Flick of the Wrist
Queen
From "Sheer Heart Attack"
"Flick of the Wrist" is in the middle of a medley following "Tenement Funster"
and preceding "Lily of the Valley." The tempo changes between Cut Time (2/2)
in the verses and Common Time (4/4) in the choruses.
The measures below are for counting a slow 4 (76 bpm) in verses and a rapid 4
(152 bpm) in choruses. In reality, it's all 152 bpm, but I find it easier to
switch back and forth if I count it all in 4/4.
(Bridge out of "Tenement Funster")
(Tempo = 76 bpm)
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Piano Lead guitar in
("Flick of the Wrist")
Dislocate your spine if you don't sign he says
I'll have you seeing double
Mesmerize you when he's tongue-tied simply with those eyes
Synchronize your minds and see the
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Beast within him . . . . . . . . . rise
Don't look back, don't look back it's a rip-off
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
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All this time honey, baby you've been . . . . . . . . . had
Intoxicate your brain with what I'm saying
If not you'll lie in knee-deep trouble
Prostitute yourself he says, castrate your human pride
Sacrifice your leisure days, let me
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Squeeze you till you've . . . . . . . . . dried
Don't look back, don't look back it's a rip-
off . . . . . ah . . . . . . . ah
. . . . . . . ah . . . . . . . (walkdown)
(Tempo = 76 bpm)
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Work my fingers to my bones, I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Seduce you with his money-make machine, cross-collateralize,
(Big-time money, money)
Reduce you to a muzak-fake machine
(Tempo = 152 bpm)
Then the last good . . . . . . . . . . bye (ah, ah, ah)
(It's a rip-off)
Flick of the wrist and you're dead baby
Blow him a kiss and you're mad
Flick of the wrist - he'll eat your heart out
A dig in the ribs and then a kick in the head
He's taken an arm and taken a leg
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All this time honey, baby you've been had
(Bridge into "Lily of the Valley")
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