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RIFF1 
E-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| 
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RIFF1a 
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B---7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------------------------------------------| 
G-----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| 
D-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
A-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
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  RIFF2     RIFF3               RIFF4 
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B-------|----------------------|---------------------| 
G-------|----------------------|---------------------| 
D--10-9-|----------------------|7-7-7-8-10-7-7-7-8-10| 
A-------|-7-7-7-8-10-7-7-7-8-10|---------------------| 
E-------|----------------------|---------------------| 

      RIFF3*                    RIFF4* 
E----------------------|----------------------| 
B----------------------|----------------------| 
G----------------------|----------------------| 
D----------------------|----------------------| 
A----------------------|-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-0-1-3--| 
E-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-0-1-3--|----------------------| 


*Second Guitar 

Intro: 
B5      B5      B5(X) B5(X) B5(X) B5(X) x4  
RIFF1 x2 RIFF1a x2 RIFF2 RIFF3 

Verse 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
I was riding on a concrete slab, 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
down a river of useless flab  
A5 ( RIFF4 ) 
it was such a murderful day  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
I heard a witch-doctor say,  

Chorus 
B     F#   B   C  G C D    C# 
"I'll turn you into a toadstool"  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
Now I'm looking for the joke with a microscope  

Verse 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
my muscle's twitching on your words 
E5 ( RIFF3 )  
if you're on the streets you lose your nerves  
A5 ( RIFF4 ) 
divinity throws you a curve  
E5 ( RIFF3 )  
sticks you and then you go berserk  

Chorus 
B     F#   B   C  G C D    C# 
as life goes by you in a blur  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
Leaves you murmuring a dirty word 
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 E5 E5 x4 
F5 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 E5 x2 - Riff 3 

Verse 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
page out of a comic book  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
a chicken hanging on a hook  
A5 ( RIFF4 ) 
a river and a babbling brook 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
 a sermon and a teenage hook  

Chorus 
B     F#   B   C  G C D    C# 
shaking my hand at your fake face  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
a suicide a certain look  

Verse 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
a microphone a blues guitar  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
people feeling near and far  
A5 ( RIFF4 ) 
stupidity a mental scar  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
put cruel into cruelty  

Chorus 
B     F#   B   C  G C D    C# 
abhorring     no  inspiration  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
an alcoholic at the bar 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
everything just goes to far  
D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 E5 E5 x4 
F5 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 E5 x2 
RIFF 1x2 RIFF2 RIFF3  
F5 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 E5 x2 
RIFF1ax2 RIFF2 RIFF3 
Verse 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
I was pissing on the desert sands,  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
when the desert whispered to me,  
A5 ( RIFF4 ) 
"damn! isn't this a shame?  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
things will never be the same..."  

Chorus 
B     F#   B   C  G C D    C# 
I run this gas and oasis  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
now I'm looking for the joke with a microscope  

Verse 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
I was a teenage dinosaur,  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
stoned and obsolete  
A5 ( RIFF4 ) 
I didn't get fucked and I didn't get kissed  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
I got so fucking pissed 

Chorus 
B     F#   B   C  G C D    C# 
using my head for an ashtray  
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
now I'll tell you who I am  

Outro 
E5 ( RIFF3 ) 
I'm the repo-man  
E5 ( RIFF3 )      
and I'm looking for the joke  
E5 ( RIFF3 )     
looking for the joke  
E5 ( RIFF3 )  
I'm looking for the joke with a microscope... Repeat and fade