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[Intro]
B E F#
B E F#
[Verse 1]
At the Bdolls' tea party, we Efritter F#away
The Blong afternoon of a Ewarm summer F#day
With exBtended pinkies and Epink cloisonF#ne
Cups and Bsaucers and F#pots and a BLiberty F#tray
[Chorus]
That's why Bwe take our teEaF#  
At the Bdolls' tea partyE  F#  
[Intro]
B E F#
B E F#
[Verse 2]
At the Bdolls' tea party we Etwitter aF#long
We Bprattle and tattle on Ewho's done whom F#wrong
On who's Bin, who's out, and who's Ebest at mahF#jongg
Oh, and G#mwhere to buy B/D#fabulous Bm/Dthings for a F#/C#song
[Chorus]
That's why Bwe take our teEaF#  
At the Bdolls' tea partyE  F#  
[Bridge]
But the Gcakes!
Ah, the cakes are why Deveryone's there
They're Cnot dietetic in F#/C#any way
Dare to Btry one and you'll have a Efew pounds to Bspare
Try aEnother one
Esus2What do you Gcare?F#  
[Verse 3]
At the Bdolls', we're all in our Eglittering F#best
There Bwill be a F#test on who's Bbest and worst F#dressed
But we Bwon't have it said we're Efashion oF#bsessed
We're just G#mprettier B/D#ladies than Bm/Dmost of the F#/C#rest
[Chorus]
That's why Bwe take our teEaF#  
At the Bdolls' tea partyE  F#  B  

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The Dolls Tea Party

by The Magnetic Fields

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Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

B/D#

Bm/D

F#/C#

Esus2

[Intro]

B E F#

[Verse 1]

B E F#

At the dolls' tea party, we fritter away

B E F#

The long afternoon of a warm summer day

B E F#

With extended pinkies and pink cloisonne

B F# B F#

Cups and saucers and pots and a Liberty tray

[Chorus]

B E F#

That's why we take our tea

B E F#

At the dolls' tea party

[Intro]

B E F#

[Verse 2]

B E F#

At the dolls' tea party we twitter along

B E F#

We prattle and tattle on who's done whom wrong

B E F#

On who's in, who's out, and who's best at mahjongg

G#m B/D# Bm/D F#/C#

Oh, and where to buy fabulous things for a song

[Chorus]

B E F#

That's why we take our tea

B E F#

At the dolls' tea party

[Bridge]

But the cakes!

Ah, the cakes are why everyone's there

C F#/C#

They're not dietetic in any way

B E B

Dare to try one and you'll have a few pounds to spare

Try another one

Esus2 G F#

What do you care?

[Verse 3]

B E F#

At the dolls', we're all in our glittering best

B F# B F#

There will be a test on who's best and worst dressed

B E F#

But we won't have it said we're fashion obsessed

G#m B/D# Bm/D F#/C#

We're just prettier ladies than most of the rest

[Chorus]

B E F#

That's why we take our tea

B E F# B

At the dolls' tea party

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