Written by Jets to Brazil
Intro: D Bm C#m D E x4 verse 1: D Bm C#m D When you drive a nail E through all that's good D Bm C#m D the carpen----ter becomes E A the wood If my concentration E sounds like wreckage D it's cause I got a A new feeling every E thirty seconds Interlude: D Bm C#m D E x2 verse 2: D Bm C#m D E We put a monkey up in space D Bm C#m D E and I know e------xactly how he felt A Looking at the latticework of E D stars missing his brothers back A E home. Too much for a postcardPost Chorus: D Bm C#m D E x2 verse 3: D Bm C#m D Surgery girls E D from the USO Flown farm Bm C#m D E fresh pure as snow A Hand me that flask E I just can't take it D She had the eyes of my mom but she was A turning me on E Now I'm fading verse 4: D(hold) I got duct tape all E around my heart D Bm C#m D I got a satellite dish E to julienne my mind A Two-hundred channels E nothing's on but those D A network news can make E your eyes see blondeA Mercy have we gone too D E far? Who put all these A criminals in charge? D Did they win or just F#m hold all the cards? D(hold) A(hold) I'm leaving my place in LA E I'm gonna live in my carGuitar Solo: D Bm C#m D E x2 Verse 5: D Bm C#m D They put a monkey in E D Bm C#m the white house and his D E uncle in the movies A Now the real monkey E wants a re-count D He just couldn't believe they were A his own family E with those valuesA Mercy have we lost our way? S (have we lost our way?) E Did we come down the A ladder from the apes? (Oh those lonely apes) D Will the beard of the F#m prophet be assuaged? D(hold) I was putting my shit A(hold) in the car when E the copters cameA Mercy pick up D your guitar E We'll need a lot A of heroes for this war (Pick up your guitar) D "Will the last band F#m please bring the flag?" cause no one's D(hold) rocking the boat A(hold) and some kids here E <--Guitar Blues Scale Solo x20 said they wanna dance