Biography:
Other songs:
- 3000 Miles From Here
- All American Alien Boy
- All Of The Good Ones Are Taken
- American Music
- Apathy 83
- Arms And Legs
- Boy
- Brainwashed
- Central Park N West
- Dead Man Walking East Enders
- God Take 1
- Irene Wilde
- Just Another Night
- Knees Of My Heart
- Letter To Britannia From The Union Jack
- My Revolution
- Now Is The Time
- Restless Youth
- Ships
- Silver Needles
- Something To Believe In
- Standin In My Light
- The Outsider
- Twisted Steel
- Wash Us Away
- Who Do You Love
- Wild East
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Author's note - Here's the riff that is used during the F & C chords
in the Intro, Verses & Interlude.
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D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|
[Intro]
F C F C
F C
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B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------| X2
[Verse 1]
F C
Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
F C C D
After all you're still quite small, you don't know where you've been
G A D G
You was only swearing yesterday, Oh you want to win the world away
A D C Esus4 E
But now you got nothing to say
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, you're getting out of hand, you've got to make a stand, so put the coke away
A D E
Boy, you got the do the show, got to let the people know, you've got the strength to stay
[Bridge]
A C#m B#m E
I can see you run, I can see you hide, Oh your heart is aching
A F#m Bm E
Lost in a dream of what might have been
A C#m Bm E
You're the guide, you're the number one and your knees are shaking
A F#m Bm E E
Stand and deliver in an endless dream
[Verse 3]
F C
Schizophrenic, photogenic, aggravates me so
F C C D
Only yes men have a guess man, watch the spirit go
G A D G
Batman zips the monster as he bleeds and gets off on the buzz he needs
A D C
And a kid on the street just reads and reads and reads and reads
E
And reads and reads and reads
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, its them hard case city blues, Cagney is the news, does "The Giant" ring a bell?
A D E
Boy, its the Hudson East River cruise, its the Empire State of booze, Oh you know the story well
[Bridge]
A C#m B#m E
Do you have to run, do you have to hide, there's a new tomorrow
A F#m Bm E
Yes, you're a mess, but you're more than less
A C#m Bm E
When this battle's won, you can look inside, all you did not borrow
A F#m Bm E
Yes you're the best, but you still can't rest
Am D G
You know you know, the carnival is closed
E Am D G
Your streets are lined with ghosts, but a princess don't look back
E Am D G
Don't look back don't look round, your vision is your fight
E Am C F
Through long electric nights, when a woman helps you write
[Interlude]
C G F
Na na na. Na na na. Na
C G
Na na na. Na na na
F C
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B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------| X4
[Bridge]
G A D G
Cheer up mate put the dramas in the past, see you did not have to fast
A D C E
Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, if you've got an axe to grind, be thankful for this time, for it gives you what you need
A D E A E
Boy, you've got an eighty-eight to play, it'll tell you what to say, it'll tell you when to breathe
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, take a turnpike heading west, turn the people on to Beau Geste, cause that's what you did the best
A D E
Boy, play the pipes till they're old and worn, sing the words till they fall forlorn
A E
Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, don't let the earth get in your face, its a middle-aged displace, its the middle ages snide
A
Boy, we're a million miles away and to think its so insan, take a chance on a one way ride
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your mind, Oh these people ain't your kind, no they ain't your kind at all
A D E A E
Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your brain. No these people ain't the same, you can hear another call
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, the other book starts with no, they don't show us how to grow, they only show us how to win
A D E A E
Boy, the secret's in the bicycle shed, in't no answers now they're dead, to seek is a mortal sin
A D E A E
Hey, you know boy let your madness be the clue
in the Intro, Verses & Interlude.
e|-------1-------1-|----------------------|
B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|
[Intro]
F C F C
F C
e|-------1-------1-|----------------------|
B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------| X2
[Verse 1]
F C
Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
F C C D
After all you're still quite small, you don't know where you've been
G A D G
You was only swearing yesterday, Oh you want to win the world away
A D C Esus4 E
But now you got nothing to say
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, you're getting out of hand, you've got to make a stand, so put the coke away
A D E
Boy, you got the do the show, got to let the people know, you've got the strength to stay
[Bridge]
A C#m B#m E
I can see you run, I can see you hide, Oh your heart is aching
A F#m Bm E
Lost in a dream of what might have been
A C#m Bm E
You're the guide, you're the number one and your knees are shaking
A F#m Bm E E
Stand and deliver in an endless dream
[Verse 3]
F C
Schizophrenic, photogenic, aggravates me so
F C C D
Only yes men have a guess man, watch the spirit go
G A D G
Batman zips the monster as he bleeds and gets off on the buzz he needs
A D C
And a kid on the street just reads and reads and reads and reads
E
And reads and reads and reads
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, its them hard case city blues, Cagney is the news, does "The Giant" ring a bell?
A D E
Boy, its the Hudson East River cruise, its the Empire State of booze, Oh you know the story well
[Bridge]
A C#m B#m E
Do you have to run, do you have to hide, there's a new tomorrow
A F#m Bm E
Yes, you're a mess, but you're more than less
A C#m Bm E
When this battle's won, you can look inside, all you did not borrow
A F#m Bm E
Yes you're the best, but you still can't rest
Am D G
You know you know, the carnival is closed
E Am D G
Your streets are lined with ghosts, but a princess don't look back
E Am D G
Don't look back don't look round, your vision is your fight
E Am C F
Through long electric nights, when a woman helps you write
[Interlude]
C G F
Na na na. Na na na. Na
C G
Na na na. Na na na
F C
e|-------1-------1-|----------------------|
B|-----------------|-------1-------1------|
G|---2-------2-----|----------------------|
D|-3---3---3---3---|---2-------2----------|
A|-----------------|-3---3---3---3--------|
E|-----------------|----------------------| X4
[Bridge]
G A D G
Cheer up mate put the dramas in the past, see you did not have to fast
A D C E
Euphemism lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, if you've got an axe to grind, be thankful for this time, for it gives you what you need
A D E A E
Boy, you've got an eighty-eight to play, it'll tell you what to say, it'll tell you when to breathe
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, take a turnpike heading west, turn the people on to Beau Geste, cause that's what you did the best
A D E
Boy, play the pipes till they're old and worn, sing the words till they fall forlorn
A E
Like the pieces of a jigsaw jet
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, don't let the earth get in your face, its a middle-aged displace, its the middle ages snide
A
Boy, we're a million miles away and to think its so insan, take a chance on a one way ride
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your mind, Oh these people ain't your kind, no they ain't your kind at all
A D E A E
Boy, shoot a rocket clean out of your brain. No these people ain't the same, you can hear another call
[Chorus]
A D E A E
Boy, the other book starts with no, they don't show us how to grow, they only show us how to win
A D E A E
Boy, the secret's in the bicycle shed, in't no answers now they're dead, to seek is a mortal sin
A D E A E
Hey, you know boy let your madness be the clue
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