Desperate But Not Serious
Adam Ant
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Tom : A
C#m A C#m A C#m A F# A C#m
[Verse 1]
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
If I ask you difficult questions
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
If I make im - proper suggestions
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
Would you find that a risk to your health
C#m E D#m Bm
Would you put me up on the bookself
C#m A C#m A
With the books and the plants?
[Chorus]
C#m A C#m A
Desperate but not serious
C#m A F# A C#m
Your kisses drive me delirious
[Verse 2]
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
If I were kind and adoring
C#m E D#m
How would that be?
Bm D C#m
Very boring
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
Mister pressman with your penknife
C#m E D#m Bm
Always asking about my sex life
C#m A C#m A
And who with and how many times?
[Chorus]
C#m A C#m A
Desperate but not serious
C#m A F# A
Your kisses drive me delirious
[Interlude]
E F D E (4x)
C#m
[Verse 3]
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
All the advice seemed so unkind
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
If you dont stop, you will go blind!
C#m E D#m Bm D C#m
Tell you its none of their business
C#m E D#m Bm
Then console you with a big kiss
C#m A C#m A
On the lips and on the back of your neck
[Chorus 2x 2x]
C#m A C#m A
Desperate but not serious
C#m A F# A
Your kisses drive me delirious
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