Biography:
Todd Daniel Snider is a singer-songwriter born October 11, 1966 in Portland, Oregon.
Best known for his wry humor, Snider has been a fixture on the Americana, alt-country, and folk scene since his debut on MCA, entitled Songs for the Daily Planet, named for the bar where Snider used to play regularly in Memphis. On that album were the minor hits "Talkin' Seattle Grunge Rock Blues", a folk song about the early '90's grunge scene, featuring a band that "refused to play"
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Other songs:
- Beer Run
- A Stones Throw Away
- All Of My Life
- All Right Guy
- Alright Guy
- Back To The Crossroads
- Ballad Of Devils Backbone Tavern
- Ballad Of The Devils Backbone Tavern
- Brenda
- Bring Em Home
- Broke
- Cheatam Street Warehouse
- Close Enough To You
- Conservative Christian Right Wing Republican Straight White American Males
- Crooked Piece Of Time
- Db Cooper
- Doublewide Blues
- Drink Any Woman Pretty
- East Nashville Skyline
- Easy Money
- Enjoy Yourself
- Enough
- Happy New Year
- Happy To Be Here
- Hey Hey
- Horseshoe Lake
- I Can Drink Any Woman Pretty
- I Cant Complain
- I Spoke As A Child
- Iron Mikes Main Mans Last Request
- Just In Case
- Just Like Old Times
- Keep Off The Grass
- Like A Force Of Nature
- Lonely Girl
- Long Year
- Looking For A Job
- Missing You
- Money Compliments And Publicity
- Moondawgs Tavern
- My Generation Part 2
- Once He Finds Us
- Out All Night
- Play A Train Song
- Positively Negative
- Prison Walls
- Ragged Old Truck
- Rose City
- Sideshow Blues
- Sometimes I Wonder
- Statisticians Blues
- Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues
- Tension
- That Was Me
- The Ballad Of The Kingsmen
- The Devil You Know
- This Land Is Our Land
- Tillamook County Jail
- Vinyl Records
- Waco Moon
- Whats Wrong With You
- You Think You Know Somebody
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* Statistician's Blues - TODD SNIDER *
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Tabbed by JP
Standard Tuning EADGBe
Finger pick as necessary (listen to track), or just strum with a pick. Enjoy.
CHORDS USED:
F#m A B D E
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
244222 002220 224442 x00232 022100
VERSE 1:
A D A
They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
B7 E
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain
A D A
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dime
D A E A
99 percent think with 3 percent 100 percent of the time
A D A
64 percent of all the world's statistics are made up right there on the spot
B7 E
82.4 percent of people believe 'em whether they're accurate statistics or not
A D A
I don't know what you believe but I do know there's no doubt
D A
I need another double shot of something 90 proof
CHORUS:
E A
I got too much to think about
D A
Too much to think about
D A
Too much to figure out
D E F#m D
Stuck between hope and doubt
A E A
It's too much to think about
VERSE 2:
A D
They say 92 percent of everything you learned in college was just bullshit you'll never
A
need
B7 E
84 percent of everything you got you bought to satisfy your greed
A D A
Because 90 percent of the world's population links possessions to success
D A
Even though 80 percent of the wealthiest 1 percent of the population
E A
Drinks to an alarming excess
More money, more stress I guess
CHORUS:
D A
Too much to think about
D A
Too much to figure out
D E F#m D
Stuck between hope and doubt
A E A
It's too much to think about
VERSE 3:
A D A
74 percent of all statisticians truly hate their fucking jobs
B7
They say the average bank robber lives within about 20 miles of the bank that
E
he robs
A D
There's this little bank not far from here that I've been watching now for a
A
while
D A E A
Lately all I can think about is how bad I wanna go out in style
D A
Too much to think about
D A
Too much to figure out
D E F#m D
Stuck between hope and doubt
A E
It's too much to think about
Amen
A E A
It's too much to think about
Mmm hmmm
* Statistician's Blues - TODD SNIDER *
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Tabbed by JP
Standard Tuning EADGBe
Finger pick as necessary (listen to track), or just strum with a pick. Enjoy.
CHORDS USED:
F#m A B D E
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe
244222 002220 224442 x00232 022100
VERSE 1:
A D A
They say 3 percent of the people use 5 to 6 percent of their brain
B7 E
97 percent use 3 percent and the rest goes down the drain
A D A
I'll never know which one I am but I'll bet you my last dime
D A E A
99 percent think with 3 percent 100 percent of the time
A D A
64 percent of all the world's statistics are made up right there on the spot
B7 E
82.4 percent of people believe 'em whether they're accurate statistics or not
A D A
I don't know what you believe but I do know there's no doubt
D A
I need another double shot of something 90 proof
CHORUS:
E A
I got too much to think about
D A
Too much to think about
D A
Too much to figure out
D E F#m D
Stuck between hope and doubt
A E A
It's too much to think about
VERSE 2:
A D
They say 92 percent of everything you learned in college was just bullshit you'll never
A
need
B7 E
84 percent of everything you got you bought to satisfy your greed
A D A
Because 90 percent of the world's population links possessions to success
D A
Even though 80 percent of the wealthiest 1 percent of the population
E A
Drinks to an alarming excess
More money, more stress I guess
CHORUS:
D A
Too much to think about
D A
Too much to figure out
D E F#m D
Stuck between hope and doubt
A E A
It's too much to think about
VERSE 3:
A D A
74 percent of all statisticians truly hate their fucking jobs
B7
They say the average bank robber lives within about 20 miles of the bank that
E
he robs
A D
There's this little bank not far from here that I've been watching now for a
A
while
D A E A
Lately all I can think about is how bad I wanna go out in style
D A
Too much to think about
D A
Too much to figure out
D E F#m D
Stuck between hope and doubt
A E
It's too much to think about
Amen
A E A
It's too much to think about
Mmm hmmm
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