Strictly Genteel The Finale chords by Frank Zappa

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
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This, as you might have guessed, is the end of the movie.
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The entire cast is assembled here at the Centerville Recreational Facility to bid farewell to you,
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and to express thanks for your attendance at this theater. This might seem old fashioned to some of you,
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but I'd like to join in on this song. It's the kind of a sentimental song that you get at the end of a movie,
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it's the kind of a song that people might sing to let you in the audience know that we really like you and
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care about you, yeah... Understand how hard it is to laugh these days, with all the
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terrible problems in the world!

Verse 1:
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Lord, have mercy on the people in England
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For the terrible food these people must eat
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And may the Lord have mercy on the fate of this movie
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And God bless the mind of the man in the street

Chorus:
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Help all the rednecks and the flatfoot policemen
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Through the terrible functions they all must perform
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God help the winos, the junkies, and the weirdos
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And every poor soul who's adrift in the storm.

Refrain:
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Help everybody, so they all get some action
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Some love on the weekend, some real satisfaction

Bridge:
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A majorA room and a meal
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And a garbage disposal
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A augmentedA lawn and a hose'll
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Be strictly genteel

Verse 2:
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Reach out your hand to the girl in the dog book
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The girl in the pig book, and the one with the horse
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Make sure they keep all those businessmen happy
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And the purple-lipped censors and the Germans of course

Refrain:
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Help everybody, so they all get some action
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Some love on the weekend, some real satisfaction

Bridge 2:
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A majorA Swedish apparatus
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With a hood and a bludgeon
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With a microwave oven
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"Honey, how do it feel?"

Detuned Section:
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Lord, have mercy on the hippies and faggots
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And the dykes and the weird little children they grow
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Help the black man
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Help the poor man
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Help the milk man
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Help the door man
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Help the lonely, neglected old farts that I know

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Spoken Part:
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They're gonna clear out the studio
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They're gonna tear down all the...
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They're gonna whip down all the...
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They're gonna sweep out all the...
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They're gonna pay off all the...

Build up:
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And then...
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And then...
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And then...
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And then...

Outro:
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Hey hey hey, everybody in the orchestra and the chorus
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Talkin' 'bout every one of our lovely and talented dancers
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Talkin' 'bout the light bulb men
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Camera men
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The make-up men
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(The fake-up men)
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Yeah, the rake-up men
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(Especially Herbie Cohen, yeah...)
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They're all gonna rise up
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They're gonna jump up
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I said jump up
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Talkin' 'bout jump right up and off the floor
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Jump right up and hit the door
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They're all gonna rise up and jump off!
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They're gonna ride on home
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They're gonna ride on home
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They're gonna ride on home
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They're gonna ride on home
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And once again
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Take themselves
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Seriously, yeeeah!
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Two, three, four, seriously
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They're all gonna go home (ye-hey!)
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Through the driving sleet and rain
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They're all gonna go home
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Through the fog, through the dust
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Through the tropical fever and the blistering frost
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They're all gonna go home
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And get out of it as they can be, baby
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And the same goes for me
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(The same goes for me)
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Oh, yeah!
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Oh, yeah!
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Oh, yeah!
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Oh, yeah!
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And each and every member of this rock oriented comedy group in his own special way
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Is gonna get out of it as he can be
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We all gonna get wasted
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We all gonna get twisted
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We all gonna get wasted
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We all gonna get twisted
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And I am definitely gonna get...
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REAMED
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'Cause I'm such a lonely
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I'm such a lonely
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A augmentedA lonely, lonely, talkin' 'bout a lonely guy!
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Oh, and I know tonight, I am definitely...
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I am positively...
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I just have to get...
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BENT, REAMED AND WASTED

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A augmentedA disaster area the size of Atlantic City, New Jersey!

The rest of the song is random.