NOTE: This Is Not My Own Work!! These are the tabs as found on the Mr. T Experience
"Yesterday Rules"... I just thought I'd Upload them for those who don't own the cd...
Track Listing:
1:She's Not A Flower
2:Fucked Up On Life
3:Oh, Just Have Some Faith In Me
4:Big, Strange, Beautiful Hammer
5:Sorry For Freaking Out On The Phone Last Night
6:The Boyfriend Box
7:London
8:Elizabeth Or Fight!
9:Everybody Knows You're Crying
10:Jill
11:Shining
12:Institutionalized Misogyny
13:Take All The Time You Need
SHE'S NOT A FLOWER
Intro: D Dsus2 A E (4x)
A D E F
She's not a flower
A D
she isn't growing in your garden today
A E
you couldn't cultivate her anyway
A D E F
you're not a king bee
A D
you like honey and you're packing a sting
A E
but there really isn't such a thing
D
you're in flight, and she smells all right
A E
but she's not a flower
As intro x4
A D E F
She's not an o cean
A D
that you're an island in the middle of
A E
and there isn't any prison of love
A D E F
you're not a freebird
A D
hey you, up on that mountain peak
A E
can't you hear what's coming out of your beak?
D
you can say you'll fly away
D A E
but you're not a freebird
As intro x4
A D E F
Love's not a poison
A D
you better find a better reason why
A E
you feel like you want to die
A D E F
a broke heart won't kill you
A D
you might suffer till the end of your days
A E
but that was gonna happen anyways
D
and even if the love you mourn
A
is equal to the love you scorn
E E7
and fortune mocks the love you gave
D Dmaj7
and someone lays her on your grave
D A E
she's not a flower
Outro = intro x2
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FUCKED UP ON LIFE
This song is in B flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the third fret,
though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.
Bb [G]
I don't have many friends
just some pretty loose and dead ends
Cm [Am] F7 [D7] Bb [G]
even one can be a bit much for me
Bb [G]
and they call me but I never end up calling them back
they lose patience as I lose track
Cm [Am] F7 [D7]
I don't care anymore
Bb [G]
if I ever did before
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] F [D]
but I'm not really paying attention
Cm [Am] Cm7/Bb [Am7/G] F [D]
people say what reflects well on them
Cm [Am] Cm7/Bb [Am7/G] F [D]
and everyone's lying like rugs
Cm [Am] Cm7/Bb [Am7/G] F [D]
and everyone thinks I'm on drugs
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B]
but I'm just
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm7 [Am7] Bb [G]
fucked up on life
cause it doesn't add up
Bb [G]
and I never know what should be done
I know I'm far from the only one
Cm [Am] F7 [D7]
I stay out of the fray
Bb [G]
I figure I do less damage that way
I'm outstanding in my field
Bb [G]
and all I ever want to do is just get plowed
I always feel outnumbered in a crowd
Cm [Am] F7 [D7]
and if the truth be known
Bb [G]
I feel outnumbered when I'm all alone
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] F [D]
if you're wondering why there's no affect
Cm [Am] Cm7/Bb [Am7/G] F [D]
when I speak, when you look in my eyes
Cm [Am] Cm7/Bb bass [Am7/G] F [D]
I couldn't begin to explain
Cm [Am] Cm7/Bb bass [Am7/G] F [D]
I'm almost perfectly sane
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B]
but I'm just
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm7 [Am7] Bb [G]
fucked up on life
Eb [C] Bb [G] Eb [C] Bb [G]
I'm just fucked up,
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm7 [Am7] Bb [G] Ab [F]
fucked up on life
Eb [C]
oo oo oo
Bb [G] F [D] Ab add9 [F add9] Eb [C] F [D]
ah na na na na
Bb [G]
dum dum day
I never know what I should do or say
Cm [Am] F7 [D7]
when words fail me
Bb [G] F[D]
I react reciprocally
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B]
I'm just
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm7 [Am7] Bb [G]
fucked up on life
Eb [C] Bb [G] Eb [C] Bb [G]
I'm just fucked up,
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm7 [Am7] Bb [G]
fucked up on life
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OH, JUST HAVE SOME FAITH IN ME
Intro: D D7 C Cmaj7 (2x plus 2x w/D bass)
D
You didn't make my crucifixion
A
I know you had a lot on your plate
D G
but from what I read and what everyone said
A
I handled it just great
D
I'm even kind of disappointed
G
cause I really couldn't feel it at all
Bb D F#7
well I'll come down to you when I get around to you
G A D
all you gotta do is crawl
D C G
oh, just have some faith in me
C7 G7 D C G
smart things come in stupid packages
D
when all you hear is the crying
A
you read a lot into each other's sobs
D
we're going through a spell
G
but we're aging well
A
even if we don't have jobs
D
and we can't even leave the apartment
G
cause we live on such a scary street
G Bb
but I don't mind
D F#7 G A D
I'll risk my life just to try to get you something to eat
D C G
oh, just have some faith in me
C7 G7 D C G
pure love gets sent in mixed messages
D D7sus2 C G
oh, just have some faith in me
C7 G7 D
smart things come in stupid packages
A
so come on
D Am7 C G w/D bass (x4)
bop bop bop...
D C G
oh, just have some faith in me
C7 G7 D
I'll guide you through the obscure passages
D D7sus2 C G
oh, just have some faith in me
C7 G7 D (3x)
smart things come in stupid packages
Intro as outro x2
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BIG, STRANGE, BEAUTIFUL HAMMER
This song is in B flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the third fret,
though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.
Intro: Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] x2
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7] F [D] F9/Eb [D9/C]
Bb/D [G/B ] F [D] F7 [D7]
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
Discretion is a must, rising from the dust,
Eb [C] Bb [G]
on your feet but just a bit unsteady
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
you want to close your eyes, be taken by surprise
Eb [C] F [D]
but not before you're absolutely ready
Eb [C] Bb [G]
so lay low, as time permits
Eb [C] Bb [G]
and you'll know it when it hits:
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
it's gonna sound like a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
it's coming down like a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7]
it's gonna pound like a big, strange, beauti ful
F [D] F9/Eb[D9/C] Bb/D [G/B] F[D]
hammer
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
You're feeling like a saint, powerful but faint
Eb [C] Bb [G]
like you want to call for an attendant
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
heavy in your hand, courage on demand
Eb [C] F [D]
you feel safe, and strangely independent
Eb [C] Bb [G]
once baptized in pain and light
Eb [C] Bb [G]
you'd be advised to hold on tight
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
when you collide with a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
you coincide with a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7]
filled inside with a big, strange, beauti ful
F [D] F9/Eb [D9/C ] Bb/D [G/B] F[D] F7[D7]
hammer
Eb [C]
it's coming down on you
Bb [G]
it's gonna drive you home
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7] F [D] F9/Eb [D9/C]
Bb/D [G/B] F [D]
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
hammer, hammer,
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
big hammer, strange hammer
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
Discretion is a waste, now you've had a taste
Eb [C] Bb [G]
you see yourself as well-maintained and polished
Bb [G] Cm [Am]
existence is a test, we try to do our best
Eb [C] F [D]
but we're on a quest to be demolished
Eb [C] Bb [G]
it's your right, so don't be shy
Eb [C] Bb [G]
day and night you're smitten by
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
the might of a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B] Cm [Am]
the blinding light of a big
Eb [C] Eb/D [C/B]
in the night of the big, strange,
Cm [Am] Cm7 [Am7] F [D] F7 [D7]
beauti ful hammer
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
hammer, hammer,
Bb [G] Ab [F] Eb7 [C7] Bb [G]
big hammer, strange hammer
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SORRY FOR FREAKING OUT ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT
Intro: D A G flat5 G D
D G D
I'm sorry for freaking out on the phone last night
G D
I don't know how it happened but I'm basically all right
A D
even though you never really know
G D
before you start to wonder like I'm pretty sure you do
A D D7
how a man can be so fragile and so easy to see through
G D
while remaining so inflexible
Bm A G
I've noticed that one, too
D A G flat5 G D
but let's keep the freaking out to a min imum
D A G flat5 G D
D G D
I'm sorry for freaking out when you freak out on me
G D A
things don't always come out how you wanted them to be anyhow
D
including now
G
are we just being normal?
D
it's so difficult to tell
A D D7
and love can be so simple and impossible as hell
G D Bm A G
I've devised a little system you can implement as well:
D A G flat5 G D
let's keep the freaking out to a min imum
D A G flat5 G D
A7
I'm sorry now
E7
I'm always sorry
G D
you're always sorry in return
A7
and I'm with you
E7
I always mean well, too
G A A9
you can mean well and never learn
D G D
but I'm still sorry for freaking out in the car today
G D A7 D
I can't always see straight when I don't know what to say
G D
there's still so many questions that the chances could be slim
A D D7
that we'll lay them all to rest before our lights begin to dim
G D Bm A G
when you let love move a mountain you endanger life and limb
D A G flat5 G D
but let's keep the freaking out to a min imum
D A G flat5 G D
but let's keep the freaking out to a min imum
D A Gm D
oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo
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THE BOYFRIEND BOX
A7
How many times can you read that letter,
and what do you need it for?
Can't you see that the salutation
has no meaning anymore?
D7
And you can't resurrect the body,
and the closing's out of date
E7
and if you stumble upon an answer
G6 D7
it will always be too late--
A C D F A D C A
you better take that letter, put it in the boyfriend box.
A7
Are you still staring at that picture
of someone who doesn't care?
just like you're looking through a window
at a world that isn't there?
D7
If you're trying to reconstruct it,
it will only fall apart
E7
'cause there's really nothing in it
G6 D7
but your late, great, heart--
A C D F A D C A
you better take that picture, put it in the boyfriend box.
A G D D G A A G D D C A
ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la
A C7 D7 A A7 C7 D7 A
There's something dark and dead buried in your head,
G7 D7 A
and underneath your bed.
A C7 D7 A A7 C7 D7 A
You're still tempted to believe the world is true.
G7 D7 A7 E7#9
You even almost do.
A7
Your little world is a little empty,
but the memories never stop
organizing themselves in layers,
the most recent at the top.
D7
If you need to go any deeper
you can dig them out again,
E7
just in case you need to be reminded
G6 D7
of what a fool you've been--
A C D F A D C A
you're gonna take those memories, put them in the boyfriend box,
A G D D G A A G D
ooh la la, ooh la la, ooh la la
A C D F A C D
Take those letters, put them in the boyfriend box
F A C D F D D C A
the boyfriend box, the boyfriend box
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LONDON
This song is in A flat, but most of the guitar was played with a capo on the first fret,
though playing in G. The true chords are indicated below, with the fingered chords in brackets.
Ab [G] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
You have to hate the world
Bbm7 [Am7] Eb [D]
it's required by your clothes
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mr_t_experience/yesterday_rules_crd.html ]
Ab [G] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
consistency is everything
Bbm7 [Am7] Eb [D]
as everybody knows
Fm [Em]
it's so cold, baby
Db/F [C/F]
you're losing your hold, baby
Fm [Em]
and you're gonna fold, baby
Eb [D] Db add9 [C add9] Ab [G] Eb [D]
before too long
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db [C] Ab [G]
but don't tell me your secret lies in London
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db [C] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
I already know
Ab [G] Eb [D] Bbm [Am] Db [C]
I can see your secret lies in London
Ab [G] Eb [D] Dbadd9 [Cadd9] Ab [G] Eb [D]
everywhere I go
Ab [G] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
There is a sun somewhere
Bbm7 [Am7] Eb [D]
extremely far away
Ab [G] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
your tired eyes, reflecting the sky,
Bbm7 [Am7] Eb [D]
a drizzly steel grey
Fm [Em]
there's no light in there
Db/F [C/F]
and there's no sight in there
Fm [Em]
I get right in there, and it's all
Eb [D] Dbadd9 [Cadd9] Ab [G] Eb [D]
dark
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db [C] Ab [G]
but don't deny your secret lies in London
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db [C] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
it's not worth your while
Ab [G] Eb [D] Bbm [Am] Db [C]
you can lie back and think of England
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db9 [C9] Ab [G] Eb [D] etc.
and miss it by a mile ya na na na na
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db [C] Ab [G]
you can't conceal your secret lies in London
Ab [G] Eb [D] Db [C] Dbmaj7 [Cmaj7]
obvi ous ly not
Ab [G] Eb [D] Bbm [Am] Db [C]
I can feel your secret lies in London
Ab[G] Eb[D] Db9 [C9] Ab [G] Eb [D] etc.
deeper than you thought ya na na na na
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ELIZABETH OR FIGHT!
Em C B7
E liz A beth,
G C D
don't look to me
Em D Em D C
you can be yourself or find some other way to be
Em C B7
but time won't wait
G C D
and even if it does
Em D Em D C
it's unlikely to go back to how it was
G D D7
so my advice is to not think twice:
Cm9 F9 G
Elizabeth or fight
Em C B7
stick to your guns
G C D
it won't be long before
Em D Em C Dmaj7
surrendering won't be an option a ny more
G D D7
so in the end I recommend:
Cm9 F9 G (x2)
Elizabeth or fight
Am D G D7 flat 9 Em Em7/D bass
peace whenever justice will allow
Am7 D
peace forever
Cm6 G
Elizabeth for now
Em C B7 G C D
if that means eternally
Em D Em D Cmaj7
fighting for Elizabeth and Li ber ty
G
or the reverse
D D7
you could do much worse:
Cm9 F9 G (x3)
Elizabeth or fight.
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EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE CRYING
Intro: A D A E D A
A D
Everybody says you shouldn't cry
E A
everybody's standing by
D
and everybody's gonna roll their eyes
E A
if you ever do
A D
everybody says it's not too late
E A
and you can still participate
D
you take everybody's bait
E A
and everybody laughs at you
F#m D A
they'll leave you crying all alone
F#m D A E
they'll say they wouldn't have if they had only known
A D
but you see the reality behind their indulgent stares--
A E
everybody knows you're crying
D A E
no one ever really cares
Intro part: A D A E D A
A D
everybody thinks you're a little slow
E A
everyone wants you to know
D
they went through the same thing long ago
E A
and it wasn't that hard to do
A D
everybody says they sympathize
E A
you stand by while they describe
D
someone you don't even recognize
E A
that's supposed to look like you
F#m D A
but they never can explain
F#m D A E
how to live with such spectacular pain
A
and when you're at your weakest
D
they advise you to be strong
A E
everybody says they've been there
D A E
everybody must be wrong
A D A E D A
ooh ooh ooh ooh everybody knows you're crying
Dadd9
they send their love
and love is loud
F#m B7
they feel it's greatly to their credit
E
and they're proud
F#m
of their compassion,
D
and it's true
A E
but it doesn't have a lot to do with you
A
and you can't escape the conclusion
D
though you don't like what it was:
A E
everybody says they love you,
D A E
no one ever really does.
A D A E
ooh ooh ooh ooh everybody knows you're crying
A D
everybody knows you're crying
A E D A
everybody knows you're crying
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JILL
Em C G
I was here when the call came through, Jill
Em C G
and I screened it like I always do, Jill
C
and they hung up on the machine
G C G
just like you, Jill
Em C G
well, that sounds like one of your stunts, Jill
Em C G
and I'm only gonna say this once, Jill
C
you haven't left a message for me
G C G
in a couple of months, Jill
D
I'm not blaming you, Jill
Am C
this is hard to do, Jill
G D
but I still don't know why I always feel like crying, crying, crying
Em C G
I'm still having some trouble tying up your loose ends, Jill
Em C G
and I still see life through the same distorted lens, Jill
C
and I think I may have said some things about you
G C G
in front of some of your friends, Jill
Em C G
well, I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, Jill
Em C G
but these are not normally people with whom I have dealings, Jill
C
I still spend most of my time in silence alone
G C G
staring at ceilings, Jill
D
but you know all that, Jill
Am C
what I'm getting at, Jill
is I can't stop not knowing
G D C G
why I never don't feel like crying, crying, crying
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SHINING
D
She, shining like a star, like a sun, like a moon
A
and all that other stuff you know
D
I wanted everything, she gave me everything
A
but everything is never enough
G D A
what I mean is, she, my kind of fluff.
A D
Like a star or a sun or a moon
G
like the surface of a still lagoon
D A
like a stainless steel spoon she's shining
D
reach out to turn her on
A
she fills the room and hijinks ensue
D
in dark nights of the soul
A
I don't mind saying that I think I've had one or two
G D A
tried to tell her, she already knew
A D
like an incandescent wish
G
like a silverplate chaffing dish
D A
like a Siamese fighting fish she's shining
A D
like a blinding brilliant thing
G
like a turned on electric ring
D A
like a novel by Stephen King she's shining
Em A Em G A
ooh ah, ooh ooh ooh ah
Em D
glowing in her jar
A
just like a little piece of star
Guitar solo, as verse
G D A
ooh ooh ooh ooh ah
A D
like a blue electric shock
G
like a radioactive rock
D A
like the hands of a digital clock she's shining
A D
like the Thames or the Rhine or the Nile
G
like a luminescent radio dial
D A
like a brand new ceramic tile she's shining
G D A G D A
ooh she's shining, ooh she's shining
Em D
in this endless night
D
she's my little misguiding light
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INSTITUTIONALIZED MISOGYNY
This song is in C#, but some of the guitar was played as though in G with a capo on the
fret (if you can believe that) while some was played as though in C with the capo on the
fret. The true chords are below, with the fingered chords (in G) in brackets.
C# [G] F# [C] C# [G] F# [C]
I'm not complaining, I'm just figuring out
C# [G] G# [D] C# [G]
how everything left us behind
C# [G] F# [C] C# [G]
I got my problems, I'm aware of them
F# [C] C# [G] G# [D] C# [G]
I'll take care of them, never you mind
F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B] D#m7 [Am7]
you're still repeating pre-recorded things
G#6 [D6] F#9 [C9]
they used to say in universities
C#/F bass [G/B] D#m7 [Am7] G# [D]
and books on left wing politics and law
F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B]
about underlying structures
D#m7 [Am7] G#6 [D6]
that so far as they mean anything
F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B]
still won't support the personal
D#m7 [Am7] C# [G]
connections that you draw
C# [G] F# [C] G# [D] C# [G]
In sti tutional ized
C# [G] C#/C bass [G/F# bass] Bbm [Em] G# [D]
mis o gy ny
C# [G] F7 [B7] F# [C] C#dim [Gdim]
that's all that stands between
C# [G] G# [D] F# [C] C# [G]
my baby and me
C# [G] F# [C] C# [G] F# [C] C# [G]
now science tells us I'm hard-wired to, I'm required to
G# [D] C# [G]
do it with you
C# [G] F# [C] C# [G]
'cause I'm a man, and you're a woman
F# [C] C# [G] G# [D] C# [G]
and that's what those kind of people do
F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B]
I stole that line from Woody Allen
D#m7 [Am7] G#6 [D6]
isn't it amusing
F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B]
I wish I could make you understand
D#m7 [Am7] G# [D]
what Woody Allen meant.
F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B] D#m7 [Am7]
If there's no such thing as objective reality
G#6 [D6] F#9 [C9] C#/F bass [G/B]
why can't we quit our jobs and just imagine
D#m7 [Am7] C# [G]
we won't have to pay the rent?
C# [G] F# [C] G# [D] C# [G]
In sti tutional ized
C# [G] C#/C [G/F#] A#m [Em] G# [D]
mis o gy ny
C# [G] F7 [B7] F# [C] C#dim [Gdim]
that's why they're charging rent
C# [G] G# [D] F# [C] C# [G]
to my baby and me
G# [D]
Michelle, ma belle:
F# [C] C# [G]
ton beau, Michel Foucault
G# [D] F# [C] C# [G]
a Foucault dependent is always ready to go
A#m [Em] F# [C]
I think we're alone
G# [D] G#7 flat 9 [D7 flat 9]
I might have known
A#m [Em] G#9 [D9] F# [C]
she's got Chomsky on the phone
C# [G] F# [C] G# [D] C# [G]
In sti tutional ized
C# [G] C#/C bass [G/F# bass] Bbm [Em] G# [D]
mis o gy ny
C# [G] F7 [B7] F# [C] C#dim [Gdim]
that's all that stands between
C# [G] G# [D] F# [C] C# [G]
my baby and me
G# [D] F# [C] C# [G] G# [D] F# [C] C# [G]
my baby and me my baby and me
C# [G] F# [C] G# [D] C#6 [G6]
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TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED
Intro: F C G x4
C G Am G F G F
If you had wanted to see me today
C G Am G F G F
I assume you could have found a way
Dm7 Em F G
but that's not how today went
Dm7 Em F G
God only knows what today meant
C G
Take all the time you need
Dm G
I'm not going anywhere
C G
we're unsafe at any speed
F C G F C G
take all the time you need
C G Am G F G F
If I had the chance to say how I feel I would
C G Am G F G F
even though it wouldn't make me look good
Dm7 Em F G
that's ammu ni tion you lost
Dm7 Em F G
while you were try ing to exhaust
C G
each possibility
Dm G
until you've exhausted me
C G
the last of a dying breed
F C G F C G F C G F C G
take all the time you need
C D A C D A
and I will love you still
F#m11
but you're hardly even needed now
E F C G F C G
as a lesson to us all
Dm7 Em F G
and I want you back again
Dm7 Em F G
but I don't know what I'd do then
C G
Take all the time you need
Dm G
I haven't prepared my case
C G
I wouldn't know how to plead
F C G
so take all the time you need
F C G
take all the time you need
F C G
take all the time you need
F C G etc.
and I'll follow your lead
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