The Homosexual Chords by Momus

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[A] I love women, but I'm thinking of giving in.
I love women, but what's the point of arguing _
[F] with the men from boarding [C] schools and building sites
[F] who've told me [Bb] I'm a [E] homosexual all my life?
[Am] Won't step past the bathroom, [A] I look off the gate.
Hell [Am] hath no fury like an insecure [A] _ Englishman.
[F] You don't need _ [C] psychoanalysts to translate this.
[F] There is no _ [Bb] homosexual [E] in our midst. _ _
[Dm] Homosexual, they [C] call me, it's all the same to me.
[Bb] Expected and projected, [Am] I will now pretend.
Since [Dm] then, neurosis is what [C] passes for normality. _
[Bb] It's okay with me if [A] I'm queer,
since they [Dm] call me deafness.
It's called the [C] love of music.
[Bb] I won't [Am] disfuse it.
[Ab] I'll make love [G] with their women.
[Gb] I'll [A] make them sing [Ab] notes [G] of pleasure
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[F] their husbands [Bb] will never [E] hear. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _
[Am] I love women, but I'm [E] _ _ _
[A] pretending [Am] absolutely different
[A] to their best friends.
[F] Like their hairdressers and [C] dressmakers,
I hear confessionals [F] reserved for [Bb] homosexual [E] professionals. _
As I put their feet to steps, their minds improve.
The trick I learned from a homosexual [A] gynecologist.
[F] I recall the words my first [C] girlfriend ended up frustrated with.
[F] I feel privileged, [Bb] you chose me [E] to go [B] straight with. _
[Dm] Homosexual, they [C] call me, it's all the same to me.
[Bb] Expected and projected, [Am] I will now pretend.
[A] Since then, neurosis is what [C] passes for normality. _
[Bb] It's okay with me if [Gbm] I'm queer,
since they [Dm] call me deafness.
It's called the [C] love of music.
[Bb] I won't [Am] disfuse it.
[Ab] I'll make love [G] with their women.
[Gb] I'll [A] make them sing [Ab] notes [G] of pleasure
[Gb] their [F] husbands [Bb] will never [E] hear. _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] [Am] You will call me short-lifted and [A] chemistry class. _
You will snigger and look out for your ass. _ _
[F] Now your women wash your [C] shirts.
Now your kids are born, [F] baby.
_ [Bb] Look out [E] for your horns. _ _
[A] You will call [Am] me teapot.
[A] Play me with your vials.
[Am] Guess who I've got coming [A] to the boil. _ _
[Am] Why not [A] grab the net?
I'll settle for [C] being the kettle if you're the pot.
I [F] take my tea like [Bb] my revenge.
[E] Sweet and hot, the [A] homosexual.
They [C] call me, it's all the same to me.
[Bb] Expected and projected, [A] I will now pretend.
Since then, neurosis is what [C] passes for normality. _
[Bb] It's okay with me if [A] I'm queer,
[C] since they [D] call me deafness.
It's [C] called the love of music.
[Bb] I won't [Am] disfuse it.
[Ab] I'll make love [G] with their women.
[Gb] I'll [A] make them sing [Ab] notes [G] of pleasure.
[Gb] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] Husbands will never [E] hear. _ _
[D] Homosexual.
You call me, [C] it's all the same to me.
[Bb] Expected and projected, [Am] I will now pretend.
Since [A] then, [Dm] neurosis is what [C] passes for normality. _
[Bb] It's okay with me if [A] I'm queer,
[Am] since they [D] call me deafness.
It's called the [C] love of music.
_ [Bb] I won't [A] disfuse it.
[Ab] I'll make love [G] with their women.
[Gb] I'll [A] make them sing [Ab] notes [G] of pleasure.
[Gb] _ _
[C] You will [Bb] never hear.
[F] Never have in [Ab] many years.
[F] No.
[Bb] Fucking.
[E] _ Hear. _
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