Intro
C D# G Em
[Verse 1]
C D# G
I'm totally confused
Em
By you
C D# G
I'm totally confused
Em
By you
C D# G
Theres a ten foot man
Em
Making my lunch
C D# G
I'll never understand
Em D
I want you so much
[Chorus]
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C D# G Em
[Verse 2]
C D# G
I'm totally confused
Em
By you
C D# G
I'm totally confused
Em
By you
C D# G
Whisper in my face
Em
Scream in my ear
C D# G
Pack me in a suitcase
Em
With the can of beer
[Chorus]
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C G F#
And I never, ever want it
C D# G Em
6. Piece Of Shit
[Intro]
D Em A D Bm Em A G x2
[Chorus]
D Em
I called my baby a piece of shit
A D
She hated it, I hated it
Bm Em A G
Funny thing is now we both feel fine
D Em
She let go and I caught it
A D
I hated it, She hated it
Bm Em A G D Em
Hope it doesn't happen all the time
[Verse 1]
A Em
Ripping up the carpet tiles
A Em
Greeted by a lonely smile
A G
And the foundations seemed so solid
Em A
By the roof was always leaking, woo-hoo-hoo!
D Em A D Bm Em A G x2
[Verse 2]
D Em
If you call my name I'll come strolling
A D
Because I've fallen in the flame
Em
If you think I'm all that you want
A D Em A
The restaurant is booked in your name
[Chorus]
D Em
I called my baby a piece of shit
A D
She hated it, I hated it
Bm Em A G
Funny thing is now we both feel fine
D Em
She let go and I caught it
A D
I hated it, She hated it
Bm Em A G D Em D
Hope it doesn't happen all the time
7. Pinball Lez
[Intro]
A C
E G#m D#m A
E G#m D#m A E
[Verse 1]
G#m D#m
Pinball Lez is shacked up
A E B E
With Nan's girlfriend
G#m D#m
Reconditioning pinballs
A E
He farms them out again
[Verse 2]
G#m D#m
The word on the street is suggesting
A E B E
Things aren't so great
G#m D#m
At the St. Lucia residence
A E
Things are pretty quiet at night
[Chorus]
A
And no-one seems to be
C E
Answering the phone
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
E
The pinballs need you
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
E
I promise the school-kids won't tease you
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
E
The cops will understand everything
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
D D#m E G#m D#m A E
The casinos are rigged to beat you
G#m D#m A E
[Verse 3]
G#m D#m
Lez has given up
A E
He's moving out to Stanthorpe
G#m D#m
Swidden agriculture
A E
Things are pretty quiet at night
[Chorus]
A C A
Out in the fields today
C
No-one seems to be
E
Answering the phone
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
E
The pinballs need you
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
E
I promise the school-kids won't tease you
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
E
The cops will understand everything
A B
Oh Lez come home (Leslie!)
D D#m E G#m D#m A E
The casinos are rigged to beat you
8. Sons And Daughters
[Verse 1]
G D F C
If I could read their writing I would let you know
G D F C
All about their records and the places they go
D F C Em
I don't get it but I see it in the sun
F C G D A
And the aerosols they use are never captured by security
[Verse 2]
G D F C
Cameras talking and the lenses are walking
G D F C
All of it's funky just to let me know
[Chorus]
D
I don't get it (I don't get it)
F
But I get it (I don't get it)
C E
From the sons and daughters
F C G D A
We spent all of our money on groceries from Seessel's
[Bridge]
A# F A#
I fell asleep in the morning light
F A#
I fell asleep in the very first light
F A#
And as the day had just begun
Gm A# F
With you lying in the sun
A# F A#
Lying in the very last sun
A# F A#
Lying in the sun
F A#
Lying in the very last sun
[Verse 3]
G D F C
If I could read their writing I would let you know
G D F C
Progress from colouring to outlining to piecing on their own
D F C E
I like you because you are just the right height
G F
If I could read their writing I would let you know
9. Nice Bird
[Intro]
C E D#
C E D#
[Verse 1]
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
Dm Am Dm Am
I understand that a bird in my hand
F E
Is worth two in the bush
Dm Am Dm Am F
Understand that the bird is the word that I use
E D#
To describe you
[Chorus]
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
[Verse 2]
Dm Am Dm Am
This world divides into people who think
F E
There are two kinds of folks and those who don't
Dm Am Dm Am
Trey's got the feathers and a 12-gauge shotgun
F E C A# X 2
Volkswagens from the Reich!
[Chorus]
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
C E D#
I've got a nice bird
[Bridge]
Gm C F
There's a stretch of road out past The Gap
A# D#
Where they're taking some snaps, stick to the music champ
The words are important
A7 C A# X 4
The words are important!
[Chorus]
C Em D#
I've got a nice bird
C Em D#
I've got a nice bird X 5
[Outro]
D D
N.I.C.E.B.I.R.D. bird
10. No Rock And Roll Record
[Verse 1]
G D G D
No rock'n'roll singer is going to sing my song
Bm A C
Same stupid words going over and over
G D G D
The drop-out turned out trashing my sound
Bm A C
Rub the lines off the back of my hands
[Chorus]
D
I cut my teeth on the end of my bed
A
I never ever sang in a high school band
D A Bm
Somehow you would think I would have figured it out by now
C
By now
[Verse 2]
G D G D
No rock'n'roll record made no difference to me
Bm A C
No seven inch, twelve inch, cassette, FD
G D G D
Not wasting my time on a dumb pop song
Bm A C
Cut my hair going back to my bank job
[Chorus]
D
The radio could have been kinder to me
A
But I never looked good on a colour TV
D A Bm
Somehow you would think I would have figured it out by now
C
By now
G D G D Bm A C x2
[Bridge]
F A A# C
I've got a message from the other side
F A A#
It came to me last night in semaphore
C D
But I can't play the minor chords
[Verse 3]
G D G D
No rock'n'roll record made no difference to me
Bm A C
No seven inch, twelve inch, cassette, FD
G D G D
Not wasting my time on a dumb pop song
Bm A C
Cut my hair going back to my bank job
11. Sinatra Theory
[Verse 1]
G Em
I walk these corridors
G Em
Don't think I'm ever coming home
G Em
One time to be your friend
G Em
I killed off everything you owned
Am G Em
Losing the money was the hardest thing to own
[Chorus]
G Em
I'm coming home
[Verse 2]
G Em
I had some money once
G Em
I hear I spent it all on you
G Em
One time your Christmas lights
G Em
I threw my body on the lawn
Am G Em
I'm smashing bugs with a ping-pong bat at home
[Chorus]
G Em
I'm coming home
G Em
My skeleton falls down
G Em
I'm coming home
[Bridge]
Eb A#
Community radio station rock gets played in the parking lots
F Cm
These speakers amplify the tones
[Chorus]
G Em
I'm coming home
G Em
My skeleton falls down
G Em G
I walk these corridors
12. Schtum
[Verse 1]
A#
I'm remaining schtum
I'm not going to speak out any more
Cm A#
I'm gonna be quiet, so quiet
Cm Gm
Almost silent like the flow
[Verse 2]
A#
Now that you are missing
I've called the searching off
Cm
I'll blame it on the light
A#
And I'm so tired
Cm Gm
We'll resume it at dawn
[Chorus]
Cm Ebm
Floating in the water
Eb A#
The floor is far below
[Verse 3]
Cm
I'm heading for Japan
A#
If I don't get snagged first
Cm Gm
As the water overflows
[Break]
A# Cm A# Cm Gm
Whistling bit
[Chorus]
Cm Ebm
Floating in the water
Eb A#
The floor is far below
[verse 4]
Cm
I'm heading for Japan
A#
If I don't get snagged first
Cm Gm A#
As the water overflows
13. The Truth About Drugs
[Verse 1]
F C
All the junkies are piling in their cars
G Gm
And the kids can stay home from school
F C
Got the fire sticks, got the guns
A# C A#
We got some CDs and and some tapes to tape them on
[Chorus]
F C A#
Seems the bitumen was made for me (made for me)
F C A#
And the lines in the middle too (middle too)
F C
Dnd they was travelling from A to E (D to B)
Dm C F
And I love only you
[Verse 2]
F C F C
We gotta stop at a chemist I know
A# C Am Dm
And that's the last of the car lighter
F C F C
I got a headache and my headache won't go
A# C A Eb
Were only eating places truck drivers go
[Chorus]
F C A#
Seems the bitumen was made for me (made for me)
F C A#
And the lines in the middle too (middle too)
F C
Dnd they was travelling from A to E (D to B)
Dm C F
And I love only you
[Outro]
F C Dm C
This is called the truth about drugs
F C Dm C
(This is called the truth about drugs)
F C Dm C
This is called the truth about drugs
F C Dm C A#
(This is called the truth about drugs)
14. Music Is Crap
[Verse 1]
F C A# F
Red eyes blue gaze, you look like hell today
C A# F
Step out on parade, you do it so well
C A# F
Your favourite shirt, those shoes that you bought in Perth
C A# F
Dumb Hair smart slacks, that's rock apparel
[Chorus]
A#
(Ahhhhhh)
F A# F A#
Music is crap aliens told me so
F A# F A#
Better than that, were gonna let you know
F A# F A#
Just listen up, become a receiver
F A# C
And then space out, when you're a believer
A#
That's what religion's for
F A# F A#
Music is crap
[Verse 2]
F C A# F
Think of your friends, then put one on the door
C A# F
Everythings free, but were still poor
A# F
Don't matter what you like, aliens hate it
A# C
Rock, pop, metal, shop, they just berate it
A#
And I've found
C A#
They dig the silence, hate the sound
C A#
So pick up your telescopes, put your guitars down
C
That's what I've found..
[Chorus]
F A# F A#
Music is crap aliens told me so
F A# F A#
Better than that, were gonna let you know
F A# F A#
Just listen up, become a receiver
F A# C
And then space out, when you're a believer
A#
That's what religion's for
F A# F A#
Music is crap
F A# F A#
Music is crap
F A# F A#
Music is crap
F A# F A#
Music is crap
15. The Drum
[Verse 1]
G D G D
After the show yeah we have to go
F# B
You don't like it, I don't like it
G D G D
Write me a note about all of the folks
F# B D
You have lied to, and you've sold to
[Chorus]
E F C
Has anybody seen my guitar and case
F# C#
'Cos it seems out of place
A E F#
Won't you be so kind to find it?
F C
I had my amp there as well
F# C#
But I think that it fell
A E F#
Left to the stage right behind it
We won't find it
[Verse 2]
G D G D
Just like the blow that went right to your head
F# B
You don't show it. You don't show it
G D G D
Now off to the station we had to go
F# C#
You don't like it, no you don't like it
[Chorus]
E F C
Has anybody seen my guitar and case
F# C#
'Cos it seems out of place
A E F#
Won't you be so kind to find it?
F C
I had my amp there as well
F# C#
But I think that it fell
A E F#
Left to the stage right behind it
F#
We won't find it
F#
I don't like it
[Bridge]
B C
Guitar and case, yeah!
E G B
(Woah!)
C
Not in its place, yaaargh!
E G B
(Woah!)
C
My amp's there as well!
E G B
(Woah!)
C
I think that it fell, yeah, yeah!
E G
(Woah!)
[Verse 3]
G D G D
After the show yeah we have to go
F# B
You don't like it, I don't like it
G D G D
Write me a note about all of the folks
F# B D
You have lied to, and you've sold to
[Chorus]
E F C
Has anybody seen my guitar and case
F# C#
'Cos it seems out of place
A E F#
Won't you be so kind to find it?
F C
I had my amp there as well
F# C#
But I think that it fell
A E F#
Left to the stage right behind it
F#
We won't find it
F#
No you don't like it, like it, like it
[Outro]
B C
Guitar and case, yeah!
E G B
(Woah!)
C
Not in its place, yaaargh!
E G B
(Woah!)
C
My amp's there as well!
E G B
(Woah!)
C
I think that it fell, yeah, yeah!
E G
(Woah!)
E D
Off the stage, yeah
E G
Off the stage, yeah
E D
Off the stage, yeah
E B
16. Eight Years Of Rock And Roll Has Completley Destroyed My Memory
[Verse 1]
D A Bm G
I've got no memories
F#m D
Oooh that's what I need
A Bm G
I've got no past or yesterdays
F#m Em
Memories is what I need
F#m D A G A
But these memories are made for speed
[Verse 2]
D A Bm G
I've forgot this morning
F#m D
Forgot this evening too
A Bm G
I'll have to beg your pardon
F#m Em
Your name starts with a Q
F#m D A G
Oh no it's something I've missed
A D G D
My memory's missed
[Bridge]
G D C
I understand about your tan
G D C
So let me sleep tonight
G
If there's a song in my throat
D C
Guess it's something I ate
G D C
I guess must be throwing up
F Dm
So kiss me
F Dm
And make me believe
F Dm
In ideologies
F Dm
And the streets of sesame
D
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh wah!
Gm Dm Em C Bm G
[Verse 3]
D A Bm G
I've got a good idea
F#m D
To write my memories down
A Bm G
Then I'll have nothing to fear
F#m Em
When mine lets me down
F#m F#
I'll find names and addresses on paper on the ground
G D
I'm good with faces, no good with names