Chords for William S Burroughs- 14 Words Of Advice For Young People

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_ People often ask me if I have any_
I think _ I need some water. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ People often ask me if I have any words of advice for young people. _ _ _
[E] Words of advice for [Bbm] young people?
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Well, here are a few simple admonitions for a young man who_
[C] _ _ [Bbm] Never interfere in a boy and girl [Bb] fight.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] Beware of whores who say they don't want money.
The hell [Bbm] they don't.
What they mean is they want more money.
[Cm] Much more.
[Bb] _ If you're doing business with a religious [E] son of a bitch, [Bbm] get it in writing.
_ His word isn't worth [Bb] shit.
Not with a good lord telling him how to fuck you on the deal.
_ [Dbm] Words of [Eb] advice for young people.
_ _ _ Words of advice for young people.
_ _ [Bb] _ Avoid [G] deaf fuck-ups.
_ [D] All know the [Eb] type. _
_ [Gb] Anything they have [Bbm] anything to do with, no matter how good it sounds, [Fm] turns into a disaster. _
Do not offer sympathy to the [Bbm] mentally ill. _ _
Tell them [Cm] firmly, [F] I am not paid to listen [Fm] to this drivel.
You are [Db] a terminal fool.
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] Words of advice for young people.
_ [Eb] _ _ Words of [C] advice for young [E] people.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ Now, some of you may encounter the [Eb] devil's bargain when you get [F] that [Ab] far.
Any old soul is worth saving at [Bbm] least to a priest, but not every soul is worth [Cm] buying.
_ [Bb] _ [Db] So you can take the offer as a compliment.
[Bbm] They charge the easy ones first, you know, like money.
[Cm] Oh, the money there [Bb] is, yeah, but who [Ab] wants to be the richest guy in some cemetery?
_ [Bbm] Money won't buy it.
Not [Cm] much left to spend it [Bb] on, [Ab] eh, Grant?
Getting too old to cut the mustard.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ How's a young body, [D] Grant?
_ [Bbm] Like three-card money, like the end of a shell, now you [Eb] see it, now you [Bbm] don't.
Tell you you've forgotten [A] something, Grant.
[Db] In order to feel something, you have to be there.
[F] You have to [Ab] be 18. _ _
_ You're not [Bbm] 18, you are 17. _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] Old fool sold his soul [Bbm] for a strap-on.
_ _ _ Well, I always try the easy [Cm] ones first.
How about [Bbm] honorable bargains?
You always wanted to be a doctor or a vasage.
Why, you could become a great eater and benefit [Eb] humanity.
What's wrong with [Bbm] that?
Just about everything.
_ _ There are no honorable [Cm] bargains [Bbm] involving exchange of qualitative merchandise like souls,
but quantitative merchandise like time [Cm] and [Bb] money.
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So piss off Satan and don't take [Db] me for a dumbass. _ _
No [Eb] junk pusher told [Bb] me, [Ab] watch whose money you pick up.
_ _ [D] Words of advice for young [E] people.
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_ _ _ [D] People often ask me if I have any words of advice for young people. _ _ _