Biography:
William Alan Finn (b. February 28, 1952, Boston, Massachusetts) is an award-winning American composer and lyricist, especially of musicals.
William Finn grew up in Natick, Massachusetts with his parents and siblings, Michael and Nancy. He majored in music at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. He lives with his life partner in New York City and Pittsfield, MA, where he is an independent composer and writer. He is also "Adjunct Faculty Composer/Lyricist" at NYU.
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These chords are meant to sound good while played by themselves.
If you’re accompanying them with a piano part substitute Am for A in the verses :)
[GORDON]
Am
Brain dead
That's what I am lying here
F
I'm brain dead
What a mess I've got us into
Dm
Brain dead
Em E Am
Everybody's setting off alarms
N.C.
Baby, maybe lift my head up
Am
I see
I just pulled a doozie
F
Don't ask why me
Roger pass the uzi
Dm
As the MD
Em E Am
Lifts me in his cruisy chizzled arms
F
Brain dead
Stupid and thoughtless
Dm A
Is what I am
Em
Cause I'm brain dead
E Am
And goddamned!
Am
Brain dead
Dressed up and we're chatting
F
And I'm brain dead
You deserve an explanation
Dm
Brain dead
Em E Am
Sitting in this restaurant tonight
N.C.
Waiter, later, please, we're talking
[ROGER]
Am
I said
You have limitations, darling
[GORDON]
F
Instead
Scream your accusations
Dm
Don't be well-bred
Em E Am
Life ain't always happiness and light
F
I thought
If I could finish
Dm A
A song or five
Em
I'd be brain dead
E Am
But alive
[Instrumental]
Am - F - Dm Em E --- Am/Ab x2
Am
Last scene:
Everybody's dancing
F
I take codeine
Lovers start romancing
Dm
There's a bright green
Em E
Thing between your teeth, dear
Am
Please don't smile
N.C.
Waiter, later, please, we're fighting
Am
Crash! Bang!
At this speed it's stimulating
F
Crash! Bang!
I'm out here hallucinating
Dm
Crash! Bang!
Em E Am
Actually I'm going out in style
F
That said, please someone kill me
Dm A
If I survive
F
Cause I'm brain dead
Brain dead
If you’re accompanying them with a piano part substitute Am for A in the verses :)
[GORDON]
Am
Brain dead
That's what I am lying here
F
I'm brain dead
What a mess I've got us into
Dm
Brain dead
Em E Am
Everybody's setting off alarms
N.C.
Baby, maybe lift my head up
Am
I see
I just pulled a doozie
F
Don't ask why me
Roger pass the uzi
Dm
As the MD
Em E Am
Lifts me in his cruisy chizzled arms
F
Brain dead
Stupid and thoughtless
Dm A
Is what I am
Em
Cause I'm brain dead
E Am
And goddamned!
Am
Brain dead
Dressed up and we're chatting
F
And I'm brain dead
You deserve an explanation
Dm
Brain dead
Em E Am
Sitting in this restaurant tonight
N.C.
Waiter, later, please, we're talking
[ROGER]
Am
I said
You have limitations, darling
[GORDON]
F
Instead
Scream your accusations
Dm
Don't be well-bred
Em E Am
Life ain't always happiness and light
F
I thought
If I could finish
Dm A
A song or five
Em
I'd be brain dead
E Am
But alive
[Instrumental]
Am - F - Dm Em E --- Am/Ab x2
Am
Last scene:
Everybody's dancing
F
I take codeine
Lovers start romancing
Dm
There's a bright green
Em E
Thing between your teeth, dear
Am
Please don't smile
N.C.
Waiter, later, please, we're fighting
Am
Crash! Bang!
At this speed it's stimulating
F
Crash! Bang!
I'm out here hallucinating
Dm
Crash! Bang!
Em E Am
Actually I'm going out in style
F
That said, please someone kill me
Dm A
If I survive
F
Cause I'm brain dead
Brain dead
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