Intro
E C#m A B
A D#dim A6no3/B Fno5addC# F#m F# E C#m E
[Verse 1]
E C#m
Got a phonograph on my forehead, friend.
A7 B
It plays sad songs about the dead
E
When I listen to my records
C#m
No matter what they are
A7
They sound real good
B
But real weird
[chorus]
A D#dim A6no3/B Fno5addC# F#m
I know something, yeah something, yeah something, yeah something is wrong
F#
Oh yeah
[Verse 2]
E C#m
All my old records used to not want me dead
E
Now they do, they're all about it
E C#m
Well my Monkees' sounding like a corpse but I don't mind
A7
He sounds real good
B
And he still keeps time
E C#m
And the Beatles they keep singing about graveyards and bugs
A B
It sounds so good that I can't get up
[chorus]
A D#dim A6no3/B Fno5addC# F#m
I know something, yeah something, yeah something, yeah something is wrong
F#
Oh yeah
E C#m
All my old records used to not sing about the dead
E
But, now they do, all about it baby, here we go
[Lead]
E C#m A B E C#m A B
A D#dim A6no3/B Fno5addC# F#m F# E C#m E
E C#m x8
Spoken at the end]
The music is killing me
The high and low fidelities
Are attacking my brain
And it's terrific
The music sounds just great
Just terrific