Verse 1
A
Well let me tell you something let me tell you so
This could be the one thing that you really need to know
D
You got to stop once in a while
A
And shake off that face of yours
F#C#
Cause nothing comes easy no it just comes free
F#C#E
You could sing it better if you'd sing it for me oh sister
Verse 2
A
Well I cannot claim this advice as my own
I learned it in the gutter one night coming home
DA
She said "Don't you look ridiculous" I checked her out meticulously
F#C#
I would've stopped to argue but my teeth were broke
F#C#E
I said "I'd love to contradict you but my life's a joke oh sister"
Chorus
A
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self
The books are on the table and the secrets on the shelf
D
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
A
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
E
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
DA
Me I only knew her as an acid jazz singer come on
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Verse 3
A
Well I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she
And maybe this is just the way it has to be
DA
It's all based on speculation seems a crazy occupation to me
F#C#
And though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call
F#C#E
I really didn't want to miss a single thing at all oh sister
Chorus
A
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self
The books are on the table and the secrets on the shelf
D
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
A
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
E
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
DA
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer come on
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Chorus
A
She said I'm no genius and I've lost my self
The books are on the table and the secrets on the shelf
D
And it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
A
Get it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
E
Some said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
DA
Me I only knew here as an acid jazz singer come on
E
I haven't seen her lately man I have to ring her
DA
Put your hands together for the acid jazz singer come on
Outro
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