Strict Time Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G C G C G C G C

 TGhere's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth

I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out

 DCon't want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist

 'GCause there's no ventilation on a critical list

 FDingers creeping up my spine are not miCne to resist

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Chorus

 TDoughen up, toughen up

 KCeep your lip buttoned up

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 OGh the muscles flex and the fingers curl

And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl

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 OCh he's all hands, don't touch that dial

The courting cold wars weekend witch trial

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 ADll the boys are straight laced and the giCrls are frigid

 TGhe talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid 'cause it's strict time

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(chorus)

 YGou talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones

Try to look Italian through the musical Valium

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 TChinking of grand larceny

 SDmoking the everlasting cigarette of chastity

Cute assistants staying alive

 MCore like a hand job than the hand jGive

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Chorus