Intro
D Bm G A
G D#dim A6no3/A Fno5addB F#m E D Bm D
[Verse 1]
D Bm
Got a phonograph on my forehead, friend.
G7 A
It plays sad songs about the dead
D
When I listen to my records
Bm
No matter what they are
G7
They sound real good
A
But real weird
[chorus]
G D#dim A6no3/A Fno5addB F#m
I know something, yeah something, yeah something, yeah something is wrong
E
Oh yeah
[Verse 2]
D Bm
All my old records used to not want me dead
D
Now they do, they're all about it
D Bm
Well my Monkees' sounding like a corpse but I don't mind
G7
He sounds real good
A
And he still keeps time
D Bm
And the Beatles they keep singing about graveyards and bugs
G A
It sounds so good that I can't get up
[chorus]
G D#dim A6no3/A Fno5addB F#m
I know something, yeah something, yeah something, yeah something is wrong
E
Oh yeah
D Bm
All my old records used to not sing about the dead
D
But, now they do, all about it baby, here we go
[Lead]
D Bm G A D Bm G A
G D#dim A6no3/A Fno5addB F#m E D Bm D
D Bm 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