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Teenager of the Year
Whatever Happened to Pong
INTRO
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(A) (E)
E A B A
FILL:
E--4s5--5--4--4s5--4-
B--4s5--5--4--4s5--4-
G--4s5--5--4--4s5--4-
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E F F# G (3x)
FILL
E F F# G (3x)
VERSE:
A C
My brother and me used to play it
D E-F-F#-G E-F-F#-G
Down at the bar
A
Taking money from guys
C F E-F-F#-G E-F-F#-G
More used to the playing of cards
CHORUS:
A C G
Paddle the paddle to the side to the side
A C G
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
A C G FILL
Paddle the paddle the side to the side
E F F #G (2x)
Pong
<--fill
Ball in the machine
VERSE 2: (same chords as 1st)
Now virtually everyone's singing
A popular song
But I still believe in
In the excellent joy of the Pong
CHORUS:
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
To the paddle the paddle the side to the side
To the side to the side to the paddle the paddle
Pong
Ball in the machine
E F F# G E F F# G
Now if they take it H.G. Wells
E F F# E F F# G
Well, I'll be on the first flight
A Bb B C A Bb B C
To a time before the Kong
E F F# G E F F# G
Whatever happened to Pong?
Then play chorus and end with the fill
Thalassocracy
G#
Wait,
C Bb C#
It isn't so great
D# C# G# C
Since you learned karate chop chop chop chop chop
Bb C#
You're walking machs
D# C# G# C
And I'm just swimming in the slop slop slop slop slop
Bb C#
You wave your wand at me
D# C# G# C
And make me dance flip-flop flip-flop flip
Bb C#
I want to sing for you
D# C# G#
And make your head go pop pop pop pop pop
Bb F# E
The Inuit man
Bb F# E
Had not so much a Caesar
Bb F# E
He had provision
(same chords)
Say, You're spraying in the windy
And I'm just pissing off
I'm literally deaf down here
From your canned philosoph
Softly can you hear me
Through the sucking of your quaff
I'm Thalassocracy
And you're just Romanov
(timing is different going into this part than the first time)
The Inuit man
Had not so much a Caesar
He had provision
SOLO: the chords are the same as the verse: G# C Bb C# D# C# (3x)
(Solo is currently down a step)
Gtr I
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(I Want to Live on an) Abstract Plain
Beginning
C# F# E C# F# E C# F# E
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C# F# E
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Verse 1
E F# C# E
I've had it with this town
F# B E
I never saw those shifting skies
F# C# A
I never saw the ground
F# A
Or the sunset rise
E F# C#
I want to live on an abstract plain
Verse 2
E F# C# E
I'm building a frame
F# B E
A place to put my ten-yard stare
F# C# A
Thinking of that paint
F# A
Painted in plein-air
E F# C#
I want to live on an abstract plain
Chorus 1
C#m Am
I need a new address
C#m Am
I want some new terrain
C# A
Is it North or South?
E F# C#
I want to live on an abstract plain
Solo over verse chords
Verse 3 (same chords as previous two verses)
I could sit on the roof
On top of that abstract house
See my abstract view
An abstract mouse
I want to live on an abstract plain
Chorus 2 (same chords as first chorus)
I need a new address
Tell me I'm not insane
Is it up or down?
I want to live on an abstract plain
Calistan
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C G F A F
Lead (tabbed by Derek)
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p = pull off
Am F C C\B
I took three days to drive down one street
Am F C C\B
The radio on, tuned to the big fleet
Am F C
Invisible planes are cracking the concrete
G F A F
That's just what some people say, Hey Hey
Am F C C\B
I put down my blanket on Cigarette Butt Beach
Am F G
I saw the old man, he was doing OK
Am F
He's making his last stand
C Am
On old bottles and cans
G F A F
'Round there, Calistan way, Hey Hey
E F C
Used to be sixteen lanes
B Bb
Used to be Nuevo Spain
G
Used to be Juan Wayne
E F C
Used to be Mexico
B Bb
Used to be Navajo
G Am F C C/B
Used to be yippy-ay-I-don't know
Am F G
Am F C G F A F
Am F C C\B
Went in from the weather when I got wheezy
Am F G
I play some pachinko I play pachisi
Am F C
And St. Anne is still making it breezy
G F A F
In the valley of tar that once was L.A. Hey Hey
Am F C C\B
And my best friend he's the king of karaoke
Am F G
He struck up a chord and he took it away
Am F
Out of the pan
C Am
And into Japan
G F A F
'Round there, Calistan way, Hey Hey
Pause.. 2-3-4
E F C
Used to be sixteen lanes
B Bb
Used to be Nuevo Spain
G
Used to be Juan Wayne
E F C
Used to be Mexico
B Bb
Used to be Navajo
G Am F C C/B
Used to be yippy-ay-I-don't know
Am F C
Am F C
Am F C G F A F
The Vanishing Spies
Chours
*A7 *C/E (I'm not sure if it is called that)
E-3 0
B-2 1
G-2 0
D-2 2
A-0 X
E-X X
Intro: C F G G#
C G#
The vanishing spies
D G
Just something I read
G# C
A couple of eyes
F *C/E E
From out of the head
D G
And all that was said
C F G G#
Was that's just how some things don't materialize
C G#
Could be they broke
D G
And swam like a bird
G# C
Fear of spooking the folk
F *C/E E
With talk of the third
D G C
Or maybe the third, played a joke
F G
Give me a blip
F G C A C
And I'll totally flip
F G
Say it's nothing but sky
F G Am C A
And I'll be a lonely guy
C G#
The vanishing spies
D G
Just something I read
G# C
Now there were two eyes
F *C/E E
Sent out from the head
D G
And all that was said
C F G G#
Was that is just how some things do not materialize
C-A-C-A-C-A-C-A
F G
Give me one little blip
F G C A C
And I'll totally flip
F G
Say it's nothing but sky
F G Am
And I will be one lonely guy
C A7* (repeat) F G G# A7 B then: C-G-C-G (repeat)
Solo chords: C Am7 C Am7 C Am7 C Am7
F G G# A B C (C played for several measures)
Speedy Marie
Notice the acrostic in the bridge. It spells out Jean Marie Walsh
Intro: G F (2x) G C G F
Verse:
F Am G
Had a bit part
G
An endless reel
Am G F
It always played in slo-mo
F Am G
But now it's fast
G
A spinning wheel
C G F
I know the dynamo
G F
My heart
G F
Is cast
Chorus:
C G
Speedy Marie
Bb Eb
Ahead of the now
F C G
She's better built that's how
Bb
She's built for speed
Eb F
Speedy Marie
C G F
Speedy Marie
Verse 2:
F Am G
Oh, yes indeed
G
I said to me
Am G F
And so I sing this romaunt
F Am G
It's not enough
G
My liberty
C G F
There is a thing I want
G F
I need
G F
I love
Chorus
Bridge: (guitar doesn?t play til ?And my one delight?)
Bb C D F
Juxtaposed in each moment's sight
Bb C D F*
Everything that I ever saw
And my one delight
Bb C Dm F
Nothing can strike me in such awe
Bb C Dm F
Mouth intricate shapes the voice that speaks
C F
Always it will soothe
Bb C Dm F
Rarer none are the precious cheeks
Bb C Dm F
Is the size of each sculpted tooth
C F
Each lip and each eye
Bb C Dm F
Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought
Bb C Dm
And softest neck where always do I
F C F
Lay my clumsy thoughts
Bb C Dm F
She is that most lovely art
Bb C Dm F C F
Happy are my mind and my soul and my heart
Bb C Dm F
Bb C Dm F C
end on: F
LEAD/FILLS - from intro - (listen for when to play each)
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(chorus)
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Headache
*E
E--X-
B--X-
G-13-
D-14-
A-14-
E-12-
E B F# E
This wrinkle in time, I can't give it no credit
E F# B E
I thought about my space and I really got me down (got me down)
B F# E
Got me so down, I got me a headache
E F# B F#
My heart is crammed in my cranium and it still knows how to pound
E F#
I was counting the rings
G# A
And I fell me into sleep
A B C# D# E* E
I peeked to see if you were way back when
E F#
I was counting the trees
G# A
Until a day when there was one
B C# D# E* E D#
I'd hoped beneath, asleep is where that you had been
B F# E
This wrinkle in time, I can't give it no credit
E F# B F#
I thought about my space and I really got me down (got me down)
B F# E
Got me so down, I got me a headache
E F# B F#
My heart is crammed in my cranium and it still knows how to pound
A E
Well, I found you
A G# F#
Maybe you can help me
B G#
And I can help you
E B A
This wrinkle in time, I can't give it no credit
A B E B
I thought about my space and I really got me down (got me down)
E B A
Got me so down, I got me a headache
A B E B
My heart is crammed in my cranium and it still knows how to pound
E B A
I Got me so down, I got me a headache
A B E B
My heart is crammed in my cranium and it still knows how to pound
E B A
This wrinkle in time, I can't give it no credit
A B E B
I thought about my space and I really got me down
E
(got me down)
Sir Rockaby
Intro(barre Chords):
G# G A F
solo over a C chord:
First measure Second measure
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VERSES:
C B
You've got a sad face,
F
You don't show it,
G C
And you're smiling it too
B F
Even in deep, deep outer space
G G# C
There's something for you
CHORUS:
F E G
I'm Sir Rockaby
C
And rockin' I am
F E G
I'm Sir Rockaby
C
And rockin' I am
The guitar solo in the middle of the song is over
the verse chords and the piano solo is over the
intro chords (G#, G, A, F)
The world is a rock that's
Spinning so fast
It'll give you jim-jams
I'm just a real love diplomat
Won't give you no flim-flams
CHORUS
How many stars girl
Can you both count
And then classify?
I'm standing here in this big swirl
Singing this lullaby
CHORUS
end on C
Freedom Rock
Cmaj7: Dsus:
E-0- E-3-
B-0- B-3-
G-0- G-2-
D-2- D-0-
A-3- A---
E--- E---
INTRO: B D E C F# F (2nd and 4th times play fill)
FILL:
E-2------1---------
B---2------1-------
G-----3------2-----
D--------------3---
A------------------
E------------------
F# F
rad riff:
E-----2-----2-----3-----3-----3--------2-----2---2------2-----2---2--
B-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------3-3---3-3---3----
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after playing rad riff once, play a B, then play rad riff again then
go into verse:
VERSE:
Bm G \
My name is Chip \
D F# \
And I'm different \(play rad riff during this part)
Bm G /
I don't conform /
D F# /
I wear a different uniform /
G C
I'm out of the blue
B C
And so you are, too
D Dsus D E Cmaj7 G# G
Let me sing about one thing that's clear
C
That nobody owns
B C
The pleasure of tones
D Dsus D E Cmaj7 G#
That belongs to a guy with no ear
Bass plays:
A--------------------------3-3-3-3---
E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-----------
^piano plays a G chord during this part
They tried to give me advice
Down at the record shop
I said sit down boys
This may come as a shock
What's all I listen to
It's all freedom rock
C G C
How can you free me
G C
How can you free me <--3x
B D E C F# F
When I'm free? whoo whoo!
B D E C (fill) B D E C F# F
I am free
My name is Chip
And I'm different
I don't conform
I wear a different uniform
I'm out of the blue
And so you are, too
Let me sing about one thing that's clear
SOLO: Chords are: G C B C D E C G# (2x)
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E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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That nobody owns
The pleasure of tones
That belongs to a guy with no ear
End on Cmaj7
Two Reelers
INTRO
Guitar 1:
G -6-6-6-4p0-------6-6-6-4p0-------6-6-6-4p0-------6-6-6-4p0--
Guitar 2:
A --------------2--4-4-4-2------2--4-4-4-2------2--4-4-4-2----
E ------------4------------3--4------------3--4------------3--
VERSE 1
C# B A#
A lot of people love that Jerome
C# B A#
Did you know he missed his comb?
C# B A# G# G# F# E C# B A#
All his life was in pain made us laugh never did complain
Brother Sam was more than OK
C# B A#
Returned once more to save the day
C# B A# G# G# F# E C# B A#
Slicked-back hair he did keep Making a heep, heep, heep, heep, heep
CHORUS 1
D#5 C#
If all you see is violence
B5 F#
Then I make a plea In their defense
D#m F# B5 C#
Don't you know they speak vaudevillian?
D#5 C#
And for what it is hear what my theory is
B5 F#
Some gibberish it is so serious
D#m F# B5 C#
What we need is more silly men
VERSE 2
C# B A#
Though underrated all the time
C# B A#
Louis was so very fine
C# B A# G# G# F# E C# B A#
Without him imagine Did you know he could play the violin
Most important was brother Moe
C# B A#
He was the one who made it so
C# B A# G# G# F# E C# B A#
He got a Joe and another Joe he would not quit he would not quit
repeat INTRO
CHORUS 2
D#5 C#
And Mr. White heard bad report
B5 F#
And so it ends the two reeler short
D#m F# B5 C#
Cause you cannot do what you can't
D#5 C#
And Mr. White heard bad report
B5 F#
And so it ends the two reeler short
D#m F# B5 C#
Cause you cannot do what you can't
D#5 C#
If all you see is violence
B5 F#
Then I make a plea In their defense
D#m F# B5 A#
Don't you know they speak vaudevillian?
F#........
SOLO
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Fiddle Riddle
SOLO
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SOLO 2
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G--7---5---4---5--|-------------9-----------------9-----------
D-----------------|------------------------------------9--10--
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ENDING
E-------7--------7------------7--------7--------7-----------------------
B-8--------8--------8------------8--------8-----------8------8-----8--8-
G----7--------7--------7---6--------6--------6-----7------------7--9----
D---------------------------------------------------------10----------9-
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------
And these are the chords the piano plays which can also be played on the guitar of course.
Intro: C - C - Dm - C - B - C
Verse: C - D - Em - F - G - F (2x)
Bridge: Cmaj7 - F - C - G
Chorus: C - A - Dm - F
Inter: C - F - F# (2x)
Ole Mulholland
Synthesiser at beginning (similar to figure.1)
Note: All chords (except E's) should be played as bars.
Fig.1
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Fig.2
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lead intro
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Chords begin: E (bars) G# A E E G# A E (fig 2)
Fig.3
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lead into verse: C D
verse:(stacato)
G G# F G# Bb
Hey sleepy monster in the sand, time to get up and have a drink,
G G# F G# Bb
Pacific rim has a tank that thinks,that she is really something grand
Fig.4
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(Fig.4)
Let me tell you about when I was hanging out just in my dhoti,
Running in the dawn right across my lawn,I saw a coyote
C D G E
Ole Ole Ole for Mulholand, see the water fall,
C D G E
And hooray hooray the sky is falling, down on Bradbury's mall
C D
Ole Ole Ole for Mulholand
chords over solo: G G# F G# Bb x2 (second time Fig.2)
(Fig.4)
All waxed in pride I got a comfortable ride,and man she could take us,
Out across the salts and out of these faults and on into Vegas.
So slept a monster,in the dune, woke him up and then he drank,
Pacific rim has a think tank, but does she have IQ for the moon?
E G# A E
Brige (not sure if the lyrics are right here):
The concrete of the aquaduct,will last as long as the Pyrimads of Egypt,
Or the Parthanon of Athens, long after Joe Harryman is elected mayor of Los Angeles.
Fig.3 x4
chorus
End on: Em
Fazer Eyes
INTRO (Played 4X) Vocals:"Oooooooo..."
E A Asus G#7
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2-----------------------7-----------------6---------------
0-----------------------5-----------------4---------------
D Dsus A
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7--8--7-------5---------------------------------------------
7--7--7---7---6---------------------------------------------
7--7--7-------7---------------------------------------------
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VERSE
G# F#
Starin' on into night
A E
Complete synapse
G# F# A Asus
I switched on somethin' I did not see.
G# F#
May I leave,I believe I might
A E
This sweet collapse, baby.
D G# A Am
I cannot get me free
Chorus
When you've got your
B
Fazer eyes on me
(Play intro again once)
(Use same chords for second verse as first)
Drivin' on into it
I do not know
Shores that were once by the sea
I'm seein' somethin' that is not there
It's so fast it's slow
And it's playin' with my memory
Chorus
Bridge
F# E G# A C#m F#
Accustomed to the frequency of glow, oh yeah
E F# G# A
You won't be frightened of the real thing after
E
the show.
Solo
Chords: Play intro chords twice, then play verse chords for the first 5 lines twice,
then a third time playing the G# D A Am progression at the end.
Then play a B chord just as the chorus. Lastly, play the intro and fade out.
I Could Stay Here Forever
Intro
Guitar:
A# G G# F
Bass:
A-------------------------------------------------
E-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-
Guitar:
F# Eb C#
Bass:
A-----------------6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
E-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------
Verse 1:
A#
See the scheming behemoth
G#
Licking salt in their cave
F#
Being together is their zenith
C#
It's how they behave
A# G
Now we're hanging in tandem
G# F
Six trillion miles a year
F# Eb
How can direction be random
C#
When you are so near
Chorus:
F# B G#
I could stay here forever
F# B G#
I could stay here forever
F# B G#
And I'm never bored with this all aboard
F# B G#
I could stay here forever
A# E F# B D E C#
Verse 2:
A# E
We've got some bills to pay
F# B
And when we pay them off
D E
Maybe we'll get away
C#
But if not, so what?
Final Chorus:
A# Eb C
I could stay here forever
A# Eb C
I could stay here forever
A# Eb C
And I'm never bored with this all aboard
A# Eb C
I could stay here forever
The Hostess with the Mostest
INTRO (4x)
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--2---2-----2---2--2-----2-----2---2--2-- (keep middle here)
--0-----3p0--------0-------3p0--------0-- (ring finger for other notes)
--------------3------------------3-------
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------------0-1-0-------------0-1-0------
--------0p1-------1-------0p1-------1---- (index finger for other notes)
--3---3-------------3---3---------------- (keep ring finger here)
VERSE 1
B F# B G B
As fluorescents do They blink o'er the floor
D F# E
Of her majestic halls They do
B F# B G D B
I hear surf on kazoo I march with the militia of the mime
D G F#
Malicious are the times Malicious
SOLO
E F# C#m D#m E F#
VERSE 2
B F# B G B
In the doors we all flew To see the great indoors
D F# E
And her majestic stalls We flew
B F# B G
Waves break on the shore of the zoo And I see how
D B
Laurasia sure has changed
D G F#
Imaginary planes Imagine
CHORUS
E F# B
I hit the mall on every Friday
C#m D#m F#
When it was biggest in the world - The hostest
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-----7------7------7------7--
-----5------5------5------5--
-----5------5------5------5--
-7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----
B
with the mostest
Superabound
Chords
Bsus
e-----
b-----
g--9--
d--x--
a--9--
e--7--
intro:
B C G
You heard the sun today
B
There she blows there she blows
C G
You saw the wind a' shining
B
You don't know you don't know
C G
You felt a tree that does fall
B
You don't know, that's ok
C
You don't have much taste for bouquet
Verse:
G D B Bsus B
G:-------------------------------------|
D:-------------------------------------|
A:-2--2--2-2/9---9--9--9--9/6-6-6-6----|
E:-3--3--3-3/10-10-10-10-10/7-7-7-7----|
Chorus:
C Em
I superabound,
C G-D-B (return to vs. progression)
but i still got nothing to do
Verse
Chorus:
C Em C G D B C Em C
SOLO verse chords over this
E------------------------------------|------------------------------
B------------------------------------|---------------------------8--
G--2p0--0---4p0--0---7p0--0---9p0--0-|--9b--9-9-9r-p7-----7---9-----
D------------------------------------|-----------------9------------
A------------------------------------|------------------------------
E------------------------------------|------------------------------
----------------------|-------------------------|-------14------15--
--11^-11^--10---------|------12------13------15-|--(15)-----15------
---------------12--11-|--12------12------12-----|-------------------
----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------
----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------
----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------
------17-|--17b-17b---17b--17b---15------14--14--
--15-----|---------------------------17----------
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Bridge:
B-C-G (same as intro) until return to verse progression
Bridge Solo(guit. 2):
D -------------------------------------------------------------------2---2---|
A 2-0-2-3--2-0------2-0--------2-0-2-3---2-0-----2-0---------2-0-2-3---0---2-|
E -------------3--------3-2------------------3--------320--------------------|
Big Red
Chords
F G Bb Dm
e-1---3---6----5--
b-1---3---6----6--
g-2---4---7----7--
d-3---5---8----7--
a-3---5---8----5--
e-1---3---6-------
Main guitar part
e----------------------------
b----------------------------
g-----7-7--5-5-5--7-7--5-5-5-
d-----7-7--5-5-5--7-7--5-5-5-
a-0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-
e----------------------------
VERSE: (over main guitar part)
Have you heard about big red?
They even bought a beebread rig
To help the flowers in mean space
They're trying to make that place green
G F
Hope the bees will take away the storm
G F
Hope the trees will take away the storm
F Dm
Don't know how this whole thing started
Bb G
There was a crowd and then we parted
F Dm
Don't know if I'll ever go back
Bb G
Its a long away across all of this black
CHORUS:
F Bb
Here I am in my bucket today
G Dm
In the middle
F Bb
Here I am in my bucket today
G Dm
In the middle
Ending
F Bb
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
G Dm
They got a mule they call Sal
Bulldozing up canal walls
They're gonna tap that icecap too
When they do they're gonna make that green map blue
The weather is finally getting warm
And the weather is really getting warm
Don't know how this whole thing started
There was a cloud and then it parted
Don't know if I'll ever go back
That's how I felt when I left that tarmac
Space is Gonna do me Good
INTRO
G F Eb G F Eb slide to E#, then back, G F Eb
VERSE
Eb C G
The islands of Phoenix
Eb C G#
In two-thousand six-teen
Eb Bb F G#
Are making it up with hardihood
Eb C G
I'm done with adult matters
Eb C G#
I'm doin' the catapult
Eb Bb F G#
I've been meaning to get out of Hollywood.
CHORUS
G F Eb
Space is gonna do me good
G F Eb E# Eb
Oooooh
G F Eb
Space is gonna do me good
G# Bb
It's not you I don't like
Eb C# C
No, the boy is the same
G# Bb
I'm takin' the turnpike
F G G# G#m
There's no point into blame, oh yeah
SOLO
Chords: Play chords used for first two lines of verse, then
play Eb Bb F G#
Repeat CHORUS
Second VERSE (same chords as first)
The words of the man Ray
If you wanna stay tan
Better to do it with a toy or a game
Oh yeah
White Noise Maker
CHORDS USED:
D# A#m F# Bm* B* F#m* BI C# D#m E D*
E--6------6-----2------4-----9------2------2-----4-----6-----0----4--
B--8------6-----2------3-----7------4------4-----6-----7-----0----3--
G--8------6-----3------x-----8------2------4-----6-----8-----1----2--
D--8------8-----4------4-----x------2------4-----6-----8-----2----0--
A--6------8-----4------2-----9------4------2-----4-----6-----2----0--
E--6------6-----2------2-----7------2------x-----x-----6-----0----x--
D BII Bm
E-2-------7-------2--
B-3-------7-------3--
G-2-------8-------4--
D-0-------9-------4--
A-0-------9-------2--
E-0-------7-------2--
INTRO/ OUTRO
D# G#(High) G# (X3) F# D#
VERSE:
D# A#m
You know I hear a lot of talk
F# Bm*
So I'm headed for the stereo store
F# D#
To get a white noise maker
BII..B*
And turn it up to ten...
REFRAIN:
F#m*
Or maybe the interior
F#m*
Of somewhere like Siberia
D#
Yeah, the Yak
BI C#
Is back again
CHORUS:
F# C# D#m B C#
Like harvest moon, o'er my head, yes it was
F# C# D#m B C#
That billboard prose, shining on me, and it shines because
F# C# B Bm
It's been so long since my Telstar...
F# E D D*
I hope it crashes in the sea...
SOLO:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------5-------9--7-11b11------11-------------
G--8b8------6b6------------4-6-----7-6--------------11--13b-11h13p11---
D-------8--------4---6-7-----------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------14b14---------------------------
B-------------------------------14-12----------------------------------
G---------------------11-13-11-----------------------------------------
D-13--11h-13p-11-------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------14---------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
AFTER SOLO:
REFRAIN,
VERSE,
CHORUS
Pure Denizen of the Citizens Band
INTRO and VERSE LEAD:
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-------------10-10-----
--7-7-h9-7-7-9--9--7---
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E G A C
I want to ask you fellers
E G A C
Why do you shut me out?
E G A C E G A C
When I've driven every place that they call land
E G A C
I talk plain talk
E G A C
I've seen the moon sitting on the road
E G A C E G A C
And I don't eat no Chateaubriand
BRIDGE:
A
And I drive my car
G#
Under same stars
F
Where the miles are
D (repeat verse chords twice)
Come back I demand
A
Dear Gentlemen
G#
Please let me in
F D Gm G
I don't know how I can make you understand
CHORUS:
C B A E
I'm a pure denizen of the citizen's band
C B A E
I'm a pure denizen of the citizen's band
C B A E
I'm a pure denizen of the citizen's band
C B A
I'm a pure denizen of the citizen's band
Riff 1 Riff 2
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-----------------------------|--------2--4-----------2--4-
--------2--4-----------2--4--|--0--4--------0--0--4-------
--0--4--------0--0--4--------|----------------------------
B C#
Ahhhhh Ahhhhh
RIFF 1
Hey friend you know what I'd do
If I was making the bucks
RIFF 3
Well I'd move me to a place
RIFF 1
Where all they had was trucks
B C# RIFF 1
'Cause there's one thing that I can't stand
B C# RIFF 1
There's one thing that I cannot stand
B C# RIFF 1
One thing I cannot stand
B C# RIFF 1
Can't stand
B C# RIFF 1
Cannot stand
B C#
Can't stand
Bad Wicked World
Chords
D# F C C# D A# G# F# B
e-----------------6--4--2---------------------
b-8--10--5--6--7--6--4--2--4-------------------
g-8--10--5--6--7--7--5--3--4------------------------
d-8--10--5--6--7--8--6--4--4------------------------
a-6--8---3--4--5--8--6--4--2-----------------------
e-----------------6--4--2---------------------
Intro
D# F C D# F C D#
F C D# F C D# F
C D# F C D# F C
D# F C D# F C D# D C A#
A# G#
Bad, wicked world
F# A#
Bad, wicked world
D# C# F#
They are about dressed to deceive
F# B G#
Conquistadors that have been sent
A# G#
Bad, wicked world
F# A#
Bad, wicked world
D# C# F#
Some sell him out, some won't believe
F# B G#
An architect named David Vincent
A# G#
A man too long without sleep
F# A#
He took a wrong turn and people just laughed
D# C#
A ship that is not there
C# F#
But he knows that it was
F# B
It made a light and a buzz
B G#
He's really hurt because
G#
People don't care
A# G#
People think he's a creep
F# A#
He will not stop, he keeps on talking
D# C#
Just a tie and a suit
C# F#
He's a lonely persuader
F# B
First-throwing crusader
B G#
Against invaders
G#
Won't be mute
opening riff, then; (the following F#'s and G#'s are played an octave higher)
D# F# G# D# F# G# D#
F# G# D# F# G# D# F#
G# D# F# G# D# F# G#
D# F# G# D# F# G# D# D C
About once a week
Another story is leaked and he's on it
Just a suit and a tie
Will it ever end?
He hasn't got a friend
Pinkies that won't bend
He really must try
Pie in the Sky
Chords
E-3 C A EVII C#m C# B D G F# shuffle
e-0---8---5--------4------7-----3------------
b-0---8---5---9----5---6--7--7--3------------
g-9---9---6---9----6---6--8--7--4------------
d-9---10--7---9----6---6--9--7--5------------
a-7---10--7---7----4---4--9--5--5--4-4-6-6---
e-0---8---5---------------7-----3--2-2-2-2---
Intro (and ending)
E-3 C A
Verse
EVII C#m
It takes photon power And eight minutes of an hour
A B
To make it to our sun
EVII C#m
And I know it sounds weird But it'll take you four years
A F#shuffle
To make the next one
EVII C#m
Expanding borders
A C D
That's the sauce of chaos And that's an
EVII C# G
order That's an
EVII C# G
order
Solo over the following
C A E
So stomp your feet
And clap your hands
Get out of your seat
And do a little dance
Lift up your voice
And sing with glee
Now listen carefully to me
Desert your quarters
Behold the pie in the sky
And that's an order
That's an order
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