As A Rule chords by Gilbert O'Sullivan

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Abdim
Dm
Bb
Eb
C
Am
D
Em
F#dim
B
A
F
E

Intro 1

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Verse 1
G 
Now I'm not,
Am 
D 
I repeat not anyway a prude
Em 
Am 
Dm 
But the sight of two people
G 
cavorting on stage
C 
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B 
Doing what     can only be
Em 
termed a natural act
A 
Dm 
Is unless you wear a raincoat
G 
C 
only good for a laugh
G 
As a rule,

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Verse 2
Am 
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D 
Em 
I never smoke    while on duty
Am 
Dm 
G 
It just isn't on  do I
C 
make myself clear
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Though at times if there
B 
Em 
A 
nobody's looking I will
C 
F 
I mean, life's too short and if
C 
F 
B 
I didn't smoke I bet
E 
What with the luck that I have
Am 
D 
G 
C 
Am 
I'd probably die of warty and, that would be  that

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
G 
Am 
Who would have thought it was
D 
Em 
humanly possible
Am 
Dm 
G 
To mate an elephant with a kangaroo
C 
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B 
Well as my       dear old mother
Em 
A 
once said in a  rage
Dm 
"next thing you know they'll
G 
C 
have pigs an the stage"
G 
Whoever said

Verse 4
Am 
blue skies
D 
Em 
were better than red
Am 
Dm 
G 
C 
Must have been talking from out of his hat
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B 
I mean     whose ever heard
Em 
A 
of a blue sky at night
C 
F 
C 
F 
B 
Don't like waiting or suffocating
E 
In over crowded tubes
Am 
D 
G 
C 
Am 
D 
But I like good wine with my dinner
G 
C 
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D 
B 
E 
A 
D 
G 
don't you
C 
D 
Yes we do