Close Shave chords by
Ralph Mctell

N/A

Key: G major

Verse 1
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Now Charlie
Summers has a barber shop
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and the prettiest wife in town
I saw him on the street the other day,
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he said, why ain't you been around?
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Come in tomorrow
and I'll give you a shave
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and it won't cost you a  cent
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Gm Gm 3
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I rubbed my chin in puzzlement
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By the next day there I  went
Now he didn't smile when I said hello
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He climbed up on his chair
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Just a shave today is all he said
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I ain't got time to cut your hair
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And he tucked the towel around my neck
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And he pulled it back real tight
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I rubbed my chin as I looked at him
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I  thought something round here
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ain't right
He took the cup and he whipped the soap
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Cm Cm 3
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And he slapped it  on my jaw
I thought to myself that's a little bit rough
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The sun splashed on the floor
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He covered my face till just my eyes
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peered out from under the phone
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When I watched him move
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to the razor's strop,
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I wished I'd stayed at home
He's dropped that blade
about fifty times
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as miserable as sin
He jerked my whole head backwards,
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he put the razor under my chin
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He leaned to my ear in a threatening tone
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that was full of stress and strife
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His smoky breath scared me to death
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He said, have you been missing
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my wife?
Charlie, I said as I spat out foam,
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how long have we been pals?
I don't know what you're talking about
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It must be someone else
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Finished the shave and
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he towed me down
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And I went to pay the bill
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No charges he  passed down to me
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And I  walked out past the table
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I wonder what made him think of me,
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fooling with his wife
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Him with a blade in his right hand,
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sharper than any knife
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Now whether or not he hid the truth,
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I will take it to my grave
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But when I rub my chin,
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I think again
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That was a pretty close shave

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