Sparks - At Home, At Work, At Play Chords & Tabs

Lyrics & music by Ron Mael (1974)
Album: Indiscreet
Key: E major
Tempo: Slow, ominous 4/4 beat
Vocal range: High tenor to falsetto (C# to high B)
Vocalist: Russell Mael

Intro: Chromatic fourths, slightly Oriental effect
D#-E/A#-B/D#-E (repeat)

              (B) (A)          (E)
I know you're unavailable from dusk to dawn
          (B)   (A)               (E)
Or if you were available you would bring along
         (B)        (A)       (C#m)
A lot of what could only be a hindrance to me
          (B)     (A)          (F#)        (C#)
I ain't a glutton for a lot of sweaty company

CHORUS:
(A)                                      (E7)
You gotta catch her while she's still at home
                                         (A)
You gotta catch her while she's still at work
                                         (E7)
You gotta catch her while she's still at play
                                 (A)
The only way is at home, work or play!

(F#m)                                     (C#m)
Time really flies when it ain't that much time
                                       (F#m)
You'd better shave half your face at a time
                                             (C#m)
And brush the front of your teeth, leave the rest
                                        (F#m)
And be with her when she's not with the rest
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(E)
Stop! There's gotta be a million girls like her
                        (C#m)
Though I can't think of one ...
(D)    (E)                   (F#m)    (E)
So you catch her while she's still at home
                              (F#m)    (E)
And you catch her while she's still at work
                              (F#m)    (E)
And you catch her while she's still at play

(Idem, see first verse)
Don't let her calendar be any cause to pout
There is a bit of time when there are few about
I'm gonna skirt the issue of her popularity
And just avail myself of all the time that she is free

CHORUS (repeat, except for last line) 
'Cause half the day she's at home, work or play

(Idem, see second verse)
And time is fleeing the scene of the crime
The act of passing out wrinkles and lines
To ev'ry person regardless of race
To ev'ry person regardless of face

Stop! There's gotta be a miilion girls like her
Though I can't think of one ...
So at home she says you butler well
And at work she says you're typing well
And at play she says you caddie well

At home, at work, at play (repeat)
Stop! There's gotta be a million girls like her,
Though I can't think of one ...
So you ... etc.

(Idem, see first verse)
I'm gonna love you under incandescent light
I'm gonna love you under fluorescent light
The glaring sun above should not inhibit us at all
I'm very glad to know that your libido never palls

Stop! She's unique, especially at home
When you're butler, maid, and often cook
And at work together juggling books
Or at play between the tennis sets
Or at play before she's placed her bets
Or at play while she's still slightly wet
Or at play while she's still dripping wet

At home, at work, at play
At home, at work, at play
At work!

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