The Meter Running chords by Greg Johnson

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Verse 1
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 (G major) The mead's high,  (D major) it's  (B minor) plowin'
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 (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (A major) The mead's  (G major) high,  (D major) 
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it's  (B minor) plowin'
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 (D major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (B minor) 
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 (G major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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 (A major) You surely  (D major) do look  (A major) pretty
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I  (B minor) can hear the taxi toot (G major) ing for us
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Oth (D major) erwise I'd  (E major) throw
you on the bed
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 (A major) What's the fuss about?
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 (D major) Politicians,  (A major)  (B minor) diplomatic mission (G major) s
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Trying  (D major) to break this world  (E major) down
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into small  (A major)  (D major) parti (A major) tions
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But none  (D major) of it matters to  (A major) you and me
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There's a  (B minor) taxi waiting for  (G major) us in the street
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And  (D major) black shoe scuffs  (E major) on cinema  (E minor) seat (A major) s
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And the  (G major) meter is  (A major) rolling  (B minor)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Get  (F sharp minor) yourself togeth (G major) er,
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put your  (A major) lipstick on straight
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Yes, the  (G major) meter  (A major) is right  (B minor)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Get  (F sharp minor) yourself togeth (G major) er,
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put your  (A major) lipstick on straight
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And I warned  (D major) you this could hap (A major) pen
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If you  (B minor) whispered in my will (G major) ing ear
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May (D major) be now we  (E major) can't afford the fear
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 (A major) Do we really care
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About  (D major) great pre (A major) dictions,
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 (B minor) small elec (G major) tions
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Dog (D major) ma damage,  (E major) brain cells,
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 (A major) oxidized connections
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The meter  (G major)  (A major) is run (B minor) ning
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Get  (C sharp major)  (D major)  (F sharp minor) yourself togeth (G major) er,
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put your lip (A major) stick on straight
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The meter  (G major) is  (A major) run (B minor) ning
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 (C sharp major) Get  (F sharp minor) yourself togeth (G major) er,
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pick your  (A major) dress up off the floor
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And I  (E major) warned you  (E minor) this could happen
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If you  (D major) shot me with one of those looks
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Now  (F sharp minor) the    (A flat major) driver  (C sharp major) is
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banging on the door  (E major) 
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God  (E minor) knows  (A major) what he's sold for  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (B minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (B minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (E major)  (E minor) 
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But it  (A major) doesn't matter anyway
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Cause we've  (D major) missed the  (A major) movie,
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 (D major) we've spilled  (B minor) wine on the  (G major) duvet
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I swear  (D major) there's someone yelling,  (E major) 
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just to  (A major) turn the music down now
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Monday  (D major) seems a  (A major) year away,
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it's  (B minor) Saturday and that's  (G major) the day
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For black  (D major) shoe scuffs  (E major) on
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cinema  (E minor) seat (A major) s
Another earthly treat
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The  (G major) meter is  (A major) run (B minor) ning
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 (C sharp major) Get  (D major)  (F sharp minor) yourself togeth (G major) er,
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pick your  (A major) germs up off the floor
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It's the  (G major) Vito,  (A major) it's right  (B minor)  (A major) 
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 (C sharp major) Get  (F sharp minor) yourself togeth (G major) er,
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pick your (A major) self up off the floor
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It's right  (G major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (D major) 
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 (F sharp minor) On,    (D major) on,  (G major) on  (A major) 
You
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