It's The End Of The World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)

Chords

Slack-Key Tuning

G                               C
That's great, it starts with an earthquake,
                     G                         C
birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid.
G
Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
C
world serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs.
G
Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt no, strength no.
C
Ladder structure clatter with fear of height, down height.
Bb
Wire in a fire, represent the seven games
     Am
in a government for hire and a combat site.


G                                                              C
Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the furies breathing down your neck.
G
Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tethered crop.
             C
Look at that low plane!  Fine then.
G                                               C
Uh oh, overflow, population, common group, but it'll do.

Save yourself, serve yourself.
                 G
World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed.
                 C
Tell me with the rapture and the reverent in the right - right.
    Bb                                               Am
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty psyched.


         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am                   C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine


G
Six o'clock - TV hour.  Don't get caught in foreign tower.
      C
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn.
G
Lock him in uniform and book burning, blood letting.
      C
Every motive escalate.  Automotive incinerate.
G
Light a candle, light a motive.  Step down, step down.
         C
Watch a heel crush, crush.
                  G
Uh oh, this means no fear - cavalier.  Renegade and steer clear!
C
a tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies.
Bb                                             Am
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives and I decline!


         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am                 C   
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine
G          C       G     C      G    F
    I feel fine

         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G          D           Am                    C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine


G
The other night I tripped a nice continental drift divide.
      C
Mount St. Edelite.  Leonard Bernstein.
G
Leonid Breshnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs.
C
Birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom!
    Bb                                    Am
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam, but neck, right?  Right.


         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am
It's the end of the world as we know it
         G         D            Am                         C
It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine

(Repeat like 4 or 5 times to the end)