Intro A
AWell (x02220@1)let me tell you something let me tell you so

This could be the one thing that you really need to know
               DYou've (xx0232@1)got to stop once in a while
                    AAnd (x02220@1)shake off that face of yours
F#m (244222@1)                     C#mCause (x13321@4)nothing comes easy no it just comes free
Em (022000@1)                                C#m (x13321@4)            EYou (022100@1)could sing it better if you'd sing it for me oh sister

AWell (x02220@1)I cannot claim this advice as my own

I learned it in the gutter one night crawling home
          DShe (xx0232@1)said "Don't you look ridiculous"
                       AI (x02220@1)checked her out meticulously
F#mI (244222@1)don't wanna' stop to argue but my
C#mTeeth (x13321@4)were broke
             F#mI (244222@1)said " I'd love to contradict you
        C#m (x13321@4)            EBut (022100@1)my life's a joke oh sister"
  
          AShe (x02220@1)said I'm no genius and I've lost myself

The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
         DAnd (xx0232@1)it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
AGet (x02220@1)it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
ESome (022100@1)said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
D (xx0232@1)                                             AMe (x02220@1)I only knew here as an acid jazz singer come on

AWell (x02220@1)I'm a lucky man and maybe so is she

And maybe this is just the way it has to be
           DIt's (xx0232@1)all based on speculation seems a crazy occupation to me
F#m (244222@1)                                C#mAnd (x13321@4)though I didn't much believe her I was bound to call
F#m (244222@1)                     C#m (x13321@4)                        EI (022100@1)really didn't want to miss a single thing at all oh sister

          AShe (x02220@1)said I'm no genius and I've lost myself

The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
DAnd (xx0232@1)it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
AGet (x02220@1)it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
ESome (022100@1)said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
D (xx0232@1)                                              AMe (x02220@1)I only knew here as an acid jazz singer come on

AShe (x02220@1)said I'm no genius and I've lost myself

The books are on the table and the secret's on the shelf
         DAnd (xx0232@1)it's one time keep it slow wind them up and here we go
AGet (x02220@1)it right today and you may still be here tomorrow
ESome (022100@1)said she was saintly to some she was a swinger
DMe (xx0232@1)I only knew here as an acid jazz singer
EI (022100@1)haven't seen her lately man I have to ring her
D (xx0232@1)                                               APut (x02220@1)your hands together for the Acid jazz singer come on...