Band: Not Half Bad
Album: No Thanks EP
Song: Newports
Tuning: Standard



Chords: (highest note is optional, sounds good if you play acoustic)
   A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)  F#me----------------------| (244222@1)b-------(5)------------|
g-(6)----7----(2)------|
d--7-----7-----4-------|
a--7-----5-----4-------|
E--5-----------2-------|



Intro:

A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  F#m (244222@1)  D (xx0232@1) x2  (come in on second time)



Verse:
A (x02220@1)                             DI'm (xx0232@1)left with my lobotomy, lost dreams of teenage piracy
   F#m (244222@1)                             Dto (xx0232@1)scour night time city streets for benefits for all to reap
    A (x02220@1)                                   Dand (xx0232@1)all of us and in all our scores, we'd run the streets,
                               F#mthey'd (244222@1)lock their doors, we're not a stop or detour,
     Dwe'd (xx0232@1)take their world over.



Chorus:
A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                                F#m (244222@1) And when its summer I'll smoke and choke and work on cancer
                     D (xx0232@1)                               Awhen (x02220@1)they all leave,    I'll sleep all fucking winter
                         D (xx0232@1)      F#m (244222@1)                 Dbut (xx0232@1)when the sun does rise,           I'll open up my eyes

and start the day.



Intro x1



Verse: (Same Chords)
I woke up an adult today at a loss for the things to say
and I think and try to start I'm found here all these worlds apart
on city streets in awe and stunned in burning heat of revolution and as age
makes one older why can't we start this over?



Chorus



Solo (Play Intro x2)



Last Chorus x2: (first time just bass and drums)
             AI (x02220@1)only smoke Newports
       DI (xx0232@1)only drink Mexican Coke
          F#m (244222@1)                             DI (xx0232@1)only surround myself with people that the world's lost all hope.
A (x02220@1)                          DWhen (xx0232@1)I'm at my end and I'm surrounded by these friends
               F#m (244222@1)                            DWell (xx0232@1)then I'll look back at my life and know it was no fucking joke.



Outro (Intro 1x)

I hope this is easy enough to follow for everyone.