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I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than hang around you the livelong day |C9/B7/|E/CB7|E/B7/|
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than think about you the livelong day |C7/B7/|Ab///|D7///|
There's all my seashells from everywhere I've been |G///|////|
There must be hundreds that need another clean |F#m///|D7/B7/|
I've got better things to do, believe me |E/D7/|C9/B7/|
Than hang around you |E/CB7|E/B7/||
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than waiting for you to talk to me |C9/B7/|E/CB7|E/B7/|
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than dying for you to talk to me |C7/B7/|Ab///|D7///|
I could watch King Kong for the whole afternoon |G///|////|
Or a late-night re-run of Destination Moon |F#m///|D7/B7/|
I got better things to do, believe me |E/D7/|C9/B7/|
Than hang around you |E/CB7|E/B7/||
Big deal, so you think you're in demand |G///|////|
Well do you know what you really are? |E/DA|E///|
You're a baby piano pretending to be grand |G///|////|
And all I want is a table near the band |Ab///|////|
So you can hear me go "Nyaargh!" |A///|C///|
Have a cigar |B7///|////||
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than waiting for you to notice me |C9/B7/|E/CB7|E/B7/|
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than yelling at you to look at me |C9/B7/|Ab///|D7//|
I got books of crosswords that are only half filled in |G///|////|
I could fill in the rest and fill the first half in again |F#m///|D7/B7/|
I've got better things to do, believe me |E/D9/|C9/B7/|
Than hang around you |E/CB7|E/B7/||
OK, so you're heading for the top |G///|////|
But with me it won't get you far |E/DA|E///|
They've put your features on toothpaste, powder soap and scent |G///|////|
Your name in lights and your footprints in cement |Ab///|////|
But to me you're just Nyaargh |A///|C///|
That's what you are |B7///|////||
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than hang around you the livelong day |C9/B7/|E/CB7|E/B7/|
I got better things to do |E/D9/|
Than think about you the livelong day |C7/B7/|Ab///|D7///|
There are things at home that need attending to |G///|////|
Like the alabaster statue I'm carving of you |F#m///|D7/B7/|
I've got better things to do, believe me, than hang around |E/D9/|C9/B7/|
Better things to do, believe me, than hang around |E/D9/|C9/B7/|
Better things to do, believe me, than hang around you |E/D9/|C9/B7/|E///||
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