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Arab Strap
Arab Strap

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Intro 1
Am
Gm
Am

Gm
F
Gm
Dm
Am

Gm
Am

Verse 1
Am

We slept in
F
Gm

this morning an d she had to get ready in a hurry
Dm
Am

No time for her usual
F

attention to detail
Gm

And she ran out the door
Am

Slamming it behind her

Leaving her keys swinging

and jangling
F
Gm
Verse 2

Dm
Am

I stayed in bed until I heard the
F
Gm

downstairs door shut
C
Am

Then peeked through the blinds

And as soon as she was out of sight

I went for the keys
Gm
Verse 3
Am


She never tried to make a

secret of the box or
F
Gm

The fact it was locked or even
C
Am
F

where she kept it
C
F
Gm

But as I said at the time
C

"If you've nothing to hide,
Am

why hide it?"
Gm
Dm
Am
Verse 4
F

Gm

It's one of those wee red
Am

cashbox things

And she keeps it in a drawer by the bed
Gm
C
Am

Under some pictures and books

Every key she has is on
Gm

the same keyring
C
Am

It took me a while to find the right one
Verse 5
Am

Gm

I don't know
C

I suppose I've had my doubts for
Am

a while there's been

Hushed phone calls virtually
Gm

every night

Her friends stop talking when I
Am

come in the room

They look at each other, and
Gm

I don't know
C
Am

It's just a feelin'
Gm
Verse 6

Am

Anyway

I eventually found the right key and
F
Gm
C
Am

It fitted perfectly in
F

Put the box on top of the bed and
Gm
C
Am

Em

opened it up
Verse 7
F
Am
Em

There were these pictures of
Am
Gm

friends and ex's
Am

Letters, postcards, doodles,
Dm
Am
Em
Am

nothing bad

F
Em
Am

And then I found some sort of sex diary
Gm
Am
Em
Am

And I went to the latest entry
F
Am

It explicitly detailed a recent

adventure up the park
Em

With a boy she said she had
Interlude 1

forgotten about
Am

Gm
Am


Gm
And it got worse
Verse 8
Am

as it went on
Gm

The dates never made sense
C
Am

There were people I had never

even heard of
Gm

Eventually I had to stop reading it
Am

Because I started to feel sick
Gm

So I put everything back the
C
Am

way I found it
Gm

Shut the drawer and
Am

phoned you
Verse 9
Am
Gm

Am

See, I don't know what to do

I keep having
Gm

Fantasies about leaving her
Am

Dictaphone under the pillow
Gm

Or following her when
C
Am

she goes to work
F

I've been lying about
C

where I'm going
F
Gm
C
Am

Just in case I can bump into her
Outro 1
Am
F

Am

F

Am
F
Am

F

Am
F
Am


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    3
  • F

  • Dm

  • C

  • Em

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