1. |
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NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
A D
I got half the Asian continent
G
Bent over a bench
(walkup G to) A
Making me guitars
A
Just sent the annual check
D
To the DNC
G
And planned parenthood
(walkup G to) A
Yeah it’s all good
Em
No bombs are going off
A
My car alarm’s disarmed
Em
The weather is the best we’ve seen
D D/C G
The bar down the street has the game on every screen
A D
I got feeling in my face again
G
After blowin in the wind
(walkup G to) A
A little too hard
A D
Todd-a-lin off tonight to the gentleman’s club
G A
I’m a gonna get a rub Doooooooooown
Em
No bombs are going off
A
My car alarm’s disarmed
Em
The army is all volunteers
D D/C G
And the bar down the street has two hundred and forty seven beers!!
Eb Bb
I got nuthin to complain about
F
Who am I to complain about
G#
Anything?
2x
F
Who am I to complain about
G#
Anything?
(2x to end)
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2. |
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THANKS FOR THE WISH OF LOVE
D – Am
Thanks for the wish of love
For all the feeling it’s meant
to represent
I agree we’ve kinda lost touch
And nobody wants to know who’s to blame
C – G -D
Thanks for feeding me,
when I was a kid
D - Am
Thanks for the wish of love
Yeah Maybe one last dip
in the hotel pool -- will make it all okay
Just don’t know how to make it up
C- G- D
Thanks for clothing me
When I was a kid
Gm D
And he says that you’re not long for this world...
Gm F
As if this could be my last chance
C Em
But I have no idea what to do
C D
I’ve never had any idea what to do
Am
for you
(solo over)
D---Am 3x
C - G ---D (hold D)
D- Am
so thanks for the wish of love
I gues we can just leave it
There again
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3. |
Cold, Cold, Cold
03:23
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COLD, COLD, COLD
A arpeggiate riff to G riff
Caught…
In this winter storm
The snow is bouncing off our brows
on its way downtown
D -- A7 -- G
Time like these
I got nowhere to live
D -- A7 -- G
…Just some place to sleep
With the television on
A riffage
Back to A arp riff to G riff
Cold, cold, cold
Midnight blue
But my cell phone says it’s 4 O clock
In the afternoon
D -- A7 -- G
I’m waiting for the call from warmer climes
Let yourself go, kid, you’ve done your time
….A…. Whoishly, to:
Dsus/D - A7 – D(open e string) – A7 2x (marchingly)
BRIDGE
G
I bought myself a box that’s supposed to
A
be the sun
G
I keep it in my kitchen cupboard
D (c shape 3rd fret)
Baby, I
C G
need my beauty sleep
Jam:
A riffage as before
>>To intro riff:
A arpeggiate riff to G riff 2x
A barre (fifth fret) for two measures
>>To descending run of open barres
C -- B - A 2x
Retard…
F# G A (end with intro riff retard)
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4. |
A Wedding Song
02:59
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A WEDDING SONG
E A 2x to C –slide to D
The only heart I have for you is this one
Please take it for a walk now and then
E A 2x to C – slide to D
The only hands I have for you are these two
For you, I’ll keep them clean and keep them open
G
My eyes that see without
C
Will always look in you
D G D
My teeth will try to smile
G C
Through all our worries
E
My tongue will
A E
Take its time
A C – slide to D
when speaking of you
F D
Ever mindful of your tenderness…
F C F
Will you take me for
C
your lawful
D (hold…………)
Fool?
(Instr with verse 2x )
E A 2x to C –slide to D
G C
And when the world’s plot against us thickens
D G D G C
I’ll believe if you’ll believe it too
E A E A C - slide to D
That love is all there is when it’s all over
E
Cause love is all there is when it begins...
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5. |
Cutest Little Baby
03:15
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CUTEST LITTLE BABY
A – F# - E pattern
Everybody knows you’re the cutest
And all they want from you isn’t what you are
F# A E
The world is waiting there, on your
waiting list
(back to) A – F# - E pattern
For Christmas, for Easter, and forever
F#m7
Little baby
B
Oh you got me cryin’
F#m7 -- B
Little baby
F#m7 B
Cause you’re the cutest, little baby,
A B
anybody’s ever seeeeen
A – F# - E pattern
Everybody wants what you got
That’s why it’s so peculiar what you bought
F# A E
Seems you’re not so worried bout the
talkin’
(back to) A – F# - E pattern
But that’s what worries me, worries momma
F#m7
Little baby
B
Oh you got her cryin’
F#m7 -- B
Little baby
F#m7 B
Cause you’re the cutest, little baby,
A B
anybody’s ever seeeeen
E
You always said you wanted your knight
B D#m
to be disarm-ing-ly, kind
F#
And gentle to a fault
E
But you think for some reason if you
B D#m
ever are alone again, girl
F#
They’ll all…disappear
E
You’ll…disappear
open E up two frets, arpeggiate (2 meas)
F#m7 – B (2x, surging…)
(chorus)
F#m7
Little baby
B
Oh you got us cryin’
F#m7 -- B
Little baby
F#m7 B
Cause you’re the cutest, little baby,
A F#
anybody’s ever seeeeen
(up a whole step)
B – G# – F# pattern
You know that all we want is your happiness
And we had a little hope that ours might make the mix
So if you’re happy now, baby, why the tears?
….Why the tears?
(hold on F# for two measures)
End on
E- B- D#m
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6. |
I Know The Devil
03:48
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I KNOW THE DEVIL (WHEN I SEE HIM)
G C G C
I know him Cause I’ve seen him
G C Am
Seen the mask he’s using anyway
G C G C
He’s got a smile He’s got a grin
G C Am
His hair is tousled professionally
D G C G
but if you need proof I can’t really help you
Bounce off G to
F#/add D C
But I know the devil
F# - G – G# - A -A-G#- G – F# C
When I see him
G C G C G C Am
I know him Cause I work for him I pony up Every year... F#
G C G C G C Am
I know him Because I voted for... his way of doing things
D Am F# (wD) C
Seems like I’m buying in Every time I’m buying Anything.,......
G – A sus 2 G A sus2 G Asus2 G
But a man’s gotta eat -- a man’s gotta watch, over his children...
D7 C
Yeah I know the devil
F# - G – G# - A -A-G#- G – F# C
When I see him
G- C – Am pattern
He’s got a car He’s got a house Little bigger than the one I own
He walks on by When the cup is out I understand He’s got bigger things to do...
F#-G – G to... D G C G
We all like our solitude Nobody’s gonna fault you
Bounce off G to F#/add D (Stay on it til C)
But I know the devil
F# - G – G# - A -A-G#- G – F#
C G
When I see him.........
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7. |
Got My TV On
03:54
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GOT MY TV ON
G6 sus 2 = 302000 F#minsharp5 = 200200 F6th = 100200
Em – G –A – G (steppin stone) pattern over:
When my life breaks down
I got my tv on
...I got my tv on
Whenever I need to get my mind gone
Get your tv on
You’ll smell the smoke if your neighborhood burns
Get your TV on
They ain’t coming for you yet son
G6 sus 2 F#minsharp5
And even I know
F6th
That the world
A
Ain’t a cathode
G6 sus 2 F#minsharp5
Yeah maybe you know
F6th A
That life is more, than the light show
Em A Em A
But god knows It’s easy to forget it’s easy to forget it gets easier
G
Everyday....
(begin pink floyd section)
Em ..............................A (once as instrumental)
Em A
Us... and them
Em A
Increasingly it seems to me a question that nobody’s even asking now
Em A
Us........... and them
Em A
Ten billion tiny screens and everybody knows that the’yre just not one of those
Em A
….animals…
Em – G – A – G over:
Got my tv on
Got my headphones on
Got my laptop on
Got my cell phone on
Got my force field on
Got my helmet under my arm
Got my flak suit on
Got my tv on
Got my tv on
G6 sus 2 F#minsharp5
And even I know
F6th
That the world
A
Ain’t a cathode
G6 sus 2 F#minsharp5
Yeah maybe you know
F6th A
That life is more, than the light show
Em A
Us ............................and them
Em A
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8. |
Storage Space
03:52
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STORAGE SPACE
~chord key:~
E7 sus 4 = 0 2 0 2 0 x
F#m#5 = 2 0 0 2 x x
A7 = x 0 5 2 2 x
A6 = x 0 4 2 2 x
G6 sus 2 = 3 0 2 0 0 0
F6 = 1 0 0 2 0 0
~
E7s4 – F#m#5 E7s4 – F#m#5 –A (2x)
Every year we shed a skin and a square yard of memory
When the dust gets thick we put it in a box or a bag
A7 A6
And cart it off to the sheet metal cell G6sus2 F#m#5 F6
where life goes ah –on , without us
(walk e string F-E-F-G-E to A chord)
E7s4 – F#m#5 E7s4 – F#m#5 -A (2x)
Our little locker is a nightclub that never closes
Where my daughter’s little ponies Prance around in their plastic bags
A7 A6
And a macaroni mermaid with a little of G6sus2 F#m#5
her glitter left
F6 …A
Flirts with the purple-prince of the missing hand
(instrumental bridge)
Open A (at 5fr) to Fmaj 7 (2x)
(chorus)
C --- A open at 5fr
Storage space
C A
Stor - age…. space
F A
Everything I’ll never need is all in one E7sus4 A
pla-a-ace
E7s4 – F#m#5 E7s4 – F#m#5 A (2x)
The guy at the desk just emptied out a deadbeat Wednesday night
You can see by the swinging of the keys that he runs the show
A7 A6
He says to me you put it on the card G6sus2 F#m#5
and that won’t be you
F6 ….A
With the big room you’re moving too be a shame to let it all go….
(repeat walk e string F-E-F-G-E to A chord)
(2nd bridge)
C
Storage space
G A7
All the live’s we might have led
C
Storage space
G A7
Never giving up the dead
(chorus)
C --- A open at 5fr
Storage space
C A
Stor - age…. space
F A
Everything I’ll never need is all in one E7sus4 A
pla-a-ace
end with return to intro chord arpeggio
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9. |
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TOMORROW HAS COME AND GONE
C –Am -G
I’m gonna feel it
When I feel it
C-Am -G
Right on the dime
When it’s time
C-Am - G
You got your suitcase
And what’s in it
C-Am - G
Off to the races
With your timid smile
F-E bounce
On the day that you were born
Cmaj7
The angels caught me crying
F-E bounce Cmaj7
Baby -- you had my number
C G
I’m gonna get their soon
C G
Wake up in the afternoon
F
and realize
F7 C G
tomorrow has come ....and gone
C-Am-G (again) over:
I’m gonna find out
When I find out
Just who you been
All your life
C-Am-G (still...)
It ain’t like we were far away
But sometimes
Sometimes...
F-E (bounce)
Everyday you turned
Cmaj7
From a girl into a beauty
F-E (bounce) Cmaj7
You’ll always have my number
C G
And I’m gonna need yours soon
C G
Maybe before the mid day moon
F F7
has even had a chance
Cmaj7
to vaporize
C- G
tomorrow has come and gone
and you gotta move on and on and on and on....
(2x, end on C)
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10. |
Piece of Equipment
03:03
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PIECE OF EQUIPMENT
C-F-G
This old heart is a piece of equipment
Left in the rain over the weekend
Dropped in the soup at the Tidy Bowl restaurant
Back to the pot and the cook’s flicking ashes
A
Em A
But youwouldn’t want to know about that
Em A
Not your idea of chewing the fat
Dm Am G
But ho-ney, I got nothing else to do
C-F-G
These old hands are shakin and shrinking
Barely holding the glass that they’re drinking
Picking a nose that can’t take no more
My face wrinkled up like an unsettled score
A Em A
But you don’t wanna hear about it
Em A
I made the bed were agreed on that
Dm Am G
All I wanted was a chance at perfection
Dm Am G
didn’t give a rat’s about any affection
A# – D#
And if we stacked upery single song
A# D#
Where the man realizes, what he done wrong
C# A#
That’s the biggest collection, of liars on the planet
C F C G
Outdone only by the la-dies who’ve bought it
C-F -G
This old huse is so full of infection
My dog Lou can’t even get a connection
He sits outside and howls at the grass
I let him inside and he chews out my ass
A Em A
And even he still talks about you
Em A
Looks at me like you did it to you
Dm Am G
All that I wanted was a chance at perfection
Dm -Am G
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