PERMISSION TO CRY B riff She never asked no one’s permission to cry E A-A-A-A G-G She’s crying anyway Briff With every second ticking off the clock E A-A-A-A G-G She feels a year go by B riff She wonders if she’ll ever know that horrible pain E A-A-A-A G-G Or will it last her life A She’s living the lie G Burning down denying everything that she feels E Trying to believe in the marketing mission G Knowing it’s just dirt in her eyes A She wants to be loved G And love in return til her back is near broken E But she’s gotta get the powerpoint by 1:35 G It’s everything this doing or dying Riffage: B-B-B-BG-G-(2x) A-A-A-A-F#-F#- G-G-G-G-G-G-G A-A-A-A-A-A-A B riffage for two measures B again She had a beau back in 2005 E A-A-A-A G-G He got promoted out B She saw him at a conference just this spring E He waved, she waved right back A They’re living that lie G That lie we all believe in when the rent’s coming due E And there’s still so many pretties on our list we must buy G You know that you can spend your whole life… A She wants to be loved G And mommy always bought her all the things that she screamed for E To stop her when we started, make the pain go away, Anything G but watch her poor baby cry D But mama can’t be your man F# And you can’t be your mama G Not unless you give up on the trinkets and toffee A Not unless you let go the lie - f C#m For something that Microsoft F# Aint’ got no solution for B Though I’m sure that they’re working on it now E A-A-A-A G-G A She aint got the time G And neither does anyone E To read a book or think about the world past her head G That’s why she’s got to finish those slides… B-B-B-BG-G-(2x) A-A-A-A-F#-F#- G-G-G-G-G-G-G A-A-A-A-A-A-A B riffage out…

YOU WANT A MAN G Am You want a man C F G I understand all that G Am Someone to be around C F G For All the little stuff G And it’s all little C Asus From 30,000 feet my dear F G I see you but you don’t see me G And it’s all over C A sus 2 The life we wanted is out for rent F G They got me but they haven’t got you yet C I need another lifetime E To get the good from the one I got F G I’m sorry honey but the overtime is already gone C I need another day E F To get the feeling, back in my arms, in my legs and my heart and my head G Oh you know that I’m hoping Hard I aint already dead C - A Dm - G La la la - la la la la la la la – la la la la- la da da (2X) A And it’s all little D Bsus From thirty thousand feet my dear

SALES FIGURE (G-C roll on strings 5-6) I lost my old job F-F! (G-C bit) Thank fucking god F-F! G-C But it Started a tailspin F-F! G-C I ain’t yet recovered from C-F G And now I sing for my supper F G Haven’t even told my mother F G That I’ve become just another Am C G Sales.... figure....... F –F! / G-C / F –F! (instrumental measure) G-C The don’t call it cold F-F! G ...calling for nothing F-F! G-C If you’re out of the office F-F! G-C I’m still in your in-box C-F G And how I sing for my supper F G Shaming my dutiful brother F G He’s shaking hands with Colin Powell Am C G And I am just a sales....figure (bridge) C One of the men I met on this ride G Old neighborhood Tom F Stands about four-nine G I love the guy F One night in Orlando, we sang the blues G to nobody C Drunk like a dog F I closed my eyes G He was Mel Torme E F Mamas -- don’t let your babies go outside at all G F Or the worst could befall them G F C Hit on, by a sales....man F-F! G-C G-C My masters degree F-F! G-C In my own poetry F-F! G-C Aint getting it done for me C-F G So I remain a sales figure E C Until my work is done

EVERYBODY WANTS A PIECE OF YOU E F#m7 B7 A7 everybody wants a piece of you do you want it too? E F#m7 B7 A7 to be broken up decentralized unauthorized F# A E (blues riff) There’s a forgery, so beautiful of you F# A B(and riff on it) Doing all the things you always do E F#m7 B7 A7 aint it wonderful ? when all your little pieces are blown away? E F#m7 B7 A7 and your free to fall, to not be there at all ? F# A your hands are mittens your tongue is stuck in low F# A B you seem to move but its only your shadow ow E Eadd7 A It no little wonder...you’re feeling...outta sync... E A Take five minutes somewhere Ahhh baby let’s think D(barre) A Let’s at least put a date on the calendar... Eadd7 (up on fret 9 there) Maybe next week? A Bm7 E D7 Everybody wants a piece of your mind and all of your body A Bm7 E D7 and you wouldn’t mind it much if they weren’t so grabby about it B D because we’re all so god damn eager to give our limbs away B D A people are lining up everywhere to die, eight hours a day F A D G (at neck) And nobody really planned it out this way Who in their right mind would? G (at third fret) C B Who in their right mind could? E Eadd7 A And it’s no little wonder...you’re feeling...outta sync... E A Take five minutes somewhere Ahhh baby let’s think D A Let’s at least put a date on the calendar... Eadd7 (up on fret 9 there) Maybe next week? E F#m7 B7 A7 everybody wants a piece of you do you want it too? E F#m7 B7 A7 E to be broken up decentralized unauthorized

TERRIBLE TO-DO LIST (D) On my terrible to do list (A ) I got (G) trouble Comin Every (D) day (D) On my soul killing schedule (A) I got (G) trouble comin every (D) day D7 G You say you got more than you can handle A7 D I got more than I can say D7 G You say life’s more than a paycheck A7 D Show me to which god I should pray? Em On-a-Monday morning I’m helping some bank A Give it to the people in every way F# I got focus groups on Tuesday G Focus groups on Wednesday A Focus groups on Thursday A Then I get a chance to drink it off…. (D) On my terrible to do list (A) I got (G) trouble Comin Every (D) day (D) On my soul killing schedule (A) I got (G) trouble comin every (D) day (bridge) D7 G My Outlook’s bleak for the week A7 D No chance for inheritance by the meek D7 G Just when I’m turning the other cheek A7 Some corporate marketing chick is D starting to freak G7 I guess there’s some problem with the D copy G7 She’s staring me down like I killed her D dog A We missed on the brand promise, G7 And there’s no doubting, Thomas D A Someone’s head is gonna have to roll D On my, terrible to do list (A ) I got (G) trouble Comin Every (D) day

REJECTION IN BLUE A G# E it was the best rejection she’d ever received A G# E it made her feel like she belonged A G# E to something bigger and brighter that she’d G F# E ..known all along A G# B - A F# G E (hold) A G# E it was the most encouraging note she’d ever seen A G# E from people at that height B A E her sweat and blood had earned the blue ink G F# E stained with tears, now she cried D A E a cry she felt she’d earned and so enjoyed D A E cause maybe some day soon she’d be employed D E A G D Using her heart, and her mind G F# A G# F# G E Revealing the the soul the world had yet to find A G# E she went to camp ostensibly A G# B to finely tune her prose B A the boys and girls E all noticed her then G F# E the eyes the skin the nose D A E but these ones said they liked her stories too D E they could see inside her heart F#m A through her eyes… of blue A there was one F#m E she decided that she loved A F#m he seemed to really know E who she was F#m B and though, she knew D That was fiction too A she gave him F#m E the tender scene he sought D – A -E D E A G D (apreggite the D) A G# E …it was the best rejection she’d ever received A G# B …the best rejection she’d ever received A G# E ...the best rejection shed ever received G F# E D A She thinks about him sometimes when she E types D A Early in the morning late at E night D E A G D Pouring out her heart and her mind

MY WINGS ARE HEAVY (BUT I THINK WE CAN MAKE IT TO THE SUN) A All the things we want, to be, Em And all the things we want, to have, compete A And when they’re done, there’s just,defeat -- for you and me, Em Oh baby don’t you see? G A It’s time to let go... G A Jump off the cardboard boxes we been standing G A On.... for so long... C G My wings are heavy but -- I think we can make it to the A Sun ....a sphere, that pale old orb of heat and Em Fear, they took away our shady tree A and we’ve been sweating here Em Beneath the fist of some other body’s heaven G A I blame me G A I blame everything I think I need G A Time to let go C G Close our eyes and descend from the roofing to the A Sea...a deeper green than we have ever Em seen before -- it’s swallowing A the difference between Em and making everything so sparkling clean, G A and aus tere G Just like the good old days A Before we got here G A My -- my dear C G My wings are heavy but I think We can make it through the sun....(instrumental verse) End on: C G My wings are heavy but I think We can make it through the A sun....

700 MILES D-Bm She’s learning the sidewalks A-G bounce of a strange Town where she don’t know the faces D-Bm Her husband just took A-G a new job In the corporate park on the green hills Em up above town Em-addG 700 hundred miles from their home A-Em (2x) G- A and she don’t know if she can D E G -- take another hour of this A(2 measures) D Bm her baby is crying A G A cause she knows that the world is cruel G and indifferent D Bm and mother and dad A G miss their peanut so much A G that they can’t even say it Em on the phone Em (add 7th) 700 miles away A- Em (2x) G A and she know it isn’t right D E G to think so much about going back A(two meausres) Bm E and all the restaurants are lousy Bm they give you that carnation stuff not E cream Bm the BestBuys and the Targets are un- E ending G she didn’t know A she was living the american D dream

JAILHOUSE ROCK B & A chords on the verses is the location for a sus4 stones riff (you’ll hear it) The F# has its own riff pattern too B I swore I was letting you down A F# You didn’t notice so I’m back in town B my pockets wrung inside out A F# got my face in the loveable pout B I climbed a mountain it seemed A F# But now I’m down with the casual jeans E So yeah I’m back again F# Again I’m back again A B and I’m bothered so don’t bother me E they made the walls vanilla F# it’s makin me a killa A B gotta split before they add the whip cream B Got the ship full of ladies in drag A F# All flying their own black and white flags B Not goin down to New Orleans A F# Or F-L-A, where they get them high winds E Oh yeah I’m back again F# It’s me I’m back again A B Yes, I’m making my own misery E they made the ceilings higher F# the guards are set to fire A B and their radios are talking to me!! G#7 E I been lazy with my life B And I’m payin it down A E Watching it burn to ground A E B So damn lazy with this li –i –i –i ife A E Verse (I verse thru -- Instr with leads) Verse B Number 6 says to number 43 A F# Then they both say it to me: B Hey man I thought they let you go free A F# What did you do? Go and lose the key? E- I’m back in solitary F# They saved my cell for me A B -sorry I’m spoken for, don’t talk to me E they made the walls vanilla F# it’s makin me a killa A B gotta split before they’re inking my dreams G#7 E I been lazy with my life B And I’m payin it down A E Watching it burn to ground A E B So damn lazy with this li –i –i –i ife

IDES OF APRIL A-Em-Dsus4–A pattern over: They terminated me on the ides of April Patty read the paper -- she was barely able It made her look better than she ever did G A But with guy from HR right there, I kept my feelings hid A -Em-Dsus4 –A pattern again: I took the envelope and weaved out the door Twenty years to the day It shook my shrinking core G A Almost as if I didn’t know it myself 19 years before (chorus) D A Ask not for whom The bell tolls D A At five and at 9 Bm G It tolls for all mankind A-Em-Dsus4 –A pattern again: I met the welcoming committee at a bar downtown They said you haven’t died brother don’t you look so down G A I drank at two hundred miles per hour for nine innings straight G A I didn’t sleep for another week my wife and kids quiet as Saints D A Ask not for whom The bell tolls D A At five and at 9 Bm G It tolls for all mankind A I got thrown out of my world G into the world D And the world said you ain’t ready yet come back when you’re feelin it A Read a little history, get sober on the misery, D Christ, you’re such a spoiled kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid A – Em – D – A (2x) D A Ask not for whom The bell tolls D A At five and at 9 Bm G It tolls for all mankind A Em Dsus4 A I was born on the ides of April My eyes unopened but the body ......able

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)

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

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)

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...

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

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.........

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

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

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)

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

SHA LA LA G F Sha la la la la la la baby G Don’t seem like you know where you’re F Head is lately C G You been looking for the answers in the sky C When it’s all beneath you – G Just like your brand new boy G F Sha la la la la la la baby G F Not my place but who the hell’s it should be? C You seem to always forget then regret your G charities C If he’s six feet tall like you said well I’m seven G three D G Not that it should matter much C G Not that I should care… D G C Not that he should bother me so…or what you D do with your hair… G F Sha la la la la la la baby G F If it helps a little I can get back on one knee C I always thought I could survive with you out G there running free C But free is evidently not the way that you’re G gonna be G F Sha lalalalalalalalallalalala baby G F I understand your pity thing completely C Cause I’m sure it was the path that brought me G To your life C & So the breadcrumbs are already there G For all these hungry new boys D G Not that it should matter much C G Not that I should care… D G C Not that he should bother me so…or what you D do with your hair… G F Sha la la la la la la baby… (INSTR: repeat verse pattern: G-F 2x to C-G 2x twice) D G Not that it should matter much C G Not that I should care… D G Not that he should bother me so… C G What did you do-o-o-o with your hair…?

LAST CIGARETTE Gm C …thought I was your last cigarette Cm something sweet and stupid to F (E F bounce) die a little with Gm I dangled C you lit Cm and breathed me in F it only burned a little bit Bb together we marked the time Cm between lager and limes F something to do G# while staring into C#m the mirror or anything G# But.. …C#m …G# F (w E F bounce) Solo over: Gm – C - Cm –F Bb -- C G# - G - F Gm C thought you were my last little drink Cm someone sweet and sour F to live a little with C before we ask for the bill Bb give me one more little chill G and I’ll just cry a little bit cause Cm I’m not G your last cigarette Cm -- G INSTR OUT Gm—C F -- G# -- G C -- Bb F -- G# -- G -- C Fade on the C……………..

BALLAD OF THE LAB ASSISTANT G C I always thought you were there for me girl G C The other way round, pure, logical G C But now I can clearly see the error D A G My hypothesis of rationality C F D Would never hold up for you and me G C My field notes said you was a sweet thing G C Your smile was evidentiary G C Our beakers were full of heat and bubbles D A G And then that’s when the lab got all unclean C F D I shoulda known then it warn’t just me… G C G You lost your scientific mind G C G Out there in the molecules and brine C (barre third fret) Something deeper called to you C(eighth fret stones shape) Said you had a job to do A C G & So you left your discipline behind C – G / C-G; D C – G / C-G; D C -- C 3rd barre (stop and bend) (Then start verse again …) G C Finished my paper for the journal G C My findings were spelled out soberly G C But the board of review just sent me packing D A G Accused me of flat out plagiary F A Cuz seventeen guys had published previously D G C You lost your scientific mind D G C Out there in the particles of light D G C You lost your scientific mind D G C Down there in the mysteries of life C (8th fret stones) Something deeper called to you C (3rd fret barre) Said you had a job to do A C G & So you left your discipline behind

THIS IS THE ROOM E – F # “tommy keen” riff this is the room where I go to talk to you we have our code of quietude this is the place where I can confide in you cause I still can’t talk, when you’re there A E keen riff again this is where my heart, can do it’s loop de loops for you bridge D -- G -- Em -- A ( 2x) A -- B arpeggio (2x) back to A E – F # “tommy keen” riff This is the way that I’ve found to be with you I listen close to all my words This is the melody that plays at the thought of you So I thought you’d want to hear it too A G E This is where my heart, can do it’s stupid tricks for you E to F # solo over ( 4 bars) E -- F # (stay with it) This is where it starts with you End on E This is where…

I...DON'T ! C# - open E to F# I thought I loved you …I don’t C# - open E to F# walk Sorta need-ed you …I won’t E F# Yeah I fell on my knees C# B - C# But I’m crawling…. Back-up E F# A Whatever you pleas-ed C# Seems you were just teasing me… C# -E riff instrumental C# - E riff again Still want you A F# I just can’t anymore C# - chug Mis s-sing you… B A But not as much as when I thought I had you F# - E 2x (My generation beat) E --- F# Still lost in your clouds C# Oh my………. E --- F # A Rather die than you look you in the eyes… C# Not I--------------------- B A C# I can barely keep my nose above your water line B A Now your back-stroking again E F# I’m gonna drown if I dip my toes in (hold F# for a measure) C# stutter I can’t, I won’t, I shouldn’t, I….(pause) Don’t……………..(hold C# 2 measures) F# - E - F# B -- A F#-E (my gen 2x) Repeat …C# stutter I can’t, I won’t, I shouldn’t, I….(pause) Don’t!……………..(hold C# 2 measures) Verse C# open E to F# again ….Need you Anymore C# open E to F# again …Think of, you A F# At all….. C# chug Want you B A No no………… F# - E 4x (My generation beat) Nooooooooooooooo! Retard on last, then slide up to C# ….I don’t………….. Out on C# -F# slow blues

BABY EAT YOUR HEART OUT G baby eat your heart out A D - C G I’m going on with my life G A You said you was gonna be my friend D C G I need me a new definition then G A You said you was gonna be my lover D A G Aint so sure you didn’t mean some other G baby eat your heart out A D C G I’m going on with my life G baby eat your heart out A I’m going on with my… D7 (10th fret) -- G7 - C7 A7 (with my life) spoken between repeats… D7 (10th fret) -- G7 - C7 A7 G ramp A# G I used to have the knack for your laugh A# D10fr A# Now I wonder what you were laughing at… G (push) C (push) D 10fr C 8fr B A I knowed your plans was flexible D G C But I did all the bending girl A G I thought you were gonna be the world D A G But now your gone I’ll get these toes uncurled G baby eat your heart out A D C G I’m going on with my life G baby eat your heart out A D C G I’m going on with my life G baby eat your heart out A I’m going on with my C G ! D With my life outro D boogie to G boogie -- D boogie to A # to G (repeat 3x) until end on D

JUNE BRIDES (capo on 2) D G F Em D i heard a delicate song last night by the june brides D G F Em D a clanging little song I hadn’t heard in a long, long time DGF(hold for a measure)-A D G F Em D It got me thinking about How long I’ve loved you D G F Em D Got me sifting Through the pic-tures in A My little album of you – G – F -Em D G F Em D Do you remember the sun? Pouring in the car windows? D G Your hair whipping around... F A your ruby colored shades? A (rave up) D G F Em D Do you remember the smell Of mud stealing back from snow? D G Do you remember the june brides F A Sweetly, like I do? G- F- A(barre at 5) (rave up on A -- two measures) D (barre at 5) A We covered every mile of brown illinois Bm7 – Bm6 –Bm A Before we finally settled down D A We burned a little trail to milwaukee and back F#m - F – Em –A I still have the cassette D –G F Em –D Do you remember the golden weather The Broken farms on 47? When it seemed like the crows... the whole world.. G (here, not D) Was looking out for us D –G F Em –D Do you remember the june brides Sweetly like I do? (repeat 4x to finish on A)

FEAR THE WORD, LOVE C# there’s a hesitation on the downstroke F# a dread before she hits send C# when the “l” word has been deleted F# she reads it all over again B there’s an icy roiling river, F# a city block wide C# it divides what’s left of her heart F# from the cold wet clump of her pride B E fears the word A F# the word love B E Oh that word A F# F# the word la la la la la la la la la (etc.) ...two measures... C# across town he’s sitting & wondering F# precisely when he should call C# doesn’t want to make the wrong impression F# knows that need, can make a man small B but that kiss they shared last Wednesday night E (at 9th fret) was an exquisitely delicate thing C# you shoulda heard him Thursday morning F# shaving and singing B E ‘Bout the word, A F# the word love B E Still he fears A F# the word la la la la la la la la la (add third measure of las) B Yeah they’re locked out in their misery E A The purest feelings are just unspeakable B She would love, to E he would love, to too F#m E Just not enough F#m To overcome the fear E Of love Bring it down… E An impulse blooms between her shoulders A She starts to dial feeling younger and older E And he’s still tasting that kiss when he A finally finds her on his phone C# F# And when they hear those busy signals C# F# ...they fear the worst n.c. (what do they fear?) F# lalalalalalalala (2 measures) A lalalalalalalalala (2 more measures) D Yeah they’re locked out in their misery G C The purest feelings are just unspeakable D She would love, to G he would love, to too Am G

REAL DEAL D-C –G – F - A riff All that I want in this life Is right smack dab there between her big-brown eyes She’s got a beautiful beak And I can’t control myself when it brushes my cheek A Yeah you can keep your barbies and their buttons D I want a girl who can watch me like a hawk F#m – G –A fill A And if she needs to get a little oxygen E I put her hand in mine and we take a G walk Back to riff D-C –G – F - A riff Baby it’s all about the angles I got no use for the cutie pies Just give me a hook that I can hang my hat upon F And you know that I will toe the A aquiline… F#m G A Gonna love you as you are F#m G Every god given A ….millimeter of you (2x) (after 2x stay on A) A I ‘m always dreaming on you…. Quick F#m – G riff (3x) To a big rumbling E for two measures A Yeah you can keep your barbies and their buttons D I want a girl who can watch me like a hawk F#m – G –A fill A And if she needs to get a little oxygen E I put her hand in mine and we take a G walk Coda (outro) D –C -G she’s got a beautiful beak and it shines like a star and it gleams and it beams and its the real deal she’s got a beautiful beak and it drives me insane, whenever it touches my cheek finish with D-C –G – F - A riff

STATE LINE BOOGIE A D-G / A D-G // G – G-A / G- G-A (2x) A boogie When I was a lad about one and nine They changed the laws It was earth-shakin times Practical effect was we had to drive ‘bout 47 miles where it warn’t no crime - to the: D G State line, D A most nights D G State Line D A ‘s all right A boogie Buddy o mine had a Buick machine Engine compartment fit a family of three 8 track Hendrix stuck in the dash In the bottle store parkin’ lot smoking some hash -- at the D G State line, D A Week nights D G State Line D A That’s right E A We had a theory that Wisconsin girls was easier E B Never put it to the test that I can recall E A Sorta figured all you hadda to do was ask’em F#m Stoned……(stoned)…………… B to the bone, (to the bone) G A7 nobody had the gall… Instrumental & solo break D-G D-A D-G D-A G (two measures) –A boogie (two measures) A boogie Softened up tight we could make the scene Danced with ourselves at the Hooker Lake Inn As the morning sun would testify Pulled the trigger too fast on all that sloe gin G-A Modulate to B boogie Snuck our way back on rural route 12 On the big Buick’ floor, rolled half that amount Didn’t see the cherrys baby I was asleep Saw the flashlight tho, right in my peeps E A State line, E B That night E A State Line E B (hold B one more measure) A little cell time chorus E A We had a theory that Wisconsin girls was easier E B Never put it to the test that I can recall E A Sorta figured all you hadda to do was ask’em B Don’t suppose there’s any still a-waitin on my A calllllllllll!!! Repeat chorus hold last A for 2 measures and end on E

HOUSE OF BRUNETTES A (Whoish buildup) -rest- D G Dreamed I was lost in the house of brunettes (G to A riff) D G Hadn’t found one that I didn’t like yet (G to A riff) Bm G But they just-kept giving me the brush Bm E Saw in my eyes all that untrained lust G Some boy near fifty A Searching still for those, (rest) Bm E Hard sixties girls G A Is it any wonder why I’m F#m G Lost in your curls? ~ D G You bring dark memories back to me (G to A riff) D G Of Julie Newmar …and Emma Peel (G to A riff) F#m G On friday nights I would watch tv F#m E With my momma right next to me G A (rest) Hot as any Per-ry Ma-son Bm E Murdering skirt G A Is it any wonder why I’m F#m G Stuck on you girl? G F#m E Is it any wonder why I’m struck? By you girl? E They put an icepick in my head A Licked their ruby lips while I bled D Teeth so white I could cry G This dread attraction A Not even my corpse could deny… A (Whoish buildup) -rest- One instr - of the (DG; G-A) D G I’m falling down in the house of Brunettes (G to A riff) D I’m feeling pale but G They aint done with me yet (G to A riff) G Bm God I hope, your not E Done with me yet… Hold E on out Oooooh (mysterioso) …..The House of Brunettes….repeat and fade

WICKED WORLD Capo 2 G- f-g-f (2X) G Em All the wickedness the world Am G Can dish out to you Girl G –Em –Am -G G Em It’s coming down so fast Am G You’re holding up your arms G-Em Am -F To hide your head G Em Your man is beautiful and strange Am G he came down from the sky G Em –Am -G Now the heavens want him back Am -F Without a thought......for you G F Yeah you’ve been loved completely So you’ll lose completely G F Yeah you loved completely So you lose completely C Am F Didn’t you tell me we’re all afraid of our own... Em A Houses, crashing down? D- D (sus)-D - G – Fmaj7 - G And now yours has fallen But you’re stil standing G –Em I wish I could Undo your pain I wish I could Avoid your fate F But isn’t it Everything G-Em We could ever ask Am G From this wicked world? This old wicked world?

UNKNOWN CAUSES D – B (5th string)- E-G-A (6th string bounce - then 5th stirng open) take him home make him beautiful put that cigarette out at long last D – B (hit B on 5th string)- E-G-A (walk:6th string bounce - then 5th string open) make him look like ron like keith, like rod -- like nikki for one last time G – F - Em and we’ll play a little funeral song G- F-Em as they lower another A7 of the foot soldiers down D- G –F Em another one gone from unknown causes maybe a good sleep is all we need A G all we need D – B E-G-A (walk) anybody anywhere a-jonesing for anything is a cousin of mine D – B E-G-A (walk) this time we had the same records (he made me hear em all again) so it hurts a little more when the clock finally chimes G – F - Em and so we’ll raise our glass again G – F - Em as they lower another A7 of the foot soldiers down A don’t you hear the wagons Bm7 circling... A E/G the vultures are limping their way uptown A Bm7 the cannon fire is just my heart pumping D G A this camp just keeps getting more remote A /add D on string 2 Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh D- G –F Em another one gone from unknown causes maybe a good sleep is all we need A G all we need (chords and vocal, 3x) Em –A (3x two measures a piece -- leads over this) G – F Em and we’ll play a little funeral song G- F as they lower another Em A of the foot soldiers down

SEVEN UP AND SEVEN DOWN D- G – Em -- d-walk Seven up And seven down You say it’s hard To get, your head around I aint asking you To load a gun Just thought you’d want to know -- (stay on Em) The people who are bringin you the earthquake that is surely gonna A-open (at fifth fret) come along G-open (at fifth fret) it’s coming on repeat A-open to G-open D- G – Em -- d-walk use your eyes before you lose your head use your head before you lose your heart make a list of things you can’t believe keep it near Em keep it dear because it’s all A-open your gonna have G-open (no lyric) A-open press it to your heart it’s all you’ve G-open ever had F# to E E double time ramp this line in the sand is where you put your head in (3x) A open (double time) G open (double time) Back to: A open slow G-open slow D- G Em – D walk seven up, and seven down your e-mail says someday you’ll get around to all the miles and piles of trouble waiting there D-G (no lyric) Em but for now you’ve got so many A-open other cares G-open A-open Other cares G-open F# open - E

THREE DEMONS Bm D G (2x) Bm G (at neck) F# Three demons came to me in darkness G (3fret) Their own and maybe mine Bm G (at neck) F# Sanguine about my prospects G said my head looked ripe (instrumental) Bm –D –G (2x) Bm G F# I was beset by dreams of Everything G darkness could Offer me Bm G You whispered in my ear F# I felt the heat G the dampness of your breath E F#m I’m gonna cry G F#m E I’m gonna tear us apart E F#m Cause you’ve set my eye G On every little thing That I’ve ever desired Bm D G (2x) Bm G F# Dark deeds must be done with a venegeance G Keep’s conscience from creeping in Bm G F# One must keep the eyes affixed G On the end through the means E F#m you’re gonna cry G F#m E I’m gonna tear you apart E F#m Cause I’ve lost my mind G To every beautiful thing I was ever denied… A G Is that the knife to do the deed? A G Dangling in front of me? A If this all comes apart… F#m F E Will you hold it steady…for me? Bm G (at neck) F# They came again last night In darkness G Said they wanted me Bm G (at neck) F# Each had a black bouquet Of roses G There eyes were like milk… E F#m we’re gonna cry G F#m E Life’s gonna tear us apart E F#m Til it’s Better to die G Than dream every night of those We put to their ease… A G Is that the knife to do the deed? A G Dangling in front of me? A If this all comes apart… F#m F E Will you hold it steady…for me?

NEW WALLET A7 D C/D yesterday i started a new chapter A7 D C/D picked my laminated cards carefully G C F slid in my trusty debit cards and extra key A7 D C/D utilized the see-through window for my best ID G A compared how it folded to the other one D D/C G C D decided the thin profile was all il lu sion A cause once I fill it up with E7 calling cards and storage locker ID codes E7 (add D from second string) debit cards and rent-a-car A7 three crisp twenties and the plastic Saturn key G A7 it becomes my lucky bullet shield D D/C today is the first day today is the first day A7 (add D on 2nd string) to straight D for my new….. wallet! A will this be my very last? A will I make it through this test A G will I fall apart before this one does? verse 2 A7 D D/C when I die will anyone review my wasted life A7 D D/C and sift for gold in my crinkled old receipts? G C F will they call to cancel all three credit cards? A7 D D/C Will someone ride the train downtown for free? G A7 On me?? A7 my father’s wallet and my mother’s purse A7 were all that remained A7 D D/C when I go please bury me with my wallet G My new wallet….. D D/C today is the first day today is the first day smash a G for a measure A But once I fill it up with E7 calling cards and storage locker ID codes E7 (add D from second string) debit cards and rent-a-car A7 three crisp twenties and the plastic Saturn key G A7 it becomes my lucky bullet shield (3X)

AIN'T YOUNG ONCE ENOUGH? G-Bm-E part seems like your head is hammering your soul with all the words that slipped your tongue on their own and now you’re wondering who you hustled and who you hurt cause they all stepped back when the old boy started his dirt A-E-G - A bit all night long you hung in tough with your teeth just toein the ground your expertise is just what they don’t want the scythe that’s swingin in back of your head aint there to shave you now old boy -- aint young once enough? E- Bm-A G-Bm-E they got a neon sign says “sorry we’re open” that means you gotta do… …some of your own hopin C That the fountain of youth G and the bottle of truth Bm is the same one G-Bm-E but you’ve been around the block too many times to fall again for that stuff A-E-G - A bit you tried to get everybody to hear the notes that are smacking your head rattling your cage from the inside twenty two dollars in the jukebox man it’s got a throat so deep you can drown down in it, boys, you can drown bridge B you can drown A in a bathtub C#m wake up feeling like that hubcap honey, that rolled F# E hold E across the nightclub G-Bm –E part again all that sentimental corn has been harvested, again and 57 coffee stands between you and your death C G Bm and your head is hammering your soul G-Bm –E part again with all the words that slipped your tongue on their own A all night long you hung in tough with your feet just touchin the ground D your experience D/F (make a D and grab the F on the D string) hey, keep that for yourself A-E-G-A again the scythe that’s swingin in back of your head aint there to save you now old boy -- aint young once enough? old boy -- ain’t young once enough? coda B you can drown out there A on your own end on E

THE UNICORN (capo 2nd fret) D F G When the world was a younger place D F G Before the age Of the lighted sign D F C G A man walked And he lost his shoes Cmaj7 A He knew me G He knew you D F G There was a young, upstart Unicorn D F C G Saw the man, was the special one D F G He bought tickets for the speeches Bridge 2 x Em oooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh A Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh D F G When the Unicorn killed Jesus Christ D F C - B They bore his body to the stone Am Em G/d the unicorn just ran and ran and ran C A G sad, jealous unicorn D F G (interlude 2x) D F G he had memorized all the speeches D F C - G knew them down to the marrow C A G sad, sad, jealous unicorn C A they say good, sweet whiskey G put him down

INNER MINNESOTA MAN Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G I’m hatching a plan In fifty some years to feed my inner Minnesota man Fmaj7 – C - G – F –G He needs to hear the gooning of the loons See yellow perch finning in water that glimmers in the morning moon Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G To go bowling, eat thousand island dressing and go back for seconds a second time A# G To hunt and fish and shit ...cook stuff over a pit G# In the trees....Over rocks G F G The bottle opener is screwed on the tackle box Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G I’m hatching a plan In sixty some years to meet my inner Minnesota man Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G Take an eight hour day at the joke-apus Buy all the Twin tone records I can get my fingers on F G You can tell from the chords, just how much, fun it was… C7 –G jam Fmaj7 – C - G – F -G I’m hatching a plan In Seventy years to see my inner Minnesota man Put me on the bridges high over Duluth A view of Gitche Gumi, bluer than the sky, bigger than the truth F G And when I start to stumble and fall Take me down to the Zumbro F A# Where my father was Where my mother was G When the wind hit them hard and shook all the leaves from their trees F G On the way back that last time I saw a wondrland F G Diving down the Missisipi Fmaj7 C G F Every branch, covered in ice It was beautiful, it was really nice

THE LIBERTY YEARS ( a song for Del Shannon) Am When your moment finally comes G You see it clear and true Am The love you’ve hunted all your life G Was also hunting you D Am All you wanted from the world Was in your hands G to give, or take D Am It’s strange to think it’s all the same G D For the good and great Am G Ahhhh ahhh ahhh ahhhhhhh ahhhh Am The world was spinning on your string G But strings are known to break Am You tried to find your place in time G But time’s a lie they tell D Am G It’s trite but its’ truer than hell D Am There’s nowhere to run, G D to or from Am G Ahhhhhh ahhhh ahhh ahhhh ahhh (2x) (Chorus // bridge) Em D Am You can’t keep all of your love --- locked away Em D Am Losing the liberty years Em D Am My own hands are stiff and so sore I could cry Em A D G I know we’ve tasted the same sorts of tears (bring it down) Am G I’ve lived in that house, where no one lives Am Afraid of my own voice G Afraid to give D Am G It’s hard to believe when I hear you sing D Am G That you ended up their yourself Am G Ahhhhhhh ahhhhh ahhh ahhhh ahhhh (2x) (Chorus // bridge) Em D Am You can’t keep all of your love --- locked away Em D Am Losing the liberty years Em D Am Every note from your heart and your mind Em A D G Will light a thousand eyes in the world you left behind Am But when your moment finally comes G You see it clear and true Am The love you’ve hunted all your life G Was also hunting you Am G (repeat to fade) Ahhhhhhhhh ahhhh ahh ahh

UNCLE ALBERT'S (capo 2nd fret, positions as played) G- Cm riff Uncle Alberts Was a record store With a sloping dusty walnut floor Flourescent lights and plywood bins They had a card for almost everything C D (slide to it) I bought a record a week, with care, D C much care G Cm I met my people there (continue) G - Cm riff Got a teenage job behind the register Fantasized about the owner’s wife A7 She much preferred my friend back to G- Cm riff I always thought she had a crush on him C D But he didn’t act on that… D - C G Cm Nobody did back then Repeat G-Cm riff for one measure C D I bought two records a week, D C with care G Cm I met my brothers there Stay on G upon return G F And we listened to Spa – a-ace… Child Am And Mike’s guitar tossed me up into the sky G -F And I still haven’t come G F down to the earth G And what’s more F G I don’t even wanna try ~ Em –A – A (add D on top) over: And you can tell me that the world is round But I know it’s flat And if you say that glitter is gold I know it’s black And you can tell me about tomorrow But I will point back G F - E To the sign that said NOW PLAYING G F - E Cause for me it’s STILL playing G- Cm riff Uncle Alberts was a record store I worked there for maybe nine months, no more It seemed like a lifetime then C D I bought three records a week D C No more G Cm It was my record store ~ ~ G F And we listened to Bill Nelson Am And his guitar blew apart my youthful mind G -F And it’s still blowin G F I can’t get away G From the sunburst finish F G Of those hollow body days out on Em – A riffage

SPOON D Em just a little spoon A G D so i can touch my tongue to you D Em everybody knows A G D where this river flows A A/G F#m G nonetheless i've trashed my life A A/G F#m G at the hint of your perfume G A strangling chords D G and striking words A D for just a little G spoon D Em hope springs eternal A G D but life just lasts awhile D Em a little bitty spoonful A G D surely you can smile A A/G down on me F#m G I've done the time A A/G F#m G give me just a taste G A I'm no less than D G your other guys A D G I just started late Bridge 1 A A/G D G Loving you --oooh -oooh -oooh A A/G D G Needing you -ooh -ooh -ooh A Enough..... Bridge 2 Em G D just a little spoonful of you Em G A just a little spoonful of you Em A just a litle lick D G will have, to do A -- G riff 2x A-G riff continue over: a spoonful A G a spoon ...full, A A/G D- G let it ring… of you D Em by now I oughta know A G D where this river goes D Em it drains and drains and drains A G D til only remains remain

STAR, STUCK capo 2nd fret – chords as shapes played A Em I’m under your heels G A Kicked up on the table A Em I’m on your schedule G A Whenever you’re able Bm Em I been hanging around G A Too high on your dial A Em Wondering how it is G A I’m always on trial… D …G I’m a star stuck, baby A Under your shoes Bm G You’re given me the A F#m G Open mic night blues A Em So the time has come G A For the acoustical record A Em Just give me a decade G A And I can get it together Bm Em I’ll put my name on the list G A Drink up and get pissed A Em And when the curtain calls G A I’ll can give ‘em my worst D …G I’m a star stuck, daddy A Under your shoes D G You’re given me the F#m G A Open mic night blues Bm F#m Well there aint nothing sadder Em Than one man and guitar Bm F#m Suck the life from a room Em A Don’t even leave a scar Jam on A bouncing off of G and adding D

START DIGGIN' Shapes as played – tune plays with capo on fret 2 G-F riff You gotta give up Break down and fall Lose and be lost A# - A Walk real small -- until you’re not there at all G-F riff Learn to disappear Find out how to shut up Occupy the margins A# A Until the margins fade -- and you’re along G for the ride C Failure is calling G Annihilation is sure C But we’re all traipsing through it A# A G Just like we dis- covered the cure G -F Put your dreams on the shelf They’ll look more beautiful there When you give it all up A# A You’ll find out once and for all that nobody G else cares C Failure is calling G Annihilation is sure C But we’re all traipsing through it A# A Like we just dis- covered the cure Instrumental break G (bounce off C note) to E (3x) E up to 4th fret (G) down one fret at a time to E C F You gotta try the nobody thing G F G Get in touch with your invisibility gene C F Abandon alla your worldly desires A# A Light the match and set all those kiddie toys G on fire Instrumental break G (bounce off C note) to E (3x) E up to 4th fret (G) down one fret at a time to E C G The world is waiting on you C G It knows you know what to do E ramp down So get that shovel in you hand and start, diggin’

THEY WERE THE BAND (G-C roll on fifth and sixth strings) the concept made perfect sense A culminating years of sweat C G they’d set to doing what they’re best at Em7 which was entirely something else (G-C roll on fifth and sixth strings) they spent a decade chosing a name A a fortune on pedals C and cables that don’t make a sound G not a sound Em A – they knew what a ground loop could do (roll on G/C) - G They were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band D Am that didn’t play (roll on G/C) - G (hold a bit) because they were just… A D O – O - O kay instrumental break C/F roll to C 3X, then to D (2x) D/C strum to G (bridge) C C / B lonely website cardboard coffins Am G yellowed t-shirts C C / B moldy drumset rusty bass strings Am G C D still not rockin after all these years (roll on G/C) - G They were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band D Am that didn’t play (roll on G/C) - G (hold a bit) because they were just … A D O – O – O kay (G-C roll on fifth and sixth strings) the concept was the concept A Never soiled by human hands C G Beautiful n pure like a lespaul, on Olympus Em7 A And it stayed up there… for good (bridge) C C / B lonely website cardboard coffins Am G yellowed t-shirts C C / B moldy drumset rusty bass strings Am G C D still not rockin after all these years coda to fade: (roll on G/C) - G They were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band (roll on G/C) - G they were the band….. do intro G-C roll and end with one more roll G/C -G

(when our) BOX SET (hits your doorstep) G E Couldn’t blame you if you never heard of me or the boys G E We do the dinosaur thing honey, kiddie noise C G F#-G slide Half - drunk old hippies here, letting you down… C G F#-G slide Just a bunch of delusional local clowns F We get your frown.. Bridge 1 E A But our flowers will squirt if it goes upside down E A With one word irony-free about our powerful sound B D …And if that’s Clive on the phone, well, we’re leaving this town! Verse G E We had a run in the eighties when the scene was so meek (it was meek!) G E When everybody’s monkey’s cousin wasn’t doing this thing C G F#-G Since then we’ve been dill-e-tant-ing around C G F#-G Found no easier way to gain the renoun F You owe us now…. Bridge 2 E A That’s right baby the dinosaur thing E A We do the brontosaurus in the big top ring B D E And play lead guitar when we can no longer sing! (solo, of course) Chorus F#7 But when our box set, B hits your door step F#7 B It’s gonna be our finest hour A7 Read our life and death D in the booklet B F -E Know the nowhere we’ve been before no-ow ! Take E up to twelfth fret Key change (up a whole step to new verse) A F# And when we’ve finally paid all our dinosaur dues A F# We’ll make that record where we rediscover the blues D A G#-A (slide) Anyway at all we can let you down D A G#-A (slide) Same old harmless flea-bitten local clowns G F# You’re looking down…on now…. E (four measures) Chorus F#7 But when our box set, B hits your door step F#7 B It’s gonna be our finest hour A7 Read our life and death D in the booklet B F -E Know the nowhere we been before now…..

THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK AND ROLL capo: (2) chords as played (Em –E – Eadd D ramp) I used to love you by the record machine (of course) you were sixteen, come on like a dream A But I’ve gotten on in years and though it don’t seem E right G Nonetheless I’ve gotta ask A add 7th Baby can you get yourself free… (n.c.) Em ramp To boogie tonight? (Em –E – Eadd D ramp) Gotta be honest -- honey I do Tho you lookin so good I’m feelin sorry for you A Cause I’m old and I smell… E But I still got my moves G My arteries have turned to stone A I got bottled water E for blood (chorus) A (top o the neck) G Oh it’s the golden age of rock and roll E Wheeling around the campus A (add D) it’s the golden age of rock and roll E And I’m post all that Chitter chat F# I just want my shot at A …your body Em ramp B I haven’t changed A Tho you wouldn’t know it B you talk too much A You lose the urge to show it G Move those hips now that’s the poet – A try for me Em ramp A I understand you been diggin some Jazz Some skinny guy who’s a bit of spaz E Well I’m patient E I’ve seen ‘em all, come and go F# After he gets your mind all gone A I’ll be here.......(hold) Em ramp Tapping my toes (chorus same as before, diff lyrics) A G Oh it’s the golden age of rock and roll E Wheezing around your studio apartment A add D Oh it’s the golden age of rock and roll

[The lyrics for this song were made up on the spot and they don't count against our official record.]

MY INFLUENCES G-C-Am-Em This is a song about my influences The list is long but never Comprehensive G –Dm-C-G What did you expect? At this late hour…? G-C-Am-Em I could be your bobby Dylan If you could be my Richard Thompson G –Dm-C-G I’ve got an axe with your name already on it C5-G if you would be my Robert pollard I just might be your Robert Halford C5 If you would be my Polly Jean C- Am- G I’d even learn the bass-lines for dancin queen G5 –G open It’s an all-grown-up world we’re all growing up in It’s an all ages show for the ages C And son you gotta make your move D Am (hold) Even if it’s someone else’s shoes………. G your wearing…. Dm What did you expect? C G At this late hour? G-C-Am-Em This is a song about becoming a person Other people see as a person G –Dm-C-G They would like to be People just like me G-C-Am-Em I could be your Richard Lloyd If you would be my Television G –Dm-C-G And show me on the screen Show me on that beautiful screen (G5 –G) ahhh’s C And son you gotta make your move D Am (hold) Even if it’s someone else’s shoes.. G your wearing…. Dm C’mon? what did you expect? C G At this late hour?

LIFE IN STEREO D- G – F# Every mother’s son has made a movie About their lives – In which they tend to star D – F# -G In my own I’ve made no entrance yet A – G pattern (twice) I’m waiting now… ….cause the perfect moment surely will appear D – G - F# I stay up dreaming with my stereo Wine red dreams The taste of blood D –F# - G The din of hundreds drunk and happy A- G (pattern twice) Bot-tles tum-ba-ling to shatters In the bins But in between they’re listening… To me…. …finally D – E G pattern (4x) w “Mama are you listening …at all?” at 2nd and 4th A – G walk “I’ve waited my whole life for this!” Just means I’ve wasted it up til, now (hold G note for a sec) Same A- G pattern Mama maybe you can feel my head about to bust It’s all I got big C/G All I know how to G chorus E – B –A (twice w/o vocal) Stay w E – B – A over: I always lived my life in stereo I had my stories R and L hit E – A –B here back to E – B - A over: One for my parents one for all my friends Only my headphones made some sense E – A - B A My teenage waste-d Set me up for this B sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide E- A – B over I’ve always lived my life in stereo I’ve always lived my life in stereo Bridge: From ending B (above) to: D – G – A - G D- G arpeggiated riff to C – G riff (3x) to F# - G 2x to D (hold)