone in 2003 as the first track of her first album "The Soul Sessions".
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The Chokin' Kind
(Harlan Howard)
I only meant to love you don't you know it babe
Why couldn't you be contented with the love I gave
I've given you my heart, now you want my mind
Your love scares me to death girl, it's the chokin' kind.
You can kill a man with bullets, poison or a knife
But it hurts him more to take his pride and run his life
Whatever it is you want girl I hope you find
But that hat don't fit my head, it's the chokin' kind.
--- Instrumental ---
When you fall in love again girl, take a tip from me
If you don't like the peaches walk on by the tree
Find what you want and keep it, treat it sweet and kind