Intro
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[Verse 1]
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I pulled your pants off in the back of a Corsair
C# Cm
And you looked at me like your father was there
Fm D#
And shrugged your shoulders when you’d had enough
You said you’d done this before
Fm G# D#
But I can tell a bluff when it’s there!
A# Fm
Now you’re shouting me up the stairs
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And your father’s too old to care
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And you take off your own underwear
G#
Because we’re running a family.
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[Verse 2]
Cm
The miracle of life
Fm D#
What have we done?
C# Cm
We made a baby from a bottle of rum
Fm D#
Doctor waved her at me saying “This child’s drunk!”
Fm G#
She fell asleep in hospital woke up in the slum
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And I’m sad when this beautiful girl calls me Dad
Fm G# D#
And she’s always too good to be bad
A# Fm
But I have to get drunk to be glad
G#
That I’m running this family.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Fm D# C# G# Fm
She looks more like you than you did
D#
And I won’t be surprised
G# D#
If some day soon
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Some great baboon
G# D#
Will spend all afternoon
G# D#
Teaching baby new tunes
G# D#
With his trousers still strewn on my couch
A# Fm
When they kissed I almost said “Ouch!”
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And she said “Me and Dwain are goin’ out.”
A# Fm
But if she keeps up that pitiful pout
G#
She will be running this family
[Outro]
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