Strictly Genteel The Finale chords by Frank Zappa

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
        D        G          E           A
For the terrible food these people must eat
            D         A            E            F#
And may the Lord have mercy on the fate of this movie
    D             G                      A     E
And God bless the mind of the man in the street

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

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

Bridge:
D            A
A room and a meal
      E          F#
And a garbage disposal
D            G
A lawn and a hose'll
   E           A
Be strictly genteel

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

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

Bridge 2:
D              A
A Swedish apparatus
       E          F#
With a hood and a bludgeon
D                 G
With a microwave oven
        E         A
"Honey, how do it feel?"

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

D
A
E

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)
E
Yeah, the rake-up men
E
(Especially Herbie Cohen, yeah...)
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They're all gonna rise up
E
They're gonna jump up
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I said jump up
E
Talkin' 'bout jump right up and off the floor
E
Jump right up and hit the door
E
They're all gonna rise up and jump off!
E
They're gonna ride on home
E
They're gonna ride on home
E
They're gonna ride on home
E
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!)
E
Through the driving sleet and rain
E
They're all gonna go home
A
Through the fog, through the dust
E
Through the tropical fever and the blistering frost
A
They're all gonna go home
A
And get out of it as they can be, baby
E
And the same goes for me
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(The same goes for me)
D   A
Oh, yeah!
D   A
Oh, yeah!
D   A
Oh, yeah!
D   A
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
E
We all gonna get twisted
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We all gonna get wasted
E
We all gonna get twisted
E
And I am definitely gonna get...
E
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 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...
D     A             E
BENT, REAMED AND WASTED

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

The rest of the song is random.