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Tuning: E A D G B e (standard)

   Intro:             Em       (tacit)     C           (tacit)
e|------------------|-0------------------|-0------------------------|
B|------------------|-0------------------|-1------------------------|
G|------------------|-0------------------|-0------------------------|
D|------------------|-2------------------|-2------------------------|
A|-2---0------------|-2------------------|-3------------------------|
E|----------3---2---|-0------------------|-3------------------------|

  I've been feeling  dull as a coathanger, pretty as a picture of a

   G         (tacit)    A7              Em      (tacit)      C      (tacit)
e|-3------------------|------3--------|-0------------------|-0-------------|
B|-3------------------|-----2---2-----|-0------------------|-1-------------|
G|-0------------------|----2-----2----|-0------------------|-0-------------|
D|-0------------------|---2-------2---|-2------------------|-2-------------|
A|-2------------------|-0-------------|-2------------------|-3-------------|
E|-3------------------|---------------|-0------------------|-3-------------|

  patient on a fresh I. V...          Giddy as a gang-banger with a set of 
                
   (tacit)          G         (tacit)      A7             B7
e|----------------|-3--------------------|------3-------|-----------------||
B|----------------|-3--------------------|-----2---2----|---0------0---0--||
G|----------------|-0--------------------|----2-----2---|---2------2---2--||
D|----------------|-0--------------------|---2-------2--|---1------1---1--||
A|----------------|-2--------------------|-0------------|-2---0-----------||
E|----------------|-3--------------------|--------------|--------3---2----||

  sutures where his Magic Johnson ought to be..

   Verse: (dampen strings in first verse)
   Em                 Am               F#dim            B7
e|-0---0----0----0--|-0---0---0---0--|----------------|--------------------|
B|-0---0----0----0--|-1---1---1---1--|----------------|--------------------|
G|-0---0----0----0--|-2---2---2---2--|----------------|--------------------|
D|-2---2----2----2--|-2---2---2---2--|-4---4---4---4--|-7---7---7---7------|
A|-2---2----2----2--|-0---0---0---0--|-6---6---6---6--|-6---6---6---6------|
E|-0---0----0----0--|-0---0---0---0--|-5---5---5---5--|-7---7---7---7------|

  Yes! I'll tell you  everything you  need to be the next big thing; let's

Em (sim.)       Am             F#dim         
start in with a test of your intelligence and 

B7
zest for the counter-productive;

Em              Am             F#dim            B7
up and down and roundabout and out the back and keep your mouth shut tight!

Em             Am              F#dim             B7
The lights are staying out but no sweat, I've got aim like a Mack truck.

Em             Am             F#dim          B7 
Guess how many fingers? Okay! Guess how many more I can stick there?

Em                     Am            F#dim                B7
Guess right gets the toaster but you know, miss, guessing gets you nowhere.

   Bridge:
   A                     B                   
e|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------|
G|-6---------6---------|-8------------8----------|
D|-7---------7---------|-9------------9----------|
A|-7---------7---------|-9------------9----------|
E|-5---------5---------|-7------------7----------|

   I've been baking     cakes for the enemy, 

   C                     G            A
e|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------|
G|-9---------9---------|-4------------4----------|
D|-10--------10--------|-5------------7----------|
A|-10--------10--------|-5------------7----------|
E|-8---------8---------|-3------------5----------|

   I've been dying to    find out the hard way.

   A                     B                   
e|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------|
G|-6---------6---------|-8------------8----------|
D|-7---------7---------|-9------------9----------|
A|-7---------7---------|-9------------9----------|
E|-5---------5---------|-7------------7----------|

   I've been taking      friends to the alleyway,

   C                     D
e|---------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------|
G|-9---------9---------|-11-----------11---------|
D|-10--------10--------|-12-----------12---------|
A|-10--------10--------|-12-----------12---------|
E|-8---------8---------|-10-----------10---------|

   two down now but  who's counting   anyway?

   Verse:
   Em               Am               F#dim           B7
e|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0--|------2--------|-----------------------|
B|-0---0---0---0--|-1---1---1---1--|-----0---0-----|----0-------0---0------|
G|-0---0---0---0--|-2---2---2---2--|----2-----2----|----2-------2---2------|
D|-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2--|---1-------1---|----1-------1---1------|
A|-2---2---2---2--|-0---0---0---0--|------------0--|-2----0----------------|
E|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0--|-2-------------|----------3---2--------|

  Yes! I  can  do   everything you  need from out of my   new S.  U.

   Em               Am               F#dim            B7
e|-0---0---0---0--|-0---0---0---0--|------2---------|----------------------|
B|-0---0---0---0--|-1---1---1---1--|-----0----0-----|----0-------0---0-----|
G|-0---0---0---0--|-2---2---2---2--|----2------2----|----2-------2---2-----|
D|-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2--|---1--------1---|----1-------1---1-----|
A|-2---2---2---2--|-0---2---3---2--|-------------0--|-2----0---------------|
E|-0---0---0---0--|----------------|-2--------------|----------3---2-------|

   V.  My  work is  guaranteed to  last the length of your recovery.

Em (sim.)      Am             F#dim            B7
Put away those pliers, honey, trust me cause I know the options:

Em          Am                F#dim        B7
How about a nine-month long vacation and a two-foot coffin?

Bridge:
A                 B                      C
I've been getting up close and intimate, some close calls but 

G            A
hey! I'm getting into it.

A                   B                       C
In some states they say you can burn for it but I'll burn that 

D
bridge when I get to it.

   Chorus:
   D                 C#              C             B    (tacit)
e|-----------------|---------------|-------------|-------------------------|
B|-----------------|---------------|-------------|-------------------------|
G|-11--11-------11-|-10--10-10-----|-9-----9-----|-8-----------------------|
D|-12--12-----12---|-11--11---11---|-10----10----|-9-----------------------|
A|-12--12---12-----|-11--11-----11-|-10----10----|-9-----------------------|
E|-10--10-10-------|-9---9---------|-8-----8-----|-7-----------------------|

                                                    It's not a bad thing,

D (sim.)  C#   C   B
                      to get professional.

D   C#   C   B
                It has a nice ring:

D   C#   C   B
                Mandy goes to med school..!

Instrumental (as for second verse)

Bridge:
A                B                         C
I've been taking tips from the government, I've been getting 

G            A
damn good at hiding it.

A                B                   C                    D
Fifty bucks a month oughta cover it, two down now but who's gonna notice it?

    A                    B               C
And if you show up and I am unavailable, my partner Brian would

D
love to take care of you.

Chorus:
D   C#   C   B
                He is a nice man;
D   C#   C   B
                thoroughly reliable.
D   C#   C   B
                He's in a rock band,
D   C#   C   B
                and he goes to med school..!

Instrumental (as for second verse)

   End:
   Em             Am             F#dim         B7
e|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
B|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------------|--------------|----------1--|-------------|
A|--------------|-0--2--3--2-0-|----0--3-----|-2--0--------|
E|-0--2--3--2-0-|--------------|-2-----------|-------3--2--|

   Em             Am             F#dim         B7
e|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
B|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
G|--------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
D|--------------|--------------|----------1--|-------------|
A|--------------|-0--2--3--2-0-|----0--3-----|-2--0--------|
E|-0--2--3--2-0-|--------------|-2-----------|-------3--2--|

   Em      (sfz)     (pp)
e|---------0-0--0-|---12-------||
B|---------0-0--0-|---12-------||
G|---------0-0--0-|------------||
D|---------2-2--2-|------------||
A|---------2-2--2-|------------||
E|-0-------0-0--0-|------------||

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