Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Your old lover's lying in the gutter
F#m B7
He used to be such an all night strutter
D#m B
"Oh, my heart," I heard him mutter
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"Oh, my dear, it seems to flutter"
A#m G#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Verse 2]
F#m B7
It's so hard to say "No"
F#m B7
When the deck is stacked to only go slow
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It's easy sweet to live it up
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An easy street when you've had enough
A#m G#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
G# F# F#sus
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Interlude]
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Darkened night, splashing light
F# D#m
Soft and white and so polite
B C#
Let him in, beneath the rim
F# D#m
Beneath the skin, your next of kin
B C#
Cleansing fire, funeral pyre
F# D#m
Broken wire grown inside her
B C#
Secret hush, swollen rush
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It's soft and plush. It's so plush
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
F#m B7
You know it's so passé
F#m B7
to sleep without you every day
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So easy to do your stuff
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So easy to live it up
A#m G#
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa. Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa
[Outro]
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