Biography:
Formed in 1993, Scott McCaughey designed The Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup. Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was only released through They Might Be Giants' mail-order record club, Hello CD of the Month Club in 1994.
Their full-length debut album Old Liquidator was released in 1995, and the Minus 5's lineup consisted of McCaughey
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Artist: The Minus 5
Song: Cigarettes, Coffee & Booze
Album: The Minus 5 (aka; The Gun Album)
Chords: A, Bm, G#m, D, G, E, F#m
Intro [A]
[Bm] Your mama knew it [A] Now I know it too
[Bm] Across a kitchen table [A] She barely looked at you
[Bm] The paperbacks were piled up [A] She read them [G#m] all right [F#m] through
[D] Saying all you really need [A] is cigarettes coffee and booze, cigarettes coffee and booze
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bm] And if I go to Houston [A] I'll find your daddy's grave
[Bm] I'll thank him for the sunshine [A] that dragged me from a cave
[Bm] I'll ask him to forgive me [A] for being [G#m] such a [F#m] screw
[D] And I'll tell that I always [A] be in love with you, be in love with you
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bm] I'm not frozen back in time [A] Time falls forward in a line
[Bm] The spread of ashes, the sting of lime
[A] Floating mold, the stain of wine
[Bm] Next thing you know [A] situation is [G#m] lose [F#m] lose
[D] When all you really need [A] is cigarettes coffee and booze, cigarettes coffee and booze
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bm] You barely had a family [A] It's lucky when you can
[Bm] Believe in something different
[A] and hold it in your hand
[Bm] It's smaller than a breadbox [A] more fragile [G#m] than a [F#m] plan
[D] No different than a seabird [A] rotting in the sand, rotting into the sand
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
Song: Cigarettes, Coffee & Booze
Album: The Minus 5 (aka; The Gun Album)
Chords: A, Bm, G#m, D, G, E, F#m
Intro [A]
[Bm] Your mama knew it [A] Now I know it too
[Bm] Across a kitchen table [A] She barely looked at you
[Bm] The paperbacks were piled up [A] She read them [G#m] all right [F#m] through
[D] Saying all you really need [A] is cigarettes coffee and booze, cigarettes coffee and booze
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bm] And if I go to Houston [A] I'll find your daddy's grave
[Bm] I'll thank him for the sunshine [A] that dragged me from a cave
[Bm] I'll ask him to forgive me [A] for being [G#m] such a [F#m] screw
[D] And I'll tell that I always [A] be in love with you, be in love with you
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bm] I'm not frozen back in time [A] Time falls forward in a line
[Bm] The spread of ashes, the sting of lime
[A] Floating mold, the stain of wine
[Bm] Next thing you know [A] situation is [G#m] lose [F#m] lose
[D] When all you really need [A] is cigarettes coffee and booze, cigarettes coffee and booze
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
[Bm] You barely had a family [A] It's lucky when you can
[Bm] Believe in something different
[A] and hold it in your hand
[Bm] It's smaller than a breadbox [A] more fragile [G#m] than a [F#m] plan
[D] No different than a seabird [A] rotting in the sand, rotting into the sand
[E] Your mama knew it [F#m] Now I know it too [Bm] All you really need
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] Cigarettes [G] coffee and [D] booze
[A] ooh-ooh-ooh
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