Intro
C# A#m F# G#
F# D#dim A6no3/G# Fno5addA# F#m D# C# A#m C#
[Verse 1]
C# A#m
Got a phonograph on my forehead, friend.
F#7 G#
It plays sad songs about the dead
C#
When I listen to my records
A#m
No matter what they are
F#7
They sound real good
G#
But real weird
[chorus]
F# D#dim A6no3/G# Fno5addA# F#m
I know something, yeah something, yeah something, yeah something is wrong
D#
Oh yeah
[Verse 2]
C# A#m
All my old records used to not want me dead
C#
Now they do, they're all about it
C# A#m
Well my Monkees' sounding like a corpse but I don't mind
F#7
He sounds real good
G#
And he still keeps time
C# A#m
And the Beatles they keep singing about graveyards and bugs
F# G#
It sounds so good that I can't get up
[chorus]
F# D#dim A6no3/G# Fno5addA# F#m
I know something, yeah something, yeah something, yeah something is wrong
D#
Oh yeah
C# A#m
All my old records used to not sing about the dead
C#
But, now they do, all about it baby, here we go
[Lead]
C# A#m F# G# C# A#m F# G#
F# D#dim A6no3/G# Fno5addA# F#m D# C# A#m C#
C# A#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