New Lace Sleeves

C
Bad lovers face to face in the 
morning
Am
Shy apologies and polite regrets
F
Slow dances that left no warning of
Dm
Outraged glances and indiscreet 
yawning
F                    G           
Good manners and bad breath get 
     C
you nowhere
C                   Am
Even presidents have newspaper 
lovers
F                     Fm
Ministers go crawling under covers
C        Am
She's no angel
C       F
He's no saint
C           Am              F
They're all covered up with white 
washed grease paint
(alt: white washed newsprint)
G
And you say...

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[Chorus]
Cmaj7       Fmaj7                
The teacher never told you 
       Cmaj7           Am
anything but white lies
Bb                C/Bb
But you never see the lies
          F/A   Fm/Ab
And you believe
Bb/Ab                     C/G
Oh you know you have been captured
    F                  Am/E
You feel so civilized
D               F                
And you look so pretty in your 
       C
new lace sleeves

[Verse]
C
The salty lips of the socialite 
sisters
           Am
With their continental fingers that 
have
F
never seen working blisters
Dm
Oh I know they've got their problems
F            G
I wish I was one of them
C              Am
They say daddy's coming home soon
F                                 
With his sergeant stripes and his 
Fm
Empire mug and spoon
C       Am
No more fast buck
C                       F
And when are they gonna learn their 
lesson
C                   Am       
When are they gonna stop all of 
         F             G
these victory processions
And you say...

(Chorus)

C                             
look so pretty in your new lace 
            Bb
sleeves


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