If You Give Me Your Attention chords by D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Gilbert & Sullivan

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Intro 1

If you

Verse 1
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 (D major) 
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give me your  (A major) attention,
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I will  (D major) tell you what I  (A major) am.
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I'm a  (D major) genuine philanthropist,
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 (A major) all other kinds  (D major) are sham.
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It's little fault of  (Ddim) tem    per
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and it's  (A major) social defect
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 (B major) in my  (A major) erring fellow  (D major) creatures
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I en (E major) deavor to cor (A major) rect
to all their little weakness
as I open people's eyes
and little plans to snub the
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Self -sufficient I de (D major) vise
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I love my fellow  (G major) creatures
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I do  (D major) all the good I  (G major) can
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yet  (A major) everybody says
I'm such a disagreeable man,
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G 
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Em 
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D 
and I  (B minor) can't  (A major)  (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
To compliments inflated
I've a withering reply,
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 (A major) And  (D major) vanity I al (A major) ways
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do my  (D major) be st to morti (A major) fy.
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A  (D major) charitable action
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 (Ddim) I      can skill (C sharp major) fully dissect,
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 (B major) And  (A major) in terested motives
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E 
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 (D major) I'm de (E major) lighted to de (A major) tect.
I know everybody's income
and what everybody earns,
And I carefully compare it
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with the income tax return (D major) s.
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But to benefit human (G major) ity,
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G 
 (D major) however much I  (G major) plan,
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Yet  (E major) everybody says
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 (A major) I'm such a disagreeable man,
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and I  (B minor) can't think  (A major) why.
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Em 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (D major) 
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I'm sure I'm no ascet (A major) ic,
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I'm as  (D major) pleasant as can be.
You'll always find me ready
with a crushing repartee.
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 (A major) I've  (D major) an irritating chuckle,
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B 
 (Ddim) I've a  (A major) celebrated sneer (B major) .
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I've  (A major) an entertaining  (D major) snigger,
E 
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I've a  (E major) fascinating leer (A major) .
To everybody's prejudice
I know a thing or two.
I can tell a woman's age
in half a minute,
and I do.
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G 
 (D major) But although I try to  (G major) make myself
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as  (D major) pleasant as I  (G major) can,
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Yet  (A major) everybody says
I'm such a disagreeable man,
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And I  (B minor) can't think  (D major) why.
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He  (G major) can't think  (D major) why.
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D 
 (A major) I can't think  (D major) why.