what do you do with your arms? lyrics by SAM CARNER music by DEREK GREGOR Freely
A
B m7(add4)/D
A 4/B
A /C
D2
Soprano I've
a se s e - lect
few
have
got
a
cer - tain k na nack,
a
colla voce
Piano
4
no - ticed th t hat
A 2/E
A
E sus4/G
A /C
A 2/B
B m7(add4)/D
S tri trick that that spe speeds eds the the way way
to
all
suc suc - cess.
No mat - ter wha what
my o - ther her gift giftss, it' it's the
4
Pno.
7
A /E
A /C
se - cret
th that
D2
E sus4
E
S I
lack.
And un - til
I
get
it it right,
My
life will
be be
a
7
Pno.
poco rit.
me m ess...
The
what do you do with your arms?
2 With A Steady Pulse 10
q=145
F m7
D sus2
A
S prob - lem
I
face
ev
-
ry
day
is
what
do
I
do
with my arms?
10
Pno.
F m7
13
D sus2
S They They just just
hang
there,
get - ing
in
the
way,
And
the
13
a tempo
Pno.
16
A
E sus4
E
F m
D
S whole
ga game's
get - in i ng
old.
If you you
ges - ture too
much,
you
16
Pno.
19
A
A /E E
F m
D
E sus4
S look look 19
Pno.
FREA FREA- KIN KIN'' CRA CRA - ZY! ZY!
Fold th them: you're di dis
-
tant
and
cold.
E
what do you do with your arms? 22
D
3
E
F m
E
D2
S Put Put them them in your your poc pock k - ets: ets:
now yo you lo look la - zy,
or like
a
per - son who'll ne - ver
be bold.
22
subito
Pno.
A 5/F
25
D 5/F
A sus4/D
S The
neck's
a
cinch:
look
left
or
right.
But
25
Pno.
28
A
E
A 5/F
S what
do
you
do
with yo your
arms?
I
puff
my
chest,
suck my
28
Pno.
31
A 5/D
A /D
A
E
S sto - mach 31
Pno.
tight.
B ut
ev - en
my
do doc
-
tor calls my
u p - per
arm
hum - er - us us.
The
what do you do with your arms?
4 34
F m
D
A
A /E
E
F m
D
S legs are straight - for
-
ward;
34
I You
think we all get 'em. They They can stand, they can sit, ne - ver can trick 'em.
they can take you
Pno.
E
37
A 5/C
D2
E sus4
B sus4/E
S skip, if you let 'em. You can cros crosss 'em, 'em, home, if you click 'em.
re - cros crosss 'em, 'em,
if the mood is right, spread 'em... if your bro - ther's there, kick 'im...
37
Pno.
A /D
40
D /E
A
A sus4/B A/C
E sus4/B
S But
what
do
you
do
with
your
arms?
I
ne - ve v er
40
Pno.
43
D sus2
A /C
D sus2/B
A 2/C
S seem
to fi
-
43
Pno.
legato
gure it
ou out
des des - pit pite
the
years
I've t ri ried
to re - hearse.
But
what do you do with your arms? 47
A 5/D
A 2/C
F m
5
E
D2
S if
I
e
-
ver
go got
it
right,
I'd be queen of
th the
u
-
ni - verse.
Now
47
subito
Pno.
rit.
This pause plays best with an extended hold. Try 30 seconds or longer. 51
A 5/F
A sus4/D
A
S I'm
up
here,
at
cen
-
ter
st stage,
and
what
do
I
do
with my arms?
51
Pno.
a tempo
54
E5
D 5/F
A /D
E sus4/D
S I
wan - na na
reach
out
and
f ul
-
ly
en en - gage,
But it's
54
Pno.
57
A
E sus4
E
S hard 57
Pno.
to
reach
out
with your
arms!
I don't don't
what do you do with your arms?
6 60
F m
D
A
E
F m
D
S want to
be be
stiff;
I
don't
want to
be be
stat - ic.
I
want to
ex - pand,
make my
60
Pno.
63
E sus4(add2)
E
A 5/C
D2
E
E sus4
S ges - tures
dra - ma ma - tic,
b ut
some - how
it it
all
ends up
vague - ly ly
a - quat - ic i c.
What am
63
Pno.
Faster, More Intense 66
A /D
E
F m
B7
q=150
D sus2
S I
do - ing
wrong
with my my
arms?
I've
ta - ken
up
knit
-
ting and
long
booze,
gone
66
Pno.
69
A 2/C
D sus2/B
E sus4/C
S dis dis - tance ance 69
Pno.
swim - ming ming,,
I've I've
ta - ken
up
smo
-
king, I've
ta
-
ken up
what do you do with your arms? 72
D sus2
A /C
7 F m
E
F m
S bob - bing for
ap
-
ples, tried
get - ting ar - rest
-
ed,
sur - round - ed
my - self
with
It - al -
72
Pno.
E
75
D
D
A /C
S -
ians and
Jews.
I've
ta - ken
up
pray
-
ing
an and
hit
-
ting pin - ya
-
tas,
the
75
Pno.
78
D
A
S Y
M
C
A
dance,
the
Tom - a - hawk
Chop.
In
78
Pno.
80
D
D /E
D
S high high scho school ol I 80
Pno.
did did twirl - ing and made lots ots of bo boys hap - py. And I've I've played Lie - sel in "The Sound of Mu - sic."
tak - e n up up bi bill
-
ards and ba bar -
what do you do with your arms?
8
A /C
83
D
G
D
S -
fights and
yo
-
ga, And
last
Hall - o - ween,
e - ven
dressed
up as as Je Je
-
sus and
83
Pno.
Deliberate q=100 86
D
E 3
3
F m
3
3
E/G
3
3
3
S step step- dance anced d for for hou hou - rs and hou hou - rs on end, end, 'til 'til the
3
la - dy down down- sta staiirs who who is near near nine nine - ty four four shou shoutt - ed
86
Pno.
accel.
88
C m
3
B
up
through
E
3
3
A
S the
ceil -
ing,
"for "for
fuck fuck's 's sake sake,, good - ness
stop!" stop!"
(I thought she was deaf...)
3
3
88
just sake,
3
Pno.
3 3
3
Slower q=125 90
Wistful
E sus4/G
E
F m
D
A
S For
one bliss bliss-ful month that is
90
Pno.
colla voce
stil stilll un - sur - passed, I
fell fell down some stairs stairs,, end -ed
up in in
a
what do you do with your arms? A
98
E/G
F m
9
D
A
S cast.
It was such such swee sweett re - lief, but but
it
heal healed up
so
fast.
Why do do
the
best things in
98
Pno.
As Before q=145 105
E sus4/B
D 5/F
E
S life
ne - ver
last?
I
know
that
I
could
rule
the
lands,
if
I
105
Pno.
109
A
E
D /F
A /D
S knew what to to
do
with my my
arms.
I'm
sure I' I 'd fi
-
g ur e
out
the
ha hands,
but
109
Pno.
A
A sus4/D
113
3
E sus4
A 5/D
S what do you
do do
with
not
one, bu but
113
Pno.
3 3
two
with
el - bows an a nd
should - ers
and
wrists
what do you do with your arms?
10 A 5/C
116
F m
E
E (add4)
A
D
S at tached,
that bend
in
fun - ny
plac - es
and
are
awk - ward - ly
matched.
I
116
Pno.
119
A 5/D
A 5/C
A 5/D
S try
an and
I
try,
but
it's
al
-
ways un - sight ght - ly; ly;
No mat - ter what,
it
all
119
Pno.
122
A 5/C
A /C
A 5/D
A 5/C
B sus4
A /C
S come comess out out
wron wrong. g.
I
guess I'll gi give up
and ju just
wrap wrap them them tight tight- ly ly...
a
122
Pno.
126
A /D
E sus4
A /E
all
night
A
S round 126
Pno.
you
long!
D5
E
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