Chords for R. Stevie Moore - Benefit Of The Doubt (1976)

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[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ Stop singing [Em] along, _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ stop. _
[Am] _ It's time [Em] to go. _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Stop telling [Em] lies, I can't make [Am] you laugh.
_ _ [Dm] I need you [Am] now.
_ Stop singing along, [Em] but then I'll be there when [F] I die. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ Quit complaining [C] so much. _ _
[G] _ Stop relying [E] on such. _ _ _
[Am] _ Start building [E] the day, then I'll be there.
[Am] _ Start building [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ the day.
[E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] You are a good [G] friend for that.
_ [C] _ _ Oh, the clouds may drown.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ But if it is a cloud too loud.
[Am] _ Quit singing [E] about the middle, middle, middle.
[F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ I don't want to [C] resign.
_ _ [G] _ Should I have to [C] decline?
_ _ [G] _ What I mean by [C] your lies.
_ _ [G] _ Just because you [E] deny.
_ _ _ [Am] _ Stop pretending [E] that you wish you [Am] could have _ _ [Dm] it.
Should you let [Am] _ it go, then [Em] you'll be fine.
I'm not [Am] resigning. _ _
[Dm] I'm not singing [Am] along.
_ Quit talking [E] about _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ the [G] middle, middle, middle.
I don't want [E] to resign.
_ _ [Am] Should I have to decline?
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ What [D] I mean by your lies.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ Quit [Em] insisting you care, but _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ then I'll [G] be _ _ _
[E] _ there when I die.
[Am] _ Stop telling [E] lies.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ Stop [G] telling lies. _ _ _
[C] _ Bitter, bitter the clouds may drown.
_ Bitter, bitter the clouds may drown.
_ [Am] Bitter, bitter the clouds may drown.
_ Quit singing [E] about the middle, middle, [Am] middle.
_ _ [D] I love to hear your lies.
[Am] _ Quit talking [Em] about _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] the middle, middle, middle.
Stop saying [Em] you are. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ My fellow [N] Americans.
Since I moved back to New Jersey.
I've listened to R.
Stevie Moore.
_ And I strongly recommend it.
I listen every Monday night with my friend Phoebe Robozo.
We never miss a show. _
_ Honest, we don't. _ _ _ _
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