You Just Don't Do It For Me, Friend: Tim Rogers & the Twin Set
Tuning: Standard
Tabbed: David Lane
One, two, buckle my shoe...
INTRO:
CHORDS G C G C G C G
G C G
Ah you know I've never really been that good with friends
C C#dim G
I wont let you in 'till I can see the end
C G/B Am
Ah don't call back I'm never late
C G/B Am
I talk like I'm fillin' holes or a cake
C G/B Am D
It ain't that I don't like you you're just better off alone
G C G
Ah you just don't wanna get too close to this guy
C C#dim G
Ah he'll pick at you like the raisins in a pie
C G/B Am
If you got regular size feet
C G/B Am
And your aftershave smells sweet
C G/B Am D
Ah keep your distance boy it's curlin' up my toes
B7 C /B /Bb
Ah like an arthouse movie or a fifty dollars of wine
A7 D7
I just miss the point every single time
C G
But you just don't do it for me friend
C D G C G
And I just don't think I like the way this is gonna end
VERSE 2
G C G
Did you notice how my eyes looked all around
C C#dim G
When the talk turns back to you and how you found
C G/B Am
That everything that you hold dear
C G/B Am
Your prostate gland and your career
C G/B Am D
I'm listenin' just don't mess in my good ear
B7 C /B /Bb
Like pawn shop furniture or arrowroot biscuits
A7 D7
I'm cheap and I'm everywhere and I'm good for five minutes
C G
But you just don't do it for me friend
C C#dim B7
And I just don't think I like the way this is gonna end
C D7 G
Ah you just don't do it for me friend
SOLO:
E / A / Am / D7 / D7
G C G
I was there back row an empty show
C C#dim G
Yeah you dumped ya band and you went an' gone solo
C G/B Am
You sung so great though some notes hurt
C G/B Am
You wiped the floor and you left no dirt
C G/B Am D
They love you baby from the high ‘Cs’ to the pleats right in your skirt
G C G
I met your pals and we made some tentative plans
C C#dim G
For singing and drinking and buying new corduroy pants
C G/B Am
You're the kick in the pants I just didn't expect
C G/B Am
You're painful strangle around the neck
C G/B Am B7
You sure can't do it for me madame
C D7 G
You sure can't do it for me madame
G C G
Yeah you know I've never really been that good with friends
C G/B Am B7
You sure can't do it for me madame
C D7 G
You sure can't do it for me madame
Goddamn!