ONLY SOLITAIRE 

CAPO 3 FRET 

G                               D              G 
Brain-storming habit-forming battle-warning weary 
                                             D 
winsome actor spewing spineless chilling lines --- 
                                 D 
the critics falling over her to tell themselves he's 
G                                       D 
 boring and really not an awful lot of fun. 
       C                               D 
Well who the hell can he be when he's never had V.D., 
G                                  A 
and he doesn't even sit on toilet seats? 
  
   Court-jesting, never-resting 
       D 
--- he must be very cunning 
                 G 
to assume an air of dignity 
      B       E          A             B 
and bless us all with his oratory prowess, 
        E            A            E              B 
his lame-brained antics and his jumping in the air. 
        E            A 
And every night his act's the same 
       E            C                      Am 
and so it must be all a game of chess he's playing --- 
``But you're wrong, Steve: you see, it's only solitaire.'' 
Words and music by  IAN ANDERSON 

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