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Daphne

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From: "David Winthrop" 
Date:          Thu, 11 Jan 1996 18:07:26 +0000
Subject:       s/Squeeze/ "Daphne"

"Daphne" (Difford/Tilbrook)
Artist: Squeeze
Album: "Ridiculous"


Intro: D Dm D Dm
D      Dm         D
Daphne don't be ridiculous
Dm              D       Cm         A
this silence is killing us talk to me
Em
speak with a loving tongue
C
give life a sense of fun
D      Dm          D
Daphne don't be so cavalier
Dm           D       Cm           A
all that you want is here talk to me
Em
speak with your pretty eyes
C
not without compromise

CHORUS:
Bb                  C
If you're used to a life of farces
Bb               Am
playing games of judge and jury
Gm                   Am
you know when you're wearing those glasses
Bb              Am
you look like Nana Mouskouri

D      Dm             D
Daphne laugh and take silly time
Dm            D     Cm           A
leave sadness way behind talk to me
Em
tell jokes and belly laugh
C
don't cut your life in half
D      Dm           D
Daphne Shelly wrote verse for you
Dm            D      Cm         A
he would have wanted to talk to me
Em
saying I must be thick
C
love is a lunatic

REPEAT CHORUS
A
so you can be adjourned
A                G
Daphne I'm so concerned
A G A

Dave Winthrop
davidwin@i-2000.com