The Asking Tree Chords by The Soft Boys

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[E] _ [D] _ [Em] _ Oh lady [D#] bent [Em] like a [Bm] [A] question mark with a [A] shopping [D] [Am] bag and a [G] [A] skin of [E] [F#] bark.
[E] I'm [G#m] around your [F#] [E] neck [F#] I [E] see a _
[D] [G#] figurine [E] like [C#m] [B] me. _ _
_ Hangin' on a _ _ _ hanging _ virgin all [E] night long.
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[A] _ [E] Tell me [A] where [Em] I'm [A] gonna die.
_ [G] Was it [D] worth [C] the [A] _ baby's [D] cry?
[C] _ [F#] That's [B] a [F#] tricky question [E] son.
It's been [A] so long [E] since [D] you [E] was [A] one.
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_ Honey please deliver me from _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] asking [Em] to _ [C#m] [D] die.
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Beneath the tree the baby [B] lay. _
[A] [Em] The [A] sky was [D] black [A] and the [Am] ground [G] was gray.
[C] _ [F#] _ [B] Chestnut eyes [F#] rolled [F#] round in [B] fright.
But [E] [D] what [A] hung up there [E] on [A] the right?
[B] Oh _ _ no no!
It's me _ hanging on the _ asking [Em] tree. _ _ _ _
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[F#m] don't know much but [Em] I sure can [C#] [D] tell [A] your [G#] porky soul is [A] gonna [G] fry and burn.
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The _ [E] [B] grease will spit and the fat will roll like [E] a _ [A] hamburger.
[G] That's [E]
[B] all your [C#] soul is worth.
[G] Close those [B] feet clippers.
_ Tear that skin right off of me.
You're the hanging [E] on the [B] _ _ [E] asking [Em] _ tree.
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