Last Of The Teenage Idols

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(piano, no lyrics, repeat 2x)

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You can call me the sheik of tomorrow,     sleeping on the burning sand
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You can call me the king of the cowboys,  'cause everybody shakes my hand
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You can call me the soft-shoe banana.   You can peel away my skin
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You can call me the Last of the Teenage Idols

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You can hang me in the morning.    Sell my ball and chain
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You can sink me in the ocean    and I'll swim back home again
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You can   make love to my secretary.    You can steal my money too
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You can call me the last of the Big Time Spenders

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Grab your partners come inside. Outside there's no place to hide
E
Tell your story to the man next door. He has heard it many times before
E*
Stayin' out late to play that thing. Ah doo dah diddy dah dah ding ding ding
E*
Hold my hand, here we go, come on baby don't be slow

(E* = guitar lick that doubles horn parts during second half of each verse in part 2)

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'Cause I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols

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Sixteen ducks, only one drake
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All flocked together in the middle of the lake
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They all had boats and a rubber (float?)
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A big sand castle at the bottom of the moat
E*
(Rough trade?) Wouldn't me
E*
I wouldn't be at all surprised
E*
Hold tight, all night, keeping me satisfied

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'Cause I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols

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A big fat mama on her hands and knees
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Cryin' out baby, baby please, please, please
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I gotta keep going. I can't keep still
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I gotta get to the top of the hill
E*
OK, alright, I wanna stay out late tonight
E*
Hold my hand, don't be slow
E*
Come on baby here we go

        Bm                         A E
I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last of the Teenage Idols
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Last of the Teenage Idols
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I'm the Last of the Teenage Idols
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The Last…

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(Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la woe oh) (background vocals repeat 2x)
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    I was the winner            of the Teenage Idol competition
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And I knew in my heart   we would never part. Mmmm
E             C#m     F#       B       E    C#m          F#  B
    I was the winner    of the Teenage Idol competition
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(Sha la la la, sha la la la, sha la la woe oh) (repeat and ad lib scat lyrics to fade)
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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| ~  Vibrato

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