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[Intro]
I love myF  C  
I love myF  C  
F  C  G  C  F C
[Chorus]
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
It Ckeeps the people I G7know away from CmeF  C  
[Verse 1]
I Fdon't watch CTV
FDon't watch my Cweight
I Cwatch my G7answering CmachineF  C  
CMy best friend says
"It's me. G7Pick it up." I say "nope"
My Cgirlfriend says
"It's me. G7Pick it up." I say "nope"
C"Mr. Harris from the bank calling. FPlease pick up."
G7Yeah, right
FI love my Ganswering CmachinFeC  
[Chorus]
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
It Ctalks to my G7friends for CmeF  C  
[Verse 2]
FDo I want to go for Cdinner?
FShould we meet somewhere at Ceight?
COnly if I can G7take my answering CmachineF  C  
[Chorus]
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
It Ckeeps the people I G7know away from CmeF  C  
[Verse 3]
CSometimes I miss it
In the G7middle of the afternoon
CI call it up
To G7see how it's doing
CHow can I tell my gal
FWho I'm whispering G7to?
FYou know it's my G7answering macChineF  C  
[Chorus]
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
It Ckeeps the people I G7love away from CmeF  C  
[Spoken Interlude]
CMy C/BansAmwering machine says
Hi, this is BCruce. I'm not here right now
CSo C/BpleaAmse leave a message and I'll get back to you
Thank you. Bye-bye.C  
What my answering machine should say CisC/B  Am  
Hi, this is Bruce. I am here right now. And I'm Clistening to you,
But I'm not gonna pick up. So, leave a G#message
And I probably won't get Gback to you. Thank you. Bye-Cbye.F  C  
[Chorus]
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
I love my Fanswering Cmachine
It Ckeeps you people G7away from CmeF  C  
[Bridge]
I collect callsG7, like spinsters collect porcelain dolls
CSometimes I'll get fearless
And return oneG7  
CBut I'll only speak
FIf on the other end of the Gphone
FIs another G7answering Cmachine
[Chorus]
We love our Fanswering Cmachines
We love our Fanswering Cmachines
They Ckeep the people we G7know away from CmeF  C  
We love our Fanswering Cmachines
We love our Fanswering Cmachines
They're the Cvery best thing that's G7ever been invenCtedF  C  

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Answering Machine

by Bruce McCulloch

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C/B

[Intro]

F C

I love my

F C

I love my

F C G C F C

[Chorus]

F C

I love my answering machine

F C

I love my answering machine

C G7 C F C

It keeps the people I know away from me

[Verse 1]

F C

I don't watch TV

F C

Don't watch my weight

C G7 C F C

I watch my answering machine

My best friend says

"It's me. Pick it up." I say "nope"

My girlfriend says

"It's me. Pick it up." I say "nope"

C F

"Mr. Harris from the bank calling. Please pick up."

Yeah, right

F G C F C

I love my answering machine

[Chorus]

F C

I love my answering machine

F C

I love my answering machine

C G7 C F C

It talks to my friends for me

[Verse 2]

F C

Do I want to go for dinner?

F C

Should we meet somewhere at eight?

C G7 C F C

Only if I can take my answering machine

[Chorus]

F C

I love my answering machine

F C

I love my answering machine

C G7 C F C

It keeps the people I know away from me

[Verse 3]

Sometimes I miss it

In the middle of the afternoon

I call it up

To see how it's doing

How can I tell my gal

F G7

Who I'm whispering to?

F G7 C F C

You know it's my answering machine

[Chorus]

F C

I love my answering machine

F C

I love my answering machine

C G7 C F C

It keeps the people I love away from me

[Spoken Interlude]

C C/B Am

My answering machine says

Hi, this is Bruce. I'm not here right now

C C/B Am

So please leave a message and I'll get back to you

Thank you. Bye-bye.

C C/B Am

What my answering machine should say is

Hi, this is Bruce. I am here right now. And I'm listening to you,

But I'm not gonna pick up. So, leave a message

G C F C

And I probably won't get back to you. Thank you. Bye-bye.

[Chorus]

F C

I love my answering machine

F C

I love my answering machine

C G7 C F C

It keeps you people away from me

[Bridge]

I collect calls, like spinsters collect porcelain dolls

Sometimes I'll get fearless

And return one

But I'll only speak

F G

If on the other end of the phone

F G7 C

Is another answering machine

[Chorus]

F C

We love our answering machines

F C

We love our answering machines

C G7 C F C

They keep the people we know away from me

F C

We love our answering machines

F C

We love our answering machines

C G7 C F C

They're the very best thing that's ever been invented

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