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