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   F#mC#                 F#mC#
Mister Marks can you find for me
               F#m (244222@1) C# (x43121@1)          F#m (244222@1)C#someone (x43121@1)strong and sweet fitting on my knee,
             F#m (244222@1)C# (x43121@1)           F#mC#
she can keep her job if she gets it wrong.
           F#m (244222@1)C# (x43121@1)              F#m (244222@1)C#Ah, (x43121@1)but Mister Marks I won't need her long,
           F#mC#          F#m (244222@1) C#all (x43121@1)I need is help for a little while
               F#mC#            F#mC#
we can take dicta-tion and learn to smile.
           F#mC#                                    F#m (244222@1)C#And (x43121@1)a tempora- ry secretary is what I need for to do the job.

I need a temporary secretary, temporary secretary,
temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

Mister Marks could you send her quick
'cause my regular has been getting sick.

I need a temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

Mister Marks I can pay her well
if she comes along and can stay a spell.
I will promise now that I'll treat her right
and will rarely keep her 'til late at night.

             DI (xx0232@1)need a... She can be a belly dancer, I don't need a true romancer.
 EbShe (x43121@3)can be a diplomat but I don't need a girl like that.
 EShe (022100@1)can be a neurosurgeon if she's doin' nothin' urgent.
  FWhat (133211@1)I need's a temporary, temporary secretary.

I need a, I need a
temporary secretary, temporary secretary,
temporary secretary, temporary secretary,
temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

Now, Mister Marks when I send her back
will you please make sure she stays on the right track.

C (x32010@1)Well, I know how hard it is for young girls these days
C# (x43121@1)in the face of everything to stay on the right track.

She can be a belly dancer,...

Temporary secretary, temporary secretary,
I need a temporary secretary, temporary secretary,
temporary secretary, temporary secretary.

I need a temporary secretary,...