(chords played on off-beats, change on each measure - 4/4, 200bpm)
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He told me that I knew just what to laugh at
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and I wanted to but I just couldn't ask if he would take it back so
F G Bb
I could know for certain..
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So on the bench I watched his left hand crossing
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while doubling entendres with the voicings.
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He said, "Oh darling, you're charming, Please don't find it alarming if I
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pull this stop out to free up a hand for heavy petting!"
F Bb
Now, there, there;
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I'm a friendly man.
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I joke about sex because it's funny when you're
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frightened (ah, ah)
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(ah ah, ah ah)
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So silently I sat and turned the pages,
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recalculating our respective ages.
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Over my shoulder, he muttered, "If I get any older, you can
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hack my wrists off with your choice of objects, no, I'm kidding"
F Bb
Don't be scared;
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I'm a friendly man.
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I joke about death because it's funny when you're
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frightened (ah, ah)
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(ah ah, ah ah)
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F Bbm F
This is as far as I could get.
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He jabbed a needle in my neck,
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erasing all the evidence,
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but there were matchsticks in my pants,
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and if a rock should hit my head
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and I remember what he did,
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you'll be the very first to know.
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Maybe I'll find out why this damn thing won't stop bleeding!
(break)
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He told me that I showed a great potential,
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that given I turned heads and pages, fame would be a piece of cake
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but practice was essential..
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So like a stupid child I believed it
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and golly, who would ever had agreed if
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I had been Schubert or Mozart, devoted to the fine art of
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perfecting absolutely everything inconsequential.
F Bb
Don't be sad;
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I'll come back again.
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I joke about trash 'cause it takes class to be
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enlightened (ah, ah)
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(ah ah, ah ah)
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So several decades have gone by.
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I am still sitting by his side.
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I turn the pages faithfully.
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He turns his head and smiles at me
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and with a wink he says, "I doubt
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we would be anywhere without
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your gift for keeping truth and consequence from meeting.."
(instrumental to end)
