From michael@magick.net Fri May 16 08:02:41 1997
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 02:02:47 GMT
From: michael p mccullough
To: schnitzi@east.isx.com, guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Strict Time /// Elvis Costello
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature,alt.guitar.tab,alt.fan.elvis-costello


Strict Time
Words & Music by: Elvis Costello
>From the album: TRUST

INTRO:
C G C G C G C G

CThere's a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth
I can hear you knocking but I'm not coming out
Don't Gwant to be a puppet or a ventriloquist
'Cause there's no ventilation oCn a critical list
CFingers creeping upG my spine are not mine to resist
CStrict time

CBoRUS:

CToughen up, toughen up
Keep your lip buttoGned up
Strict timCe

COh the muscles flex and the fingers curl
And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl
Strict time
GOh he's all hands, don't touch that dial
The courting cold wars weekend witch trial
CStrict time
CAll the boys are straiGght laced and the girls are frigid
The talk is two-faced and the rCules are rigid 'cause it's strict time
Strict time

(chorus)

CYou talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones
Try to look Italian through the musical Valium
Strict time
GThinking of grand larceny
Smoking the everlastingC cigarette of chastity
Cute assistants staying alive
GMore like a hand job thanC the hand jive
Strict time

Chorus


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