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(Return To The Valley Of) Out Come The Freaks (Semi/Historic 1983 Version) Chords

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[Intro 1]
[G][Em][G][Em]
[G][Em][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Every [C]hair
will [G]lose the tape [Em]record[G]er
When he [Em]had one [G]of his girlfriends over
[C]He [Am]didn't [C]want to miss a
[G]single [Em]scream[G]
His friends all [Em]laughed
when he [G]played it [Em]later
[G]You had to [C]wonder,
did [G]he really [C]hate [G]her?[C]
Girls [Am]always [G]made [C]him nervous,
[Am]that's [G]to blame
[Em]An d[G] mak[C]ing lo[Am]ve is [G]ju[C]st
a [G]crazy [Em]game[G]
[C]Woodwork [Am]squeaks
an[C]d out come the f[Am]reaks,
[G]oh [Em]yeah[G]
[C]Woodwork [Am]squeaks
an[C]d out come the f[Am]reaks, o[G]h yeah[Em][G]
In her apart[Em]ment [G]was a
plastic al[Em]tar
[C]She'd [G]light a can[Em]dle whe[G]n
her courage faltered
[C]Sometimes the [Am]world [C]got a
little [Am]hard to [G]bear[Em][G]
It wasn't [Em]easy [G]living in the [Em]city
[G]She wasn't [Em]clever an[G]d
she wasn't [C]pretty
She chatted [G]in the [C]night,
but [Am]no one c[G]ared[Em][G]
[C]What works, [Am]weeks,
[C]and out come the [Am]freaks[G][Em][G]
[C]What works, [Am]weeks, [C]and out come [Am]the [G]freaks
[C][Am][G]
[Em][G][C][Am][C][G]
[Em][G]
Freddy's [Em]wife became
a [G]topless dan[Em]cer
[G]Had bondage [Em]parties [G]with
a Turkish bouncer
[C]She's been [Am]evicted,
[G]the po[C]lice have [Am]got her [G]caught[Em][G]
She tried to [Em]sell [G]an antique [Em]shotg[G]un
She said she knows
[Em]some crazy[G] guy who was one
[C]Her parents [Am]said, [C]you're not our daughter,
[Am]you're a whore
[G]It's [Em]over,[C]
[Am]and [G]you don't [C]live here [Am]anymore
[G]Woo[Em]dwork[G] s[C]queaks[Am]
an[C]d out come the f[Am]reaks,
[G]oh [Em]yeah[G]
[C]Woodwork [Am]squeaks an[C]d strangers
in the [Am]night[G][Em][G][C]
[Am]An d[C] pop us down a bra[Am]nd new bed
[G]We'[Em]re tal[G]kin' bout good w[C]ork,
[Am]sweet
[C]The shadow of your [Am]smile
[G]We'[Em]re tal[G]kin' bout good w[C]ork,
[Am]sweet
And take the [C]last train to
[G]Clarksville[Em][C][G]
[C]Good work, [Am]sweets,
[C]and out come the [G]freaks, oh
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