BUT IT?S BETTER IF YOU DO

                  (ACOUSTIC Original Chords Version)


CHORDS:                            Notes: 

                                                    
 
Am:x02210                          Am-? Do a palm mute in the chord
D7:054530
Dm:xx0231
C/B:020010
Am/G:x02213
C:032010
G7:353433
D7/G:054533
Fmaj7:x03210
Fmaj7/G:x03213
?:xxxxxx


?x2        Am                         D7              Fmaj7 Fmaj7/G
   Now I'm of consenting age to be forgetting you in a cabaret.
     Am                                         D7/G        Fmaj7/G Fmaj7
Somewhere downtown where a burlesque queen may even ask my name
        Am
As she sheds her skin on stage
     D7                       Fmaj7                   Am
I'm seated and sweating to a dance song on the club's P.A.
                                 D7
The strip joint veteran sits two away
                  Fmaj7/G                         Am-? Am-? D7-? Fmaj7  
Smirking between dignified sips of his dignified peach and lime daiquiri


Am           C            Fmaj7       Fmaj7/G Fmaj7 
   And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
     Dm                              Fmaj7
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
            C/B       Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Am          C           Fmaj7
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      C/B               Dm           Fmaj7
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
           C/B            Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

Am Am/G D7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7/G Fmaj7
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh

           Am
But, but I'm afraid that I
D7    Fmaj7  
Well, I may have faked it
Am                       G7-?
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place


Am
Well, I'm afraid that I
D7                       Fmaj7
Well, that's right, well I may have faked it
Am                       G7-?
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place


Am        C             Fmaj7
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
     Dm                              Fmaj7
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
            C/B            Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Am          C           Fmaj7
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
     Dm                          Fmaj7
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
            C/B           Fmaj7
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

      Am
Well, I'm afraid that I
D7      Fmaj7
Well, I may have faked it
Am                       G7-?
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place



      Am
Well, I'm afraid that I
D7      Fmaj7
Well, I may have faked it
Am                       G7-?
And I wouldn't be caught dead in this place


Am          C          Fmaj7
And isn't this exactly where you'd like me
      Dm                            Fmaj7
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
            C/B           Fmaj7/G
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety
Am          C          Fmaj7 
Oh, isn't this exactly where you'd like me
     Dm                          Fmaj7
I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know
            C/B        Dm
Praying for love in a lap dance and paying in naivety

   
Dm
Praying for love and paying in naivety
Dm
Praying for love and paying in naivety, oh