Biography:
In June this year, John Butler proudly announced the new line up of the ever evolving John Butler Trio. Prominent Melbourne musician Nicky Bomba (drums and percussion) of ‘Bomba’ fame and principal drummer on ‘Sunrise Over Sea’ joined the band and bass player Byron Luiters from Sydney outfit Ray Mann Three completed the new line up. Having spent the past few months bunkered down in his Fremantle studio with his new band mates putting down tracks for their forthcoming fifth studio album entitled ‘APRIL UPRISING’
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Other songs:
- Better Than
- Gonna Be A Long Time
- Ocean
- Peaches And Cream
- Zebra
- Betterman
- Bullet Girl
- Close To You
- Coffee Methadone And Cigarettes
- Cold Wind
- Daniella
- Fool For You
- Good Excuse
- Hear Me Cry
- Id Do Anything
- Id Do Anything Soldiers Lament
- Jenny
- Johnnys Gone
- Kimberley
- Miss Your Love
- Oldman
- One Way Road
- Only One
- Peaches Cream
- Revolution
- Sista
- Spring To Come
- Tell Me Why
- Used To Get High
- What You Want
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USED TO GET HIGH - John Butler Trio
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Tabbed by: Samuel Rede
Tuning: Standard
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Thinking that my destiny was out of my control
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
There's lots of different reasons and I'll tell you so
[Verse]
Em G D
Super size, large fries, big mac, coca cola
D
Go on man, pick your poison
Em G
Speed, weed, ecstasy, LSD
D
Man, it don't bother me cos we're all on something
Em G
Caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol
D
You know I'm clawing at the walls trying to get my fix
Em G
Prozac, ADD tablets, coke, smack
D
Now you know I am turning tricks cos
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Yeah, that they sold me
[Verse]
Em G D
Escape, can't wait all trying to get away
D
From this place man that we're feeling
Em G
Can't deal, can't feel what's real
D
All trying to conceal all this time we're stealing
Em G
No doubt, the route you're on
D
Can't find the clout that you've been needing
Em G D
'Til then my friend you must contend
D
With the monster that you're feeding
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Thinking that my destiny was out of my control
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
There's lots of different reasons and I'll tell you so
[Verse]
Em G
Got links of the cheney
D
Getting crazy, getting lazy with their foreign relations
Em G
Starting wars, closing doors
D
Trying to bring about one quicker, man, revelations
Em G D
Economic rational calling fouls with the workers
D
Just trying to make it pay
Em G
Cost cutting, head butting
D
Big business do what they like and you do what they say
Em G D
What's wrong get along, just prolong all the thoughts
D
You got going on, on the inside
Em G D
Appease, stand at ease, just try to please
D
All the apathy that you're trying to hide
Em G
How now brown cow
D
Did we get from this standing place and now we're kneeling
Em G D
'Til then my friend you must contend with the monster that you're feeding
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Thinking that my destiny was out of my control
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
There's lots of different reasons and I'll tell you so
USED TO GET HIGH - John Butler Trio
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Samuel Rede
Tuning: Standard
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Thinking that my destiny was out of my control
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
There's lots of different reasons and I'll tell you so
[Verse]
Em G D
Super size, large fries, big mac, coca cola
D
Go on man, pick your poison
Em G
Speed, weed, ecstasy, LSD
D
Man, it don't bother me cos we're all on something
Em G
Caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol
D
You know I'm clawing at the walls trying to get my fix
Em G
Prozac, ADD tablets, coke, smack
D
Now you know I am turning tricks cos
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Yeah, that they sold me
[Verse]
Em G D
Escape, can't wait all trying to get away
D
From this place man that we're feeling
Em G
Can't deal, can't feel what's real
D
All trying to conceal all this time we're stealing
Em G
No doubt, the route you're on
D
Can't find the clout that you've been needing
Em G D
'Til then my friend you must contend
D
With the monster that you're feeding
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Thinking that my destiny was out of my control
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
There's lots of different reasons and I'll tell you so
[Verse]
Em G
Got links of the cheney
D
Getting crazy, getting lazy with their foreign relations
Em G
Starting wars, closing doors
D
Trying to bring about one quicker, man, revelations
Em G D
Economic rational calling fouls with the workers
D
Just trying to make it pay
Em G
Cost cutting, head butting
D
Big business do what they like and you do what they say
Em G D
What's wrong get along, just prolong all the thoughts
D
You got going on, on the inside
Em G D
Appease, stand at ease, just try to please
D
All the apathy that you're trying to hide
Em G
How now brown cow
D
Did we get from this standing place and now we're kneeling
Em G D
'Til then my friend you must contend with the monster that you're feeding
[Chorus]
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Believing everything that I saw on my TV
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
Eating all the bullshit food that they sold me
Em G
I used to get high for a living
D
Thinking that my destiny was out of my control
C Em
I used to get high for a living
D
There's lots of different reasons and I'll tell you so
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