3 Chords used in the song: Bb, F, C
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[verse1]
Bb
F
C
F
There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen
C
F
Who comes into my house every night.
Bb
F
C
F
And she takes all the red, yellow, orange and greenC
F
And she turns them into black and white.
[Chorus]
C
F
But you tease, and you flirt
Bb
F
C
F
And you shine all the buttons on your green shirt
Bb
F
C
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
[post chorus]
Bb
F
C
Better cut off all identifying labels
Bb
F
C
Before they put you on the torture table
[Verse 2]
Bb
F
C
F
'Cause somewhere in the Quisling Clinic
C
There's a shorthand typist taking seconds over minutesF x2
Bb
F
C
F
She's listening in to the Venus line
C
She's picking out names
F
I hope none of them are mine
Fx2
[Chorus]
But you tease...
[bridge]Bb
F
Never said I was a stool pigeonBb
F
I never said I was a diplomatBb
F
Everybody is under suspicion
C
F
But you don't wanna hear about that
[Chorus]
'Cause you tease, and you flirt ...
[post chorus]
Bb
F
C
F
Better send a begging letter to the big investigationBb
F
C
F
Who put these fingerprints on my imagination?
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Bb
F
C
F
There are wires in the windows, there are wires in the wall
C
F
There are wires in the kitchen and wires in the halls
Bb
F
C
F
There are wires on poles and wires on your face
C
F
There are wires in the holes coming out all over the place
[Chorus]
But you ...
[Outro]
Bb
F
C
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
Bb
F
C
You can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it
...
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Verse 3 was not on the original track of "Armed Forces" in 1979. Also since then, the line "Hope none of them are mine.." was changed to "...hope *ALL* of them are mine.
13 Oct 2025

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