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Lick Your Fingers Clean by Jethro Tull


   Lick Your Fingers Clean 



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

[Verse]
N.C.
I'll see you at the weighing in
N.C.
When your life's sum-total's made
N.C.
And you set your wealth in godly deeds
N.C.
Against the sins you've laid
 
    C          Bb    G    F
So place your final burden
        Bb           Eb      F
On your hard-pressed next of kin
          Eb              C
Send the chamber pot back down the line
   F         D    G  C G
To be filled up again
 
                   F    C     Bb
Take your mind off your election
    G     F       C       Bb
And try to get it straight
    G     F       C       Bb
And don't pretend perfection
          Eb            F
You'll be crucified too late
 
[Interlude]
*Flute* (Play like "hard-headed social worker" verse)
Bb Eb F G
Bb F Bb Eb F G
 
[Verse]
          C         Bb           G        F
And he'll say "you really should make the deal"
       Bb      Eb      F
As he offers round the hat
            Eb               C
Well, you'd better lick your fingers clean
      F        D       G
I'll thank you all for that
 
            F       C          Bb
And as you join the good ship earth
        G      F        C   Bb
And you mingle with the dust
   G       F          C         Bb
Be sure to leave your underpants
     Eb              F
With someone you can trust
 
        Bb
And the hard-headed social worker
    Eb         F        G
Who bathes his hands in blood
     Bb      F        Bb
Will welcome you with arms held high
    Eb    F        G
And cover you with mud
 
          C        Bb            G        F
And he'll say "you really should make the deal"
       Bb      Eb      F
As he offers round the hat
            Eb               C N.C.
Well, you'd better lick your fingers clean
           F         D       G
Well, I'll thank you all for that





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