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D                             D7 
There's a young girl with her old
           G           D
 man who's too sick to mention
          D                D7     
She'll be turning twenty seven as 
    G                 D
she draws her widow's pension
       D                D7        
But he couldn't catch a common 
     G                 D
cold he couldn't get arrested
    D            D7
Too terrified to answer back
    G                D7
Too tired to have resisted
G               C
Many hands make light work
     G
Shorthand makes life easy
                 C
When he's out on night work
     G
Make sure no one sees me
   D
It all ends up in a slanging match 
with body talk and bruises
  A7
A change is better than a rest
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Silly beggars can't be choosers

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G                                  
One of a thousand pities you can't 
D
categorize
          G      A            Bm
There are ten commandments of love
G             D
When will you realize
There are ten commandments of love
A                                
I believe, I trust, I promise, I 
G                  Em        Em7
wish love's just a throwaway kiss
D
In this Pidgin English


If you're so wise use your lips and 
your eyes
                          C
Take it to the bridge she sighs

D                  D7            
You go cheep cheep cheep between 
     G         D
bulls-eyes and bluster
D               D7
Stiff as your poker face
G              D
Keener than mustard
          D        D7          G 
From your own back yard to the 
        D
land of exotica
         D        D7          G  
From the truth society to 
     D7
neurotic erotica
G             C
Silence is golden
            G
Money talks diamonds and ermine
          G       C
There's a word in Spanish
   G
Italian and German
   D
In sign language, morse code, 
semaphore and gibberish
     A7
Have you forgotten how to say it
In your Pidgin English?

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