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Randy Newman : Born Again
1979

  1. It's Money That I Love
  2. The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band
  3. Pretty Boy
    +1
  4. Mr Sheep
  5. Ghosts
  6. They Just Got Married

  7. Spies
  8. The Girls In My Life (Part One)
  9. Half A Man
  10. William Brown
  11. Pants

It's Money That I Love

G7
I don't love the mountains and I don't love the sea And I don't love Jesus, he never done a thing for me I ain't pretty like my sister or smart like my dad
F
G
/b
Or good like my mama
C
F
G
/b
It's money that I love
C
F
G
/b
It's money that I love
G7
They say that's money can't buy love in this world But it'll get you a half pound of cocaine and a sixteen year-old girl And a great big long limousine on a hot September night
F
Now that may not be love but it is all right
G
G/b
C
One, two, it's money that I love
F
G
G/b
C
F
Wanna kiss you, three, four it's money that I love
G7
Bb
C
G7
Used to worry about the poor but I don't worry anymore Used to worry about the black man now I don't worry bout the black man Used to worry about the starving children of India You know what I say about the starving children of India? It's money that I love It's money that I love

The Story Of A Rock And Roll Band

E9 xx2101
E9 xx2131
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A
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A
They were six fine English boys
A
G
Who knew each other in Birmingham
E
They bought a drum and guitar
E
|
A
| Started a rock roll band
A
And Johnny played little violin
A
G
And Bobby Joe played the big violin
E
The one that stands on the floor
E
A
They were all in the rock roll band
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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A
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A
A
2/4
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|
C
Am
Their first song sounded like this:
C
Am
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
C
Am
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh)
C
Am
Please get me a witness, please get me a witness (Ooh... ooh...)
A
Right off, they needed a name
A
G
|
F
| Someone said, "How 'bout the Renegades?"
E
Johnny said, "Well I don't know
E
A
I prefer ELO" |
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/a
/g
/f#
E
(La, la, la, la, la, la)
/c
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/a
/g
/f#
/e
/d
(La, la, la, la, la, la ... la)
A
I love their "Mr. Blue Sky"
A
G
Almost my favorite is "Turn to Stone"
E
E(b9)
And how 'bout "Telephone Line"?
E
|
A
| I love that ELO
A
I love their "Mr. Blue Sky"
A
G
Almost my favorite is "Turn to Stone"
6/4
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| And how 'bout "Telephone Line"?
E
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| I love that ELO |
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Pretty Boy

Capo:
I
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D
Have we got a tough guy here?
D
F#m
/e
D
Have we got a tough guy from the street?
D
He look just like that dancing wop
D
F#m
/e
D
In those movies that we've seen
D
E
F#m
/e
D
With his cute little chicken shit boots on
D
E
F#m
/e
D
And his cute little chicken shit hat
D
E
B5
And his cute little chicken shit girlfriends
D
E
Ridin' along in back |
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|
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Dmaj7
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C#m
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/e
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A/c#
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Dmaj7
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/e
|
D
What's been happening with you boys?
D
F#m
/e
D
Are you having a nice time on your trip?
D
All the way from Jersey City
D
F#m
/e
D
You look pretty as a picture
D
E
F#m
/e
D
Please don't hurt no one tonight
D
E
F#m
/e
D
Please don't break no woman's heart
D
E
F#m
/e
D
How 'bout it, you little prick?
D
E
F#m
] How 'bout it? |
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D
| % | % | % |
D
Hope we're gonna get the chance
D
F#m
/e
D
To show you 'round
D
Hope we're gonna get the chance
D
F#m
/e
D
To show you 'round
D
E
F#m
/e
D
Talk tough to me, pretty boy
D
E
F#m
/e
D
Tell us all about the mean streets of home |
D
E
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|
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E
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|
F#m
Talk tough to me

Mr Sheep

Basic verse pattern
G
Em
G
Em
|3---3---0---0---|3---3---0-3-0---|
|3---3---0---0---|3---3---0-3-0---|
|0-------0-------|0-------0-----0-|
|0-------2-------|0-------2-----0-|
|--------2-------|--------2-------|
|3-------0-------|3-------0-------|
Basic chorus pattern
Em
G
|--------0-------|--------0-3-0---|--------0-------|--------0-3-0---|
|--------0---3-0-|--------0-3-0-3-|--------0---3-0-|--------0-3-0-3-|
|------------2-0-|--------0-----2-|0-------0---2-0-|0-------0-----2-|
|2---------------|2---------------|0---0-----------|0---0-----------|
|2---2-----------|2---2-----------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0-----------|0---0-----------|3---3-----------|3---3-----------|
Intro
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G
Em
G
Em
Golly, Mister, where you going?
G
Em
G
Em
You'll be late for work
G
Em
G
Em
Careful or you'll drop your briefcase
G
Em
G
Em
Jesus, what a jerk
G
Em
G
Em
There he goes down to the subway
G
Em
G
Em
Off to catch the train
G
Em
G
Em
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Em
| % | Too bad for him, he forgot his umbrella |
Em
| % | Poor Mr. Sheep |
G
| % | You're wet Mr. Sheep |
Em
| % | [
G
] Walk on, Mr. Sheep, walk on |
G
Em
| % |
G
Em
G
Em
Tell me, how's your little family?
G
Em
G
Em
How's your little wife?
G
Em
G
Em
Are you going to live with those monsters
G
Em
G
Em
For the rest of your life?
G
Em
G
Em
Maybe you got a little girlfriend
G
Em
G
Em
Stashed somewhere in town
G
Em
G
Em
Maybe you ain't got a little girlfriend |
G
Em
| % | Ha ha ha ha ha |
Em
| % | Poor Mr. Sheep |
G
| % | He's a lonely guy too |
Em
| % | Walk on, Mr. Sheep |
G
Em
| % | Walk on
Am7
D
Dance, Mister
Am7
D
Hey, he's doin' OK |
Am7
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D
| Oh, oh
Am7
D
(
G
) Oh, he'll be all right, let him get up by himself |
G
Em
| % |
G
Em
G
Em
Now I don't want to be too rough
G
Em
G
Em
And I don't want to be too mean
G
Em
G
Em
You're right - This world is awful tough
G
Em
G
Em
I know exactly what you mean
G
Em
G
Em
But I want you to know
G
Em
G
Em
Exactly how I feel
G
Em
G
Em
And to tell you the truth, right now
G
Em
G
Em
I feel like going, I feel like going |
Em
| % | Baa |
G
| % | Baa Mr. Sheep |
Em
| % | |
G
| % | Careful, you're walking all over your own self now |
Em
| % | Walk on, Mr. Sheep |
G
| % | Walk on, Mr. Sheep |
Em
|
Em
Em
| (
G
) Walk on, Mr. Sheep, ... walk on |
G
Em
| % | ...

Ghosts

F#maj7 xx4321 Gm11 3x331x
Ebmaj7 x65333 Bb/F xx3331
Eb6 x6554x Bb/Ab 4x333x
F7b9 1x1212 Ebadd9 xx13x1
Bb(add9) x13311 Eb xx134x
Gm7/D x5536x / xx036x
RIFF1 RIFF2
F9
F6
F9
F
F9
F6
F9
F
e|-----------------| e|-------------1---| |-----------------|
B|-1-------1---2---| B|-4---3---4-------| |-4---3---4---6---|
G|-3---2-3---------| G|-0-------0---2---| |-----------------|
D|-2---0---3---1---| D|-----3-----------| or |-5---3---5---7---|
A|-3---------------| A|-----------------| |-----------------|
E|-----------------| E|-1---------------| |-----------------|
F#maj7
C7
Fmaj7
F6
Stay with me for a little while
Ebmaj7
Eb6
You've nowhere to go
Dm7
G7
And I've nowhere to go
Gm7
C7
It makes me so happy
F7sus4
F7
When you smile |
Bb(add9)
|
Gm11
|
Cm7
|
F7
F7b9
| At me
Bb(add9)
Gm11
Work all your life
Cm7
F7
F7b9
And you end up with nothing
Bb(add9)
Gm11
C7
Riff1
Live in one room like a bum
Bb/f
Bb/ab
Once I flew in a plane
Fm
Bb7
Ebadd9
Eb
And I fought in a war
C7sus4
C7
We lived in a castle
Gm7/d
C7
F
And slept on the floor
Bb(add9)
Gm11
And I don't want to be
C7sus4
C7
F9
F6
F9
F
Riff2
All alone anymore I'm sorry
Bb(add9)
Gm11
Out in the street
Cm7
F7
F7b9
Little colored kids playing
Bb(add9)
Gm11
C7
Riff1
Where my own little boy used to play
Bb/f
Bb/ab
So I sit in this chair
Fm
Bb7
Ebadd9
Eb
And I ache with the gout
C7sus4
C7
And I talk to myself
Gm7/d
C7
F
'Cause I'm scared to go out
Bb(add9)
Gm11
And I just want to know
C7sus4
C7
F9
F6
F9
F
RIff2
What was it all about I'm sorry

They Just Got Married

D#dim/A x04x4x
F6/A x03x3x
Turnaround
. . . .
Am*
e|-----------------|---
B|-------5---4---3-|-1-
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E5
Am
Here's an old, old story
F
'Bout a man and a woman
E7
Gone off to California
Am*
'Cause they just got married
Am
All their friends in Boston
F
Are so very happy
E7
They're dancing in the doorways
Am*
'Cause their friends got married |
A7
A#7
|
A7
He gets a job |
Dm
Bb
|
Dm/a
Working in a car wash up in Santa Cruz |
G
C#7
|
G/d
She gets a job
C
Teaching at a nursery school, oh, she's so nice
E7
What's gonna happen to 'em?
Am
Soon
F
They have a little white haired baby
E7
Looks just like his daddy
Am*
And they're all real happy |
A7
A#7
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Bb
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C#7
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|
Am
A couple of years go by
F
She's going to see the doctor
E7
It's just a regular checkup (oh no)
Am*
Plus she thinks she might be pregnant
Am
Anyway, she dies
F
And he moves down to Los Angeles
E7
Meets a foolish young girl with lots of money (
Am
) Now they're getting married |
Am
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Spies

Capo:
III
Edim7 012020
Main Riff Link verse to chorus
Em/b
Bm7
Em/b
Bm7
|--------------------------------| |-3----0-------------|
|--------------------------------| |-5----1----5----3---|
|--------------------------------| |-4----0----4----0---|
|-2-2-4---5---4-2---2------------| |-----------2----4---|
|---------------------5-2---2-5--| |-2----2----2----2---|
|--------------------------------| |--------------------|
Intro
Em
F#7/e
F/e
B7/e
Em
|-3-------------|-2-------------|-1-------------|---------------|
|-5-------------|-5-------------|-1------4------|-5-------------|
|-4-------------|-3-------------|-2------2------|-4-------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------4------|-5-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|-0-------------|-0------0------|-0-------------|
Intro
|
Em
|
F#7/e
|
F/e
B7/e
|
Em
|
Em
Little mama from Japan Sent by her masters to a foreign land Go out with the sailors, hang round the dock
Edim7
Get out of the way when the bombs start to drop |
Em
A
|
C
You know she's a spy
D
(
Em
) Careful what you say, boys |
Em
A
|
C
Spy
D
(
Em
) Looks just like a schoolgirl |
Em
|
F#7/e
|
F/e
F#/e
F/e
|
Em
Big fat Russian, looks into a buffalo Check into a dude ranch in New Mexico
Em
F#7/e
Nearby in the desert great scientific minds
F/e
Em/b
Bm7
Struggle with questions of space and time
Em/b
Bm7
Watch out for him |
Em
A
|
C
Spy
D
(
Em
) You can tell he ain't no cowboy |
Em
A
|
C
Spy
D
(
Em
) Whoa! |
Em
|
F#7/e
|
F/e
F#/e
F/e
|
Em
If you love this country, and I hope you do Then listen closely to what I say to you
Em
F#7/e
They're in the shipyard, they're in the factory
F/e
Em
They might look just like you and they might look just like me |
Em
A
|
C
But they're (Spies.............)
D
(
Em
) Everywhere you go see 'em |
Em
A
|
C
(Spies.........)
D
(
Em
) They even got 'em in Chicago |
Em
F#7/e
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F/e
F#/e
F/e
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Em
F#7/e
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F/e
F#/e
F/e
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Em
|
F#7/e
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F/e
B7/e
|
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|
F#7/e
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F/e
B7/e
|
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| |
Em
] % | % | % | ...

The Girls In My Life (Part One)

Bdim x2313x
F/c x3321x
Bb/c x3333x
C7+ x3x354
F9 xx3243
F
Was a little girl
C7
Maybe five foot two
F7
Had the cutest little feet
Bb
Bbm
(
F
) Made my heart go tweet, tweet, tweet
F
Quite a pleasant disposition |
C7
|
F
F/a
Bb
Bdim
|
F/c
C7
|
F
Then came a pretty young French girl, mmm
C7
Whom I met in Las Vegas
F7
Bb
Bbm
When I was there with my parents, oh my
F
Had a real nice conversation |
C7
|
F
F/a
Bb
Bdim
|
F/c
Cm7
F7
|
Bb
Bdim
Met a girl at the bakery
F/c
Cm7
She wanted to borrow my car from me
F7
I said: "Take it, babe"
Bb
Bdim
She took it down to Mexico
F/c
A/c#
Dm
Bb/c
Ran over a man named Juan
F
Then I went to college
C7
Met a college girl
F7
She lived in the sorority house
Bb
Bbm
Across from the school
F
Got a real fine education
C7
(
F
) Had seven women on my mind |
F
F/a
Bb
Bdim
|
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C7
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Bbm
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C7
|
F
Now I'm married
C7
Have a very lovely wife
F7
Three cute little boys
Bb
Bbm
It's so nice
F
And that's just half the story
C7
(
F
) Of the girls in my life |
F
F/a
Bb
Bdim
|
F/c
C7+
F9
|

Half A Man

Fm(maj7) xx3554 D* xx0775
G/D xx0433 E/D xx0454
A/E 0x2220 A/G 3x222x
D/C x3x232 A/F# 2x222x
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D
Fm(maj7)
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Fm(maj7)
|
Fm(maj7)
|
D
This big old queen was standing
G
On the corner of the street
A
|
D
|
D
G/d
| Waved his hanky at me as I went rolling by
D
I pulled the truck up on the sidewalk
G
And I climbed down from the cab
A/e
D/c
With my tire chain and my knife
D
As I approached him
G
He was trembling like a bird
A
|
D
E/d
|
D
E/d
| Raised the chain above my head
D
He said, "Please, before you kill me
G
Might I have one final word?"
A7
D
And this is what he said:
Bm
D
E
"I am but half a man, half a man
A/g
A/f#
I'd like to be a dancer
Bm
But I'm much too large
Bm
D
E
Half a man, half a man
A/g
A/f#
Bm
An object for your pity, not your rage" |
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G
Oh, the strangest feeling's sweeping over me
A
D
Both my speech and manner have become much more refined
D
G
I said, "Oh, what is this feeling? What is wrong with me?"
A
D
She said, "Girl, it happens all the time
Bm
D
E
"Now you are half a man, half a man
A/g
A/f#
Look, you're walking and you're talking
Bm
Like a fag"
Bm
D
E
Half a man, I am half a man
A/g
A/f#
Bm
Holy Jesus, what a drag

William Brown

Capo:
III
Ddim xx0131 Gsus2 3x02xx
D xx0232 G 3x000x
A x02220 G(#11) 3x002x
A9 x02423 Dsus2 xx0230
A6 x02222 D(b5) xx013x
A7 x02020
Verse
Ddim
D
Ddim
D
A
A9
A6
A7
Ddim
D
|-1---2-----------|-1---2-----------|-0-3-3-2-2-0-0---|-1----2----------|
|---------3-------|---------3-------|-2---------------|----------3------|
|-1---2-----------|-1---2-----------|-2-4-4-2-2-0-0---|-1----2----------|
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
Gsus2
G
G
G(#11)
Gsus2
G
Dsus2
D
D(b5)
Dsus2
D
D(b5)
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0---2-----------|-0---2-----------|
|-----0-----------|-0---2-----------|-----0-----------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
|-2---0-----------|-0---0-----------|-2---0-----------|-2-----------1---|-2-----------1---|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3---------------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Ddim
D
Ddim
D
William Brown, a tobacco man
A
A9
A6
A7
Left North Carolina
Ddim
D
When he sold his land
Ddim
D
Ddim
D
He took a train to Omaha
A
A9
A6
A7
Ddim
D
Stayed there with some friends he had
Gsus2
G
And he didn't mind the dust
G
G(#11)
And he didn't mind the wind
Gsus2
G
And he didn't mind the cold
Dsus2
D
D(b5)
Dsus2
D
D(b5)
And he didn't miss home
Ddim
D
And he liked the people
Ddim
D
And he liked the town
A
A9
A6
A7
So he built himself a house beside
Ddim
D
D(b5)
The river
Ddim
D
And he sent for his children
Ddim
D
And he sent for his cars
A
A9
A6
A7
And he bought a little business
Ddim
D
That would run itself
Gsus2
G
And he didn't mind the dust
G
G(#11)
And he didn't mind the wind
Gsus2
G
And he didn't mind the cold
Dsus2
D
Dsus2
D
Dsus2
D
Dsus2
D
And he never missed home

Pants

Em/d 020000
D/e 0x2232
C/e 0x2010
A/e 0x2220
D5 xx023x
 |
Em
Em/d
|
C
B
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2/4
|
Em
Em/d
|
C
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Bsus4
|
B
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Em
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D/e
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C/e
|
A/e
| |
Em
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D/e
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C/e
|
A/e
| |
Em
| % | % | % |
Em
Gonna take off my pants
Em
Gonna take off my pants
Am
Gonna take off my pants
Em
Gonna take off my pants
Am
And your mama can't stop me
Bm
And your papa can't stop me
Am
And the police can't stop me
Bm
No one can stop me |
Em
|
D5
|
Em
|
D5
| |
Em
|
D5
|
Em
|
Em
D5
|
Em
Gonna do it right now
Em
Gonna do it right now
Am
I'm gonna take off my pants
Em
Gonna take off my pants
Am
And your teachers can't stop me
Bm
And your priests can't stop me
Am
And your firemen can't stop me
Bm
(
Em
) And the president can't stop me, oh |
Em
|
G
|
C
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D
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Em
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G
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C
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D
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Em
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G
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C
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) Will you take off my pants? |
Em
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Will you take off my pants? |
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Em
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