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Skin And Bones

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GFat Flabby Annie was incredibly big
She weighed just about sixteen Dstone
And then a Gfake dietician Cwent and C#put her on a Ddiet
Now she looks like skin and GboneD.
GDo the meditation and yoga
And she's thrown away the good food Dguide
And she's Ggiven up the Calcohol and C#pizzas
And the Dpies and now she looks as if she's ready to die,
You can't see her walk Gby.
GDon't eat no mashed potatoes,
GDon't eat no buttered Dscones
GStay away from carbohydrates
GYou're gonna Dlook like skin and GboneD.
GLiving on the edge of starvation
And she says she's got no Dappetite
And her Gfather and her Cmother
And her C#sisters and her Dbrothers
Couldn't see her when she walked by
She looked like skin and Gbone.
GDon't eat no mashed potatoes,
GDon't eat no buttered Dscones
GStay away from carbohydrates
GYou're gonna Dlook like skin and Gbone.
CShe used C#to be so Dcuddly,
CShe used C#to be so Dfat,
CBut oh what a sin C#cos she's oh so Dthin
That she lost all the friends that she had,
She looks like skin and Gbone
CIf you C#look flabbyD  
CAnd you C#feel overwDeight,
CAnd you wanna C#lose a couple of Dstone,
Take a crash course diet do your daily exercises
And you'll look like skin and Gbone.
GCome on rattle them bones,
GPut your hands up to the Dceiling,
GBend your hips and touch your toes,
GDo your daily exercises,
You're gonna Dlook like skin and Gbone,
GDon't eat no mashed potatoes, etc.

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Skin And Bones

by The Kinks

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Fat Flabby Annie was incredibly big

She weighed just about sixteen stone

G C C# D

And then a fake dietician went and put her on a diet

G D

Now she looks like skin and bone.

Do the meditation and yoga

And she's thrown away the good food guide

G C C#

And she's given up the alcohol and pizzas

And the pies and now she looks as if she's ready to die,

You can't see her walk by.

Don't eat no mashed potatoes,

G D

Don't eat no buttered scones

Stay away from carbohydrates

G D G D

You're gonna look like skin and bone.

Living on the edge of starvation

And she says she's got no appetite

G C

And her father and her mother

C# D

And her sisters and her brothers

Couldn't see her when she walked by

She looked like skin and bone.

Don't eat no mashed potatoes,

G D

Don't eat no buttered scones

Stay away from carbohydrates

G D G

You're gonna look like skin and bone.

C C# D

She used to be so cuddly,

C C# D

She used to be so fat,

C C# D

But oh what a sin cos she's oh so thin

That she lost all the friends that she had,

She looks like skin and bone

C C# D

If you look flabby

C C# D

And you feel overweight,

C C# D

And you wanna lose a couple of stone,

Take a crash course diet do your daily exercises

And you'll look like skin and bone.

Come on rattle them bones,

G D

Put your hands up to the ceiling,

Bend your hips and touch your toes,

Do your daily exercises,

D G

You're gonna look like skin and bone,

Don't eat no mashed potatoes, etc.

About Skin And Bones Chords by The Kinks

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