Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Your old lover's lying in the gutter
Fm A#7
He used to be such an all night strutter
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"Oh, my heart," I heard him mutter
Dm Am
"Oh, my dear, it seems to flutter"
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Verse 2]
Fm A#7
It's so hard to say "No"
Fm A#7
When the deck is stacked to only go slow
Dm A#
It's easy sweet to live it up
Dm Am
An easy street when you've had enough
Am G
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
[Interlude]
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Darkened night, splashing light
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Soft and white and so polite
A# C
Let him in, beneath the rim
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Beneath the skin, your next of kin
A# C
Cleansing fire, funeral pyre
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Broken wire grown inside her
A# 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]
Fm A#7
You know it's so passé
Fm A#7
to sleep without you every day
Dm A#
So easy to do your stuff
Dm Am
So easy to live it up
Am G
Aa-aa-aa-aa-aah!
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Aa-aa-aa-aa. Aaaa-aaaa-aaaa-aaaa
[Outro]
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