Intro
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[VERSE 1:]
B E B
Take it short, take it fast
E B E B E
Make it good and make it last
B E B
Keep it simple, keep it sweet
E B E B
Wash your hands before you eat
[CHORUS:]
C#m C#
Well, there's one thousand, four hundred and forty-eight
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Minutes in a day
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What you are is what you say
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You save your dollars and count your pay
[VERSE 2:]
B E B
Always shining, always gleam
E B E B E
Never fat and never lean
B E B
Always smart, never dumb
E B E B
Don't pick your nose or suck your thumb
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[VERSE 3:]
B E B
Try and read, have your say
E B E B E
Thinking ahead in another way
B E B
Look and see, you will find
E B E B
When you know it'll blow your mind
[CHORUS:]
C#m C#
Well, there's four hundred and forty cycles
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In a concert-G#
C#
What you are is what you play
F# F#7
[OUTRO:] E B E B E B E B E B E B E B E B F