Monte Carlo Chords by Diane Cluck

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[Bm] And the three lonely things poking up from the water are [Ab] her nipples [Em] and her nose as
[Am] she floats on [Em] her back.
And [Bm] the sand is [Gb] deserted, _ [Bm] except for me standing.
I [Ab] stand [Em] as the [Am] landmark to keep her [Em]
on track so [Gb] the ocean won't pull her _ away.
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[Em] _ _ _ [Ab] I'm guarding our bag since I really can't swim and [Am] I don't [Em] want to learn.
[Am] She does [Em] try to teach, but [D] thieves who scope [Gb] tourists at night in the city [Am] in [Em] daytime all
probably hang at this _ [D] beach.
You _ [B] _ _ _ _
never know in [Am] Monte _ [Em] Carlo.
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[Em] _ _ From [D] noon until evening, her skin changes color [Am] from paler than [Em] mine [Am] to a sun [Em]-punished
red so [D] I expect havoc.
Tonight around [Am] bedtime she'll want [Em] me to blow [Am] on her blisters [Em] in bed.
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_ _ _ That's the sun [Am] in Monte _ [Em] Carlo. _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ The [D] keeper _ [E] of the lighthouse is sleeping [Am] so we creep [Em] upstairs [Am] to play with [Em] his beam,
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making ships stray from their courses _ intended [Am] by highlighting [Em] rocks.
[Am] And the [Em] shallows between them and [D] the smashing of hulls in the night seem to have [Am] no consequence
[Em] at all [Am] like the action in [Em] dreams.
[E] In the morning [D]
gulls pick over jetsam and junk [Am] _ _ [Em] overflotsam but [Am] feeling no guilt for
[Em] their screams while [D] we spend three quarters of our time _ apologizing [Am] for the quarter of
[Em] the time [Am] that we're thoughtless [Em] and thoughtless and [D] mean. _ _ _
_ Just [E] for fun in Monte [Am] _ [Em] Carlo.
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[D] Just for [Am] fun in Monte _ [Em] Carlo.
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_ [Em] We go [A] to the [D] cliffs where the men cruise each other.
[Am] Their cars [Em] come and go [Am] like the change of [Em] the tide where [D] Grace Kelly swam her last swim
on the planet [Am] when Grace [Em] Kelly's [Am] roadster flipped [Em] over the side of the [D] _ _
guardrail. _ _ _ _ _
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One [D] guy looked so nervous and [D] standing alone [Am] my friend [Em] saw him shaking [Am] and started [Em] to laugh.
I said, wouldn't you be nervous if you knew in ten minutes [Am]
you'd have the [Em] surf at your
feet [Am] of some [Em] stranger up your _ _
[D] back _ _ _ _ giving you his best [Am] Monte _
_ [Em] Carlo.
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_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ A ten minute double [Am] ringed halo.
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[Em] You know the most [D] _
breathtaking _ sight I've seen in a while [Am] was the sight of [Em] _ Frenchmen
[Am] fucking under [Em] the stars.
_ [D] We watched them dancing like mermen on fire [Am] till cops came [Em] and chased [Am] them away in [Em] their _ [D] cars. _ _
_ _ _ We watched them run in [Am] Monte Carlo. _
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_ _ We watched them and [Am] we laid [Em] low. _
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[G] _ And my [Ab] girl is as red as a rare _ hothouse flower.
Her skin is [E] so burned [Am] that she's giving [Em] off heat.
[D] And my girl is as tired as _ nobody's business [Ab] but [E] Sierra makes sleeping [Ab] _ _
[Em] incredibly _ _ [G] sweet.
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Two more nights [Am] in Monte [E] Carlo _ _ [Am] and _
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[E] her burn will be [Am] a tan.
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She can't sleep, [Am] she just said so.
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So I turn [Am] up the fan.
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