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Intro: D E7 G D x 2 verse 1 (D) E7 G D I'm drinking tea and taking unpaid leave from my women's studies uh huh (D) E7 G D Out here in the meadow with the people's history of America (D) E7 G D I smoke a pipe for Johnny 99 Bi-partisan Con-sensus (D) E7 G D Keeping it dry nothing flighty on orders from my therapist A7 We were young and we were stupid G D It was fine while it lasted A7 To com-plete my education G Bm I had to wake up in your bathtub Gbm G All those Monday morning quarters A7 D I grew so accustomed to E7 G D verse 2 (D) E7 G D OK I've seen enough and made my recommendations my work here is finished (D) E7 G D Your powers of re-duction remain strangely undiminished (D) E7 G D Yes a-you in your hushed tones and your campus etiquette (D) E7 G D If we cannot speak of nothing then nothing should keep her mouth shut A7 We were young and we were stupid G D It was fine while it lasted A7 Yes I wrote my dissertation G Bm On the bar stools of your neighbourhood Gbm G But the bars were filled with lawyers Gbm G Filing action two by two Gbm G A7 D Through the valley of the women that I am not married to Bridge G D Oh are these riches here the spoils of my re-treat G E7 A7 These rented rooms and batchelor's de-grees G D It's a Penguin Classic scene G /Gb Em Broken spine and faded green C9 G Em A7 D Trying to relo-cate my arms around a memory E7 G D E7 G D verse 3 (D) E7 G D I'm drinking tea and taking unpaid leave from my women's studies uh huh (D) E7 G D Hiding up here in the library with the great wall of China (D) E7 G D Now if Josef K was from Edinburgh and Fast Product from Prague (D) E7 G D Maybe that could be kinda funny or maybe not funny at all A7 We were young and we were stupid G D It was fine while it lasted A7 To com-plete my education G Bm I had to wake up in your bathtub Gbm G With the shadows of the women A7 D That I am not married to Out D E7 G x D 2 D
A7 We were young and we were stupid G D It was fine while it lasted A7 To com-plete my education G Bm I had to wake up in your bathtub Gbm G All those Monday morning quarters A7 D I grew so accustomed to
A7 We were young and we were stupid G D It was fine while it lasted A7 Yes I wrote my dissertation G Bm On the bar stools of your neighbourhood Gbm G But the bars were filled with lawyers Gbm G Filing action two by two Gbm G A7 D Through the valley of the women that I am not married to
A7 We were young and we were stupid G D It was fine while it lasted A7 To com-plete my education G Bm I had to wake up in your bathtub Gbm G With the shadows of the women A7 D That I am not married to
Written by Lloyd Cole
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