Key: G
Introduction:
E E/G#
Every word pronounced distinctly, slowly
E E/G#
There are no contractions, nothing slurred
A A/C#
Unprepared you watch in rank amazement
A A/C#
As she lights her cigarette and stirs
Bm F#m
Every motion is complete, no editing of anything
E E/D# A/E
Encouraging, encouraging, and not the customary bill of fore
A G D
Can't you see the lady is lingering (lingering)
A E B E
This lady's lingering, and you cannot believe the reason why
Every sip is of the smallest quantity
Dm C Dm C
Is it now all up to you, do you now guide the evening,
Dm C Dm C A
or do you await a further signal, a look, a touch, a sigh
Chorus
Dm Bb
Risky business, all this waiting, wondering
A Em
A risky business, all this waiting, wondering (repeat)
Chorus