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From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:02:41 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:47 GMT
From: michael p mccullough 
To: schnitzi@east.isx.com, guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Strict Time /// Elvis Costello
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis-costello


Strict Time
Words & Music by: Elvis Costello
>From the album: TRUST

INTRO:
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C

GThere's (320003@1)a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth
I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out
      CDon't (x32010@1)want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist
                                                 G'Cause (320003@1)there's no ventilation on a critical list
D (xx0232@1)                                  CFingers (x32010@1)creeping up my spine are not mine to resist
GStrict (320003@1)time

CHORUS:

DToughen (xx0232@1)up, toughen up
                            CKeep (x32010@1)your lip buttoned up
                   GStrict (320003@1)time

GOh (320003@1)the muscles flex and the fingers curl
And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl
Strict time
COh (x32010@1)he's all hands, don't touch that dial
The courting cold wars weekend witch trial
GStrict (320003@1)time
D (xx0232@1)                                     CAll (x32010@1)the boys are straight laced and the girls are frigid
                                                          GThe (320003@1)talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid 'cause it's strict time
Strict time

(chorus)

GYou (320003@1)talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones
Try to look Italian through the musical Valium
Strict time
CThinking (x32010@1)of grand larceny
                                         DSmoking (xx0232@1)the everlasting cigarette of chastity
Cute assistants staying alive
C (x32010@1)                               GMore (320003@1)like a hand job than the hand jive
Strict time

Chorus


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