Poor Napoleon
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LyricsI can't lie on this bed anymore, it burns my skin
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C C/B C C/B C Em/B Gm/Bb I can't lie on this bed anymore it burns my skin F/A Fm/Ab You can take the truthful things you've said to me D/F# F G And fit them on the head of a pin C F Dm G Poor Napoleon C Em/B Gm/Bb You always look so disappointed when I take my stockings off F/A Fm/Ab Don't you know the facts of life boy D/F# F Don't you know what these things cost? C Em/B Gm/Bb She was selling stolen kisses to travelling salesmen and minstrel singers F/A Fm/Ab You put a penny in the slot D/F# F G She called you her magic fingers C F Dm G Poor Napoleon C F Dm G Poor Napoleon E E/G# I bet she isn't all that's advertised Am C I bet that isn't all she fakes D Eb Just like that place where they take your spine F Eb D And turn it into soapfla---akes C C/B C C/B C C/B C C/B C Em/B Gm/Bb Bare wires from the socket to the bed where you embraced that girl F/A Fm/Ab D/F# F Did you ever think there's far too many people in the world? C Em/B Gm/Bb One day they'll probably make a movie out of all of this F/A Fm/Ab D/F# F G There won't even have to be a murder just a slow dissolving kiss C F Dm G Poor Napoleon C F Dm G So good night little schoolboy, you'd better learn some self control C F Dm G C F Dm G Did you mess up your hairstyle, pour scorn in your begging bo---owl C Poor Napoleon
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