Tim Minchin - Talked too much stayed too long

^EDon't wanna be in your club if you'd take me^G as a ^Dmember I'm not ^Eeven slightly interested in ^Gwhether I'm ^Dremembered I say ^Aashes to ashes, dust to dust ^{E E}Give me a tombstone if you ^Gfeel you ^Dmust Sayin'

^BmHere lies a clown who ^Cwrote ^Bsome ^Bmsongs

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He talked too much and stayed too long

Back home in ^EmPerth I played piano down at ^GCafe Pi^Eazza ^EmSwallowin' second hand smoke and singin ^Gstandards by the ^Emasters Learnt that ^Aevery lyric's sacred, that love's everything And that ^Emthree drinks makes you straighten up but ^Gfour gets you ^Eswingin' Till my ^Bcrowd scared the suits away and I ^Cplayed my own ^Gsongs Then we ^Emtalked too much and stayed too long ^D(Talked too much and ^Bstayed too long)

Moved to ^EMelbourne with my missus after ^Glocking her down Felt like a ^Every little fishy in a ^Gvery big town ^DBarely ^Ascrapin' by on corporate gigs and quaint cabaret Playin' ^Ekeyboards in a cover band until ^Gthree in the ^Eam I was ^Bnever really suited to them ^Ctop forty ^Bsongs

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Coz I talked too much and played too long

^EDon't wanna be in your club if you'd take me^G as a ^Dmember I'm not ^Eeven slightly interested in ^Gwhether I'm ^Dremembered I say ^Aashes to ashes, ^Amdust to dust ^EmGive me a tombstone if you f^Eeel ^Gyou ^Emust Sayin'

^BmHere lies a clown who ^Cwrote some ^B7songs He ^Emtalked too much and ^E5stayed too long

Took my ^Fmeyeliner to Edinburgh in twenty-o-five ^FmPlayed to forty five payin' punters on that opening night ^FBut to my ^Bbmsurprise there was a risin' demand For a ^Fmlovechild of Liberace and Edward Scissorhands ^C7Dude from ^Cm7the paper said that diggin' me was wrong

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He said I talked too much and stayed too long

I played the ^FmAlbert Hall and Wembley, I played basements and bars I've been to Hollywood and Broadway, met those ^FA-lister stars I've shared ^Bbcigarettes with Knights, shot Tequila with dames Found I'm more ^Fminterested in laughter than in hotness and fame So ^C7long as you got irony, honey ^C#7we'll get ^C7along We can ^Btalk too much and ^Bbstay way, way too ^Flong

Don't wanna ^Fmbe in your club if you take me as a member I'm not even slightly interested in ^Fwhether I'm remembered I say ^Bbashes to ashes, ^Bbmdust to dust ^FmGive me a tombstone if you feel you must ^FSayin'

^CmHere lies a clown who ^C#wrote some ^Csongs You know he ^Ftalked too much and stayed too long You know he talked too much and stayed too ^Glong

I've been ^G5threatened with death and arrest and with hell I went

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hard at a cardinal who was feelin' unwell

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I had them dog whistling whiners send their dogs after me

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I've been a bigot and a faggot, I've been ^G5smug and ugly

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I'm a long-haired lefty joker and a smoker of bongs

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And I talk too much and stay too long

But fuck that "^G5live fast, die young" shit, I plan on getting rickety Baby I intend to stick around till all you pricks are sick of me And when they ^C5come to wash my old man balls and ^Cmfeed me mashed banana They'll ^Gfind me in the common room playin' ^Cmblues on the piano ^DmSame old three ^D7chords and ^Ebcliched fuckin' ^D7runs And I'll ^Gm7talk too much and stay too long Y'know I'll ^Ctalk too much (and stayed too long)

Don't wanna ^Gmbe in your club if you take me as a member I'm not even slightly interested in whether I'm remembered ^FI say ^Cashes to ashes, dust to dust Give me a ^Gmtombstone, baby, if you ^Gfeel you must Sayin'

^DmHere lies a clown who ^Ebwrote some ^D7songs You know he ^Gm7talked too much and ^C7stayed too ^Flong You know he ^Bbtalked too much and stayed too long ^Dm7Another white mother fucker ^Eb7ramblin' ^D7on ^G

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He talked too much and stayed too long