Poison Pen Chords by Hoodoo Gurus

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[E] So [D] begins the famous [E] old story.
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[E] Goodbye, au [D] revoir, thanks for [E] the memory.
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[E] Keep [D] your short answer if [E] you really [D] care.
[E] See, I thought [D] sneak can be [E] so hurtful.
[D] It [E] makes public [D] property of things that [E] are [D] personal. _
[E] All [D] the fools and [E] families get their [D] share.
If [E] you'd rather black [D] as night, black [E] as stars,
black as shiner light, truth will out and may [A] be bare.
You [A] will tell that boy's [G] the man. _
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You will want to [D] enjoy sharing [E] a rumor.
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[E] When it's aimed [D] at you, it loses [E] its humor.
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[E] Sometimes [D] words so [E] innocent cut [D] so deep.
If you'd [E] rather black as [B] night, black as [E] stars,
black as shiner [B] light, truth will [E] out and may [A] be bare.
You will [A] tell that boy's [G] the man.
That boy's [E] the man.
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[E] _ _ [D] Everybody's telling [E] me the talk [D] is true.
[E] _ [A] Sometimes words so [E] innocent cut [D] so [E] deep.
There will be [D] great as they [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ [D] say. _
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Pink and black, [E] pink and [B] black, _ _ [D] _
[E] pink _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B]
and black,
eyes black as stars that shine the light.
Truth will out and _ [A] you will put down. _ _
[B] _ _ That's how we play, _ _ _ _ _ boys and girls. _
[E] _ _ [D] Life's a [E] little bit of a stroll, [D] black [E] as stars.
[D] That's [E] how I [D] roll _
[E] _ [D] with my [E] friends.
Till you [A] realize that I'm [E] the girl that [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _
[E] I am.
Oh, [D] yes.
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[E] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ Oh, yes.
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