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E     A     E     A
C#m   A     E     A
E     B     C#m     A
YEou got sweetheart and you got prAecious
     C#mYou’ve got stAarlight   Eand pretty wiAshes
You’ve got   Esisters who sing on the rAadio
And vEessels to possess on the rAadio
Your C#msex is a sAickness yeah
your sEex is a sAickness
And you’ve got tEimeA  
Yeah you’ve got C#mtime to lAose
You’ll   Enever tBake enC#mough of those pAills
You’re   Etoo clBever to be C#mmentally Aill
You’ll   Enever fBashion your C#mdamaged sAoul
You’re   Etoo clBever to C#mlose contrAol
E     B     C#m     A
E     B     C#m     A
E     B     C#m     A
E     B     C#m     A
    EYou got doctors and you got sAtitches
    C#mYou’ve got lAovers   Eand you got well-wAishers
You got   Evapid love in a cAouplet
    ETwo-thousand words and a sAide-bar
Your C#msickness is your shAibboleth
Your sEex is your sAickness
And you’ve got tEimeA  
Yeah you’ve got C#mtime to lAose
You’ll   Enever tBake enC#mough of those pAills
You’re   Etoo clBever to be C#mmentally Aill
You’ll   Enever fBashion your C#mdamaged sAoul
You’re   Etoo clBever to C#mlose contrAol
E     B     C#m     A
E     B     C#m     A
E     B     C#m     A
E     B     C#m     A
ThEis is sBuch a C#mtiny wAorld.
ThEis is sBuch a C#mtiny wAorld.
ThEis is sBuch a C#mtiny wAorld.
ThEis is sBuch a C#mtiny wAorld.
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Ill

by The Indelicates

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C#m

E A E A

C#m A E A

E B C#m A

E A

You got sweetheart and you got precious

C#m A E A

You’ve got starlight and pretty wishes

E A

You’ve got sisters who sing on the radio

E A

And vessels to possess on the radio

C#m A

Your sex is a sickness yeah

E A

your sex is a sickness

E A

And you’ve got time

C#m A

Yeah you’ve got time to lose

E B C#m A

You’ll never take enough of those pills

E B C#m A

You’re too clever to be mentally ill

E B C#m A

You’ll never fashion your damaged soul

E B C#m A

You’re too clever to lose control

E B C#m A

E A

You got doctors and you got stitches

C#m A E A

You’ve got lovers and you got well-wishers

E A

You got vapid love in a couplet

E A

Two-thousand words and a side-bar

C#m A

Your sickness is your shibboleth

E A

Your sex is your sickness

E A

And you’ve got time

C#m A

Yeah you’ve got time to lose

E B C#m A

You’ll never take enough of those pills

E B C#m A

You’re too clever to be mentally ill

E B C#m A

You’ll never fashion your damaged soul

E B C#m A

You’re too clever to lose control

E B C#m A

This is such a tiny world.

E B C#m A

This is such a tiny world.

E B C#m A

This is such a tiny world.

E B C#m A

This is such a tiny world.

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