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Cindy tells me
by Brian Eno
Intro:
C  Am  C  Am  C  Am  D  G
verse:
|:                               C  Am  
Cindy tells me the rich girls are weeping
Cindy tellCs me they've given off Amsleeping alone
               C                     Am       D       G:|
and now they're so confused by their new freedoms
and she tells me they're selling off their maisonettes
left the Hotpoints to rust in the kitchenettes
and they're saving their labor for insane reading
Chorus:
CSome of them Dlose and some of them Aloose
CBut that's what they waDnt and that's what they Achoose
FIt's a burGden, Dsuch a burden
COh what a Dburden to be so relAied on
[instrumental verse]
[repeat chorus]
[1/2 instrumental verse]
Cindy tell me what will they do with their lives
living quietly like laborer's wives
Perhaps they'll reacquire those things they've all disposed of
F  G  F  G  F  G  A

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Cindy Tells Me

by Brian Eno

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Cindy tells me

by Brian Eno

Intro:

C Am C Am C Am D G

verse:

C Am

Cindy tells me the rich girls are weeping

C Am

Cindy tells me they've given off sleeping alone

C Am D G

and now they're so confused by their new freedoms

and she tells me they're selling off their maisonettes

left the Hotpoints to rust in the kitchenettes

and they're saving their labor for insane reading

Chorus:

C D A

Some of them lose and some of them loose

C D A

But that's what they want and that's what they choose

F G D

It's a burden, such a burden

C D A

Oh what a burden to be so relied on

[instrumental verse]

[repeat chorus]

[1/2 instrumental verse]

Cindy tell me what will they do with their lives

living quietly like laborer's wives

Perhaps they'll reacquire those things they've all disposed of

F G F G F G A

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