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From Lloyd’s 2014 Standards album. Standards really ranks with Lloyd’s best work and this song is no exception. Typically wry dry and witty lyrics. Chords are relatively straightfoward. Enjoy! Chords ====== C9 x32033 Em 022000 E7 020100 D xx0232 G 320033 A7 x02020 Bm x24432 Gbm 244222 G/Gb 2x0033 Intro ===== D E7 G D x 2 Verse 1 ======= (D) E7 G D I'm drinking tea and taking unpaid leave from my women's studies uh huh (D) E7 G D Out here in the meadow with the people's history of America (D) E7 G D I smoke a pipe for Johnny 99 Bi-partisan Con-sensus (D) E7 G D Keeping it dry nothing flighty on orders from my therapist Chorus 1 ========
We were A7young and we were stupid It was Gfine while it Dlasted To com-A7plete my education I had to Gwake up in your Bmbathtub All those GbmMonday morning Gquarters I grew A7so accustomed Dto
E7 G D Verse 2 ======= (D) E7 G D OK I've seen enough and made my recommendations my work here is finished (D) E7 G D Your powers of re-duction remain strangely undiminished (D) E7 G D Yes a-you in your hushed tones and your campus etiquette (D) E7 G D If we cannot speak of nothing then nothing should keep her mouth shut Chorus 2 ========
We were A7young and we were stupid It was Gfine while it Dlasted Yes I A7wrote my dissertation On the Gbar stools of your Bmneighbourhood But the Gbmbars were filled with Glawyers Filing Gbmaction two by Gtwo Through the Gbmvalley of the Gwomen that I A7am not married Dto
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Oh are these Griches here the spoils of my re-Dtreat These Grented rooms and E7batchelor's de-A7grees It's a GPenguin Classic Dscene G /Gb Em Broken spine and faded green Trying to C9relo-Gcate my Emarms around a A7memory D
E7 G D E7 G D Verse 3 ======= (D) E7 G D I'm drinking tea and taking unpaid leave from my women's studies uh huh (D) E7 G D Hiding up here in the library with the great wall of China (D) E7 G D Now if Josef K was from Edinburgh and Fast Product from Prague (D) E7 G D Maybe that could be kinda funny or maybe not funny at all Chorus 3 ========
We were A7young and we were stupid It was Gfine while it Dlasted To com-A7plete my education I had to Gwake up in your Bmbathtub With the sGbmhadows of the wGomen That I A7am not married Dto
Out === D E7 G x D 2 D ----------------------------------------- I hope I’ve done it justice! Kevin O’Brien Watford England July 2015 watfordkev@gmail.com