Verse
F# E F# E
He falls, hits the concrete like a sandbag
F# E
Stands up with mistaken for a slag
B
And put him in the line beyond the tracks
F# E F# E
She's alone, being told she was a dead-weight
F# E
Her folks ignore to her for too late
B
She ends up in the line beyond the tracks
CHORUS
F#
And the tracks are no use
D B
No trains have run here for years and years
F#
Now just shake 'em all loose
D G#m
Lay them down all sideways coming back
F#
Now the tracks are no use
D B E
Great bogus did five more years ten years
C#m F#
Now just shake it all loose
B C#m D E
Shake all of them monkeys off your back
F#
Well, with the rules of the one-way-track
VERSE II
F# E F# E
He's alone, sparks flying out of his eyes
F# E
An apathy all around where he stands
B
He steps out of line beyond the tracks
F# E F# E
She falls, she was pretty close to the ground
F# E
Lights a cigarette and looks around
B
She steps out of line beyond the tracks
CHORUS
F#
And the tracks are no use
D B
No trains have run here for years and years
F#
Now just shake 'em all loose
D G#m
Lay them down all sideways coming back
F#
Now the tracks are no use
D B E
Great bogus did five more years ten years
C#m F#
Now just shake it all loose
B C#m D E
Shake all of them monkeys off your back
BRIDGE
D B
Just skip ahead if you hear right I'll understand
D B
Just skip ahead and stand up, stand up, stand up,
D E B
Just lift your head, you got the whole world in your hands
D B
Just lift your head and stand up, stand up, stand up, woo!
CHORUS
F#
Now tracks are no use
D B
No trains have run here for years and years
F#
Now just shake 'em all loose
D G#m
Lay them down all sideways coming back
F#
Now these tracks are no use
D B E
Great bogus did five more years ten years
C#m F#
Now just shake it all loose
B C#m D E
Shake all of them monkeys off your back
B C#m D E
Well, with the rules of the one-way-track
B C#m D E
Na na na na na na na
F#
Oooh oooh,