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Bm G A Bm x2
D Bm G A/C#
We're all going on a summer holiday
D Bm G A/C#
Vigilante's coming out to follow me.
D Bm G A/C#
Heard somebody say they're out to collar me.
D Bm G A/C#
Anybody wanna swallow me?
Bm G A Bm x2
Bm G A Bm
It takes two to tumble. It takes two to tango.
Bm G A Bm
Speak up; don't mumble if you're in the combo.
Bm G A Bm Bm G
On the beat, on the beat.
A Bm
Till a man comes along and he says,
G D/F# Em7 G/D A/C# G/B A
'Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?
G D/F# Em7 D G A/C# G/B D E
Though you never en---joy, such a pleasure to employ.'
D A/C# E
See your friends in the state their in.
D A/C# E
See your friends getting under their skin.
D A/C# E
See your friends getting taken in.
D Bm G A/C#
Well, if you only knew the things you do to me.
D Bm G A/C#
I'd do anything to confuse the enemy.
D Bm G A/C#
There's only one thing wrong with you befriending me.
D Bm G A/C#
Take it easy. I think you're bending me.
D Bm G A/C#
I've been a bad boy with the standard leader.
D Bm G A/C#
My neighbor's revving up his Vauxhall Viva.
Bm G A Bm Bm G
On the beat, on the beat.
A Bm
Till a man comes along and he says,
G D/F# Em7 G/D A/C# G/B A
'Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?
G D/F# Em7 D G A/C# G/B D E
Though you never en---joy, such a pleasure to employ.'
D A/C# E
See your friends walking down the street.
D A/C# E
See your friends never quite complete.
See your friends getting under their feet.
D Bm G A/C#
Oh, I don't want to disease you,
D Bm G A/C#
but I'm no good with machinery.
D Bm G A/C#
Oh, I don't wanna freeze you.
D Bm G A/C#
Stop looking at the scenery.
D Bm G A/C#
I keep thinking about your mother.
D Bm G A/C#
Oh, I don't wanna lick them.
D Bm G A/C#
I don't wanna be a lover.
D Bm G A/C#
I just wanna be your victim.
D Bm G A/C#
I don't go out much at night.
D Bm G A/C#
I don't go out much at all.
D Bm G A/C#
Did you think you were the only one
D Bm
who was waiting for a call
Bm G A Bm Bm G
On the beat, on the beat.
A Bm
Till a man comes along and he says,
G D/F# Em7 G/D A/C# G/B A
'Have you been a good boy, never played with your toy?
G D/F# Em7 D G A/C# G/B D E
Though you never en---joy, such a pleasure to employ.
D A/C# E
See your friends treat me like a stranger.
D A/C# E
See your friends despite all the arrangements.
D A/C# E
See your friends Nothing here has changed.
Bm G
Just the beat.
Written by Elvis Costello