Biography:
Wall of Voodoo was a New Wave/Alternative rock group from Los Angeles, California, United States best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band's best known lineup consists of Stan Ridgway (vocals, keyboards), Marc Moreland (guitar), Chas Gray (bass, vocals) and Joe Nanini (drums). The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.
Wall of Voodoo had its roots in Acme Soundtracks
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[Chorus 1]
D B
Think twice about big tall cities
B G F# B
That's right
D
Think twice about big tall cities
B G F# B
Think twice Right
[Verse 1]
D B F#
He closes his eyes to the world
F# G F# B
When he wakes up at night
D B
And she, she reaches tenderly
F# B
Kisses him and holds him tight
D B
He, he lies awake by her side
F# G F# B
And waits for the cold sweat to dry
B A B F# G F# B
She, she comforts he and tells him, Scary things in your sleep can't bite
A G
Tomorrow they'll pack up their buckeye ties
G F#
Head for the big city
F# A
Past the driving rains
D F#
And desert plains touching Mexico
F# A
They'll see sidewalk stars
G F#
Luxury cars and even Disneyland
F# A
Reach the land of plenty
A G
With the hopes that maybe they can
F#
Make a new start on the world
B
But my advice?
[Chorus 2]
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities, Right
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B
Think twice that's right
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B F# G F# G F#
Think twice that's right
[Bridge]
F# G F# G F#
I'm sorry old man
F# G F# G F#
Its nothing personal you understand
F# G F# G F#
But I've just gotta run
F# G F# G F#
This lead pipe on someone
[Verse 2]
A
For tomorrow they ride upon
D G F#
A sour wind that's gonna push them west
F# A D
With Mojave dust, paper cups
F#
And Grayhound immigrants
F# A
There's the sidewalk saviors
A G
And drunken sailors
G F#
And she-men in leather like cops
F# A
You got the calling
A D
Stop stalling
F# B
The big city's waiting for you
B
But my advice?
[Chorus 3]
B
You're gonna
D B
Think twice about big cities
D B
Think twice about big cities
D
Think twice about big tall cities
B F# G B
Think twice that's right
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities, Right
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B
Think twice that's right
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities, Right
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities
B G F# B
That's right
D
Think twice about big tall cities
B G F# B
Think twice Right
[Verse 1]
D B F#
He closes his eyes to the world
F# G F# B
When he wakes up at night
D B
And she, she reaches tenderly
F# B
Kisses him and holds him tight
D B
He, he lies awake by her side
F# G F# B
And waits for the cold sweat to dry
B A B F# G F# B
She, she comforts he and tells him, Scary things in your sleep can't bite
A G
Tomorrow they'll pack up their buckeye ties
G F#
Head for the big city
F# A
Past the driving rains
D F#
And desert plains touching Mexico
F# A
They'll see sidewalk stars
G F#
Luxury cars and even Disneyland
F# A
Reach the land of plenty
A G
With the hopes that maybe they can
F#
Make a new start on the world
B
But my advice?
[Chorus 2]
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities, Right
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B
Think twice that's right
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B F# G F# G F#
Think twice that's right
[Bridge]
F# G F# G F#
I'm sorry old man
F# G F# G F#
Its nothing personal you understand
F# G F# G F#
But I've just gotta run
F# G F# G F#
This lead pipe on someone
[Verse 2]
A
For tomorrow they ride upon
D G F#
A sour wind that's gonna push them west
F# A D
With Mojave dust, paper cups
F#
And Grayhound immigrants
F# A
There's the sidewalk saviors
A G
And drunken sailors
G F#
And she-men in leather like cops
F# A
You got the calling
A D
Stop stalling
F# B
The big city's waiting for you
B
But my advice?
[Chorus 3]
B
You're gonna
D B
Think twice about big cities
D B
Think twice about big cities
D
Think twice about big tall cities
B F# G B
Think twice that's right
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities, Right
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B
Think twice that's right
B
You're gonna
D
Think twice about big cities
B
Think twice that's right
D B
Think twice about big tall cities, Right
D
Think twice about big cities
B G B
Think twice that's right
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