An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer

The Rest Of Tom Lehrer

That Was The Year That Was

Thomas Andrew &quot;Tom&quot; Lehrer (born 9 April 1928) is an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater.  Before attending college, Lehrer graduated from the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut. As an undergraduate student at Harvard University, he began to write comic songs to entertain his friends, including Fight Fiercely, Harvard (1945).

G         E7              A7      D7      
Spring is here, a-suh-puh-ring is here.
G       E7           A7      D7      
Life is skittles and life is beer.
G           D7        G           D7          G 
I think the loveliest time of the year is the 
spring.
     E7   A7         D7    
I do, Dont you? Course you do.
           Am                          G                 
But theres one thing that makes spring complete for me,
    A7                   D         D7    
And makes every Sunday a treat for me.

        G                    
All the world seems in tune
On a spring afternoon,
                                   D7      
When were poisoning pigeons in the park.
      Am                 
Every Sunday youll see
My sweetheart and me,
      D7                        G      
As we poison the pigeons in the park.

     C                       G                        
When they see us coming, the birdies all try anhide,
         A7                        D7                     
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide.
    G                     
The suns shining bright,
Everything seems all right,
          A7        D7             G      
When were poisoning pigeons in the park.

     D7                  
Weve gained notoriety,
    G                    
And caused much anxiety
       D7                
In the Audubon Society
         G       
With our games.
     E7                 
They call it impiety,
And lack of propriety,
And quite a variety
              A       
Of unpleasant names.
        A7                D       
But its not against any religion
   A7                   D7        
To want to dispose of a pigeon.

D7    G                   
So if Sunday youre free,
Why dont you come with me,
                                   D7      
And well poison the pigeons in the park.

    Am              
And maybe well do
In a squirrel or two,
           D7                       G      
While were poisoning pigeons in the park.

     C                    G                        
Well murder them all amid laughter and merriment,
   A7                       D7                    
Ex cept for the few we take home to experiment.
   G                       
My pulse will be quikenin
With each drop of strychnine
   A7        D7        
We feed to a pigeon.
   A7           D7         
It just takes a smidgen!
   A7       D7            G      D7    G 
To poison a pigeon in the park.

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

Em                        Am
I ache for the touch of your lips, dear
     D7                              G
But much more for the touch of your  whips, dear
B7                             Em
You can raise welts like nobody else
      B7                     Em
As we dance to the masochism tango

    Em                          Am
Let our love be a flame, not an ember
         D7                     G
Say it's me that you want to dismember
B7                             Em
Blacken my eye, set fire to my tie
      B7                     Em
As we dance to the masochism tango
           Am          D7         G
At your command before you here I stand
   Em             Am
My heart is in my hand - yecch
      Ebdim           Em  E7
It's here that I must be
           Am           D7                G
My heart entreats, just hear those savage beats
     Em             Am         D7              G   B7
And go put on your cleats and come and trample me
     Em                          Am
Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany
       D7                        G
That's why I'm in such exquisite agony
   B7                                  Em
My soul is on fire, it's aflame with desire
         B7                     Em
Which is why I perspire when we tango
              C    C7
You caught my nose
                F
In your left castanet, love
               B7
I can feel the pain yet, love
                  Em
Ev'ry time I hear drums

               C     C7
And I envy the rose
                      F
That you held in your teeth, love
                     B7
With the thorns underneath, love
                   B7
Sticking into your gums

C7 B7 C7 B7 C7 B7 C7 B7
     Em                       Am
Your eyes cast a spell that bewitches
    D7                        G
The last time I needed twenty stitches
   B7                                      Em
To sew up the gash that you made with your lash 
      B7                      Em
As we danced to the masochism tango
           Am        D7                  G
Bash in my brain and make me scream with pain
     Em           Am          Ebdim         Em    E7
Then kick me once again and say we'll never part
  Am         D7                      G
I know too well I'm underneath your spell
    Em              Am              D7               G     B7
So, Darling, if you smell something burning, it's my heart

Hic! Excuse me
     Em                        Am
Take your cigarette from its holder
    D7                       G
And burn your initials in my shoulder
B7                                      Em
Fracture my spine and swear that you're mine
      B7                     Em
As we dance to the masochism tango

B7  Em

The Masochism Tango

C                            G7
I always will remember twas a year ago November
       C                A7        D                  G
I went out to hunt some deer on a morning bright and clear
  C                 C7          F               Fm
I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow
         C              G7             C
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow

 

      C                           G7
I was in no mood to trifle I took down my trusty rifle
C                    A7          D                G
Went out to stalk my prey what a haul I made that day
  C               C7           F                   Fm
I tied them to my fender and I drove them home somehow
         C              G7             C
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow


    Em                    B7
The law was very firm it, took away my permit
    Em              Em        B7
The worst punishment I ever endured
          Em                      B7
It turned out there was a reason, cows were out of season
    Em                Em*       B7     G
And one of the hunters wasn't insured


       C                        G7
People ask me how I do it and I say there's nothing to it
         C                   A7            D                   G
You just stand there looking cute and when something moves you shoot
            C           C7          F                 Fm       
And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now
         C              G7             C         Fm       C
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred guernsey cow

The Hunting Song

Fm
When you attend a funeral,
      C7
It is sad to think that sooner or'l
      Fm                  Db7             C7   Db7  C7
Later those you love will do the same for you.
        Fm
And you may have thought it tragic,
       C7
Not to mention other adjec-
          Fm               G7                C7
Tives, to think of all the weeping they will do.
(But don't you worry.)

        Fm    
No more ashes, no more sackcloth,
       Gb
And an arm band made of black cloth
     C7                         F
Will some day nevermore adorn a sleeve.
                              F7
For if the bomb that drops on you
          Bb                    G7
Gets your friends and neighbors too,
            C7                    F
There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.

C7  Gm/D C  F                    F+ Bb
And  we  will  all go together when we go.
                  Gm              C7
What a comforting fact that is to know.
   F         F7
Universal bereavement,
   F+  Bb        Gm
An inspiring achievement,
     B       C7                      F    Db7
Yes, we will all go together when we go.

        Gb                  Gb+ Cb
We will all go together when we go.
                     Abm          Db7
All suffused with an incandescent glow.
            Gb         Gb7
No one will have the endurance
   Gb+ Cb           Abm
To collect on his insurance,
        C  Db7                             Gb  D7
Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.

           G                        F
Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
                                      E   Eb  E
We'll be French fried potatoes by and by.
           E
There will be no more misery
         F
When the world is our rotisserie,
             B7                       E
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.


    Gm C  F                     F+ Bb
And  we  will all bake together when we bake.
                   Gm             C7
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
         F           F7
With complete participation
   F+   Bb          Gm
In that grand incineration,
    B   C7                               F     Db7
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.

           Gb                    Gb+ Cb 
Oh we will all char together when we char.
                    Abm            Db7
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
          Gb       Gb7
Just sing out a Te Deum
     Gb+ Cb          Abm
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
    C   Db7                       Gb    D7
And the party will be come-as-you-are.

            G                         F
Oh, we will all burn together when we burn.
                                           E   Eb  E
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
          E
When it's time for the fallout
          F
And Saint Peter calls us all out,
           B7                       E      E7
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.


    Gm C  fF                    F+ Bb
And we   will  all go together when we go.
                     G        C7
Every Hottentot and every Eskimo.
         F            F7
When the air becomes uranious,
        Bb          Gm   
We will all go simultaneous.
     B  C7
Yes, we all will go together
        D7
When we all go together,
       Gm             C7            F
Yes we all will go together when we go.

We Will All Go Together When We Go

G7
First, you get down on your knees,
C6
Fiddle With your Roseries
G7
Bow your head with great respect and
C       C#dim    Dm          G9
Genuflect, Genuflect, Genuflect!

G7
Do whatever steps you want if
C6                               A7
you have cleared them with the pontiff
F         F#dim       C     A7
Everybody say his own Kyrie Eleison,
D7        G7      C
Doin' the Vatican Rag.

G7
Get in line in that processional,
C                            C#dim
Step into that small confessional,
G7
There the guy who's got religion'll
C                            G7
tell you if your sin's original.
F
If it is, try playin' it safer,
Fm
Drink the wine and chew the wafer.
F#dim
Two, Four, Six, Eight.
G7
Time to transubstantiate.

G7
So get down on your knees,
C6
Fiddle with your Roseries
G7
Bow your head with great respect and,
C     C#dim        Dm         G9
Genuflect, Genuflect, Genuflect.
G7
Make a cross on your ab-domen,
C9
when in Rome, do like a Roman.
F          C                A7
Ave Maria, Gee it's good to see ya!
D7          G7       D7         G7
Gettin' Ecstatic-an, sorta dramatic-an
D7       G7      C
Doin' the Vatican Rag!

Vatican Rag

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The Element Song

#If I left out any chords, please leave a comment, thanks :)


#Intro- D D A7 A7 D D A7 A7 

           D
There's antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium,
       A7
And hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium,
      D
And nickel, neodymium, neptunium, germanium,
     A                   E7        A
And iron, americium, ruthenium, uranium,
   A7                   Dm
Europium, zirconium, lutetium, vanadium,
        C7                      F
And lanthanum and osmium and astatine and radium,
     Am                        Dm
And gold and protactinium and indium and gallium,
      Bb7                     A7
And iodine and thorium and thulium and thallium.
           D
There's yttrium, ytterbium, actinium, rubidium,
      A7
And boron, gadolinium, niobium, iridium,
      D              A7          D          A7
And strontium and silicon and silver and samarium,
       D                 G         A7           D
And bismuth, bromine, lithium, beryllium, and barium.


#I hope you're all taking notes, because there's going to be a short quiz next period. 

           D 
There's holmium and helium and hafnium and erbium,
        A7
And phosphorus and francium and fluorine and terbium,
        D
And manganese and mercury, molybdenum, magnesium,
     A                        E7         A
Dysprosium and scandium and cerium and cesium.
     Am                        Dm
And lead, praseodymium, and platinum, plutonium,
   C7                      F
Palladium, promethium, potassium, polonium,
       Am                    Dm
And tantalum, technetium, titanium, tellurium,
      Bb7                      A7
And cadmium and calcium and chromium and curium.

          D                
There's sulfur, californium, and fermium, berkelium,
     A7
And also mendelevium, einsteinium, nobelium,
     D               A7            D                A7
And argon, krypton, neon, radon, xenon, zinc, and rhodium,
       D                 G               A7                D 
And chlorine, carbon, cobalt, copper, tungsten, tin, and sodium.

       D                              A7
These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard,
           D             G               D      A7      D
And there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered.

#End- D A7 A7 D G A7 D

The Elements Song

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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