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Verse 1:
A7
I was on the road and I bought myself a newspaper
D
Opened up the page and I read my horoscope
A7
It said if you look hard that you'll meet a dark stranger
D
It took away my cares and it filled me up with hope
D
What a grope
A7
All that soft soap
D
Really there was no hope
A7
Soft soap
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
Now you've gotta learn how to take your time
F E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Verse 2:
A7
Meanwhile further on a day later sure enough
D
Along came a stranger with a sideways look
A7
I shared half my food and my money and my clothes
D
When I woke up in the morning everything had been took
D
By a crook
A7
I'd been foresook
D
Out of luck
A7
ohhh
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
Now you've gotta learn how to take your time
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Verse 3:
A7
I saw a kind face, a good face of mine
D
'Cause she's standing and a smiling and a waving me down
A7
Feeling pretty strange so I didn't try to make it
D
But before I knew she's out the door and she was out of town
D
She put me down
A7
She made me frown
D
I'm down
A7
Look around
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
But you've gotta learn how to take your time
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Guitar Solo
Dm D7
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
Now you've gotta learn how to take your time
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Verse 4:
A7
I saw a kind face, a good face of mine
D
'Cause she's standing and a smiling and a waving me down
A7
Feeling pretty strange so I didn't try to make it
D
But before I knew she's out the door and she was out of town
D
She put me down
A7
Making me frown
D
Just look around
A7
I'm down
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
Now you've gotta learn how to take your time
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Verse 5:
A7
Ohhh, it's the story of my life
D
Now that's why I ain't got no wife
A7
All that trouble and strife
D
It hurts like a knife
A7
I've been around the world it's true
D
Looking for someone exactly like you
A7
Now I've found a love it's true whoa-ho, whoa-ho
D7
Look out, look out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, everybody wants be a star
C7
But you've gotta learn how to take your time
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Pre-Chorus
A7
Watch out, watch out babe
D
Sole proof
A7
No let's not go to the roof
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
Now you've gotta learn how to take your time
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
Outro
A7
Brrrrrrrrrr, hmm-mmm
D
Brrrrrrrrrr, hmm-mmm
A7
Brrrrrrrrrr, hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmm, hmm, hmmm, whooo-hooo
D7
Come out, come out, wherever you are
G7
Your game is up, you wanna be a star
C7
Now you've gotta learn how to take your time
G
When it smells like lemon
C7
When it smells like lemon
G
When it smells like lemon
C7
When it smells like lemon
G
When it smells like lemon
C7
When it smells like lemon
G E7
When it smells like lemon and it tastes like wine
G
Yeah