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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[Verse 1]
N.C.
I gave you hair doo
N.C.
that seemed to help
N.C.
I got you new clothes
N.C.
everything in black
B
And from what it looks to me you were OK for a while
N.C.
But when your hair grew out it seemed to put you back
[Chorus 1]
G G Gm Gm F
Baby I need drugs, chemical surgery, and never grow old
G G G G Gm Gm F F G G Gm Gm F
Drugs and chemicals (woooooo)
[Verse 2]
N.C.
I know how to cook for you, how to read your dreams
N.C.
With my VCR what more do you need
N.C.
Entertaining you has lost all its fun
B A# A G# G F# F
Cause you watch me like a TV when your cartoons don't come on
[Chorus 2]
G G Gm Gm F
Baby I need drugs, chemical surgery, and never grow old
N.C.
Drugs and chemicals
G B
Baby I need drugs and chemical surgery, and never grow old
[Verse 3]
G G
If you're going by the liquor store bring some peanuts back to me
G B A# A G# G F# F
If you see the world running down use my bus for gasoline
N.C.
Well baby don't mind, you know its only talk
B A# A G# G F# F
You ain't driving me mad girl you know I'm so close I could walk
[Chorus 3]
N.C.
Baby I need drugs and chemical surgery, and never grow old
G G Gm Gm F F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
G G G G Gm Gm F F
Drugs, drugs, surgery and chemicals
G G G G Gm Gm F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
B A# A G# G G G Gm Gm F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
B A# A G# G G G Gm Gm F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
B A# A G# G G G Gm Gm F
Surgery and chemicals
N.C.
I gave you hair doo
N.C.
that seemed to help
N.C.
I got you new clothes
N.C.
everything in black
B
And from what it looks to me you were OK for a while
N.C.
But when your hair grew out it seemed to put you back
[Chorus 1]
G G Gm Gm F
Baby I need drugs, chemical surgery, and never grow old
G G G G Gm Gm F F G G Gm Gm F
Drugs and chemicals (woooooo)
[Verse 2]
N.C.
I know how to cook for you, how to read your dreams
N.C.
With my VCR what more do you need
N.C.
Entertaining you has lost all its fun
B A# A G# G F# F
Cause you watch me like a TV when your cartoons don't come on
[Chorus 2]
G G Gm Gm F
Baby I need drugs, chemical surgery, and never grow old
N.C.
Drugs and chemicals
G B
Baby I need drugs and chemical surgery, and never grow old
[Verse 3]
G G
If you're going by the liquor store bring some peanuts back to me
G B A# A G# G F# F
If you see the world running down use my bus for gasoline
N.C.
Well baby don't mind, you know its only talk
B A# A G# G F# F
You ain't driving me mad girl you know I'm so close I could walk
[Chorus 3]
N.C.
Baby I need drugs and chemical surgery, and never grow old
G G Gm Gm F F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
G G G G Gm Gm F F
Drugs, drugs, surgery and chemicals
G G G G Gm Gm F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
B A# A G# G G G Gm Gm F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
B A# A G# G G G Gm Gm F
Drugs, drugs, drugs and chemicals
B A# A G# G G G Gm Gm F
Surgery and chemicals
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