Intro:  Dm G x2

Dm                       G
Guard your body with the best barbed wire
    Dm                    G
And ward off foe with the fiercest of fire
    F                  C                       Dm    G   Dm   G
But let love unguarded into the strangest of nights
  Dm                           G
Wear your dresses like they're up for hire
    Dm                                 G
And leave them with your humor in the tumble dryer
    Dm                    C                     Dm
And watch yourself stumble down a lane with no lights
Dm                    C              Dm
School like life turns some men into mice
Dm                      C                      Dm
What you need now is a little piece of mouse advice

          F                 Am        
Well they say be wary of strangers
   F                          G
Especially if they offer you sweets
           F                   Am
But there ain't no government health warning
   F                        G
On half the mad fuckers you meet

F                       Am   
Save yourself personal tragedy
   F                           Am
Go back to the man with the sweets
F                    Am
Do yourself schooling favor
     F                         C
Head back to the man with the sweets

Dm                            G
Those who feared cancer never had much to say          
     Dm                       G
They bored us at parties onto forty a day
     Dm             C           Dm
They forced us into corners and onto forty a day
Dm                         G
The dentist's chair is the only time
Dm                G
That anybody ever looks at their mouth
    Dm                      C                     Dm
The dentist give their teeth something to chatter about
Dm                    C               Dm
School like life turns some men into mice
Dm                   C                 Dm
To avoid the rat-trap take the mouse's advice

          F              Am
Well they say be wary of strangers
    F                         G
Especially if they offer you sweets
          F                    Am
But there ain't no government health warning
   F                        G
On half the mad fuckers you meet

F                      Am
Save yourself personal tragedy
   F                        Am
Go back to the man with the sweets
F                     Am
Do yourself schooling favor
     F                        Am
Head back to the man with the sweets

Dm G Dm G
Dm C Dm