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From: OpenFace@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 13:24:33 -0500
Subject: CRD: Screeching Weasel, "Punkhouse"

"Punkhouse"
performed by Screeching Weasel
written by Ben Weasel and Jughead
(C) 1989 Screeching Weasel
from the Punkhouse 7" EP and the Lookout! Records release Kill the Musicians
(LK 95 LP/CS/CD)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)

[Notes]:
* sl. = slide
* Lyrics are my best guess, as a sheet isn't included with the album.

***
["Punkhouse"]

Lead riff A
E---3--3-3-3-2-0-0--3--3-3-3-2-0-0--3--3-3--3--3-3----------|
B--------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-|
G-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------|

[C / D / G / G / C / D / G / D] x2 (with lead riff A)
[F# sl. G / F# sl. G / C# sl. D]

G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)     CIf (x32010@1)you need a place to stay, welcome to the punkhouse
G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)    CIt's (x32010@1)a party every night living in a punkhouse
       D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)         CStay (x32010@1)a while and sit and smoke a cigarette
     D (xx0232@1)   GWell (320003@1)la la la
                         C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)         CThere's (x32010@1)always something happening when you're in the punkhouse
G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)        CTake (x32010@1)a leave and took a beer (???) are always in the punkhouse
            D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)            CJump (x32010@1)up and down, dance on the couch, stuff a potato in your mouth
     DWell (xx0232@1)la la
A (x02220@1)                          C (x32010@1)                           GLife (320003@1)goes by way too fast to spend it working for somebody else
                  DIt (xx0232@1)don't make any sense
A (x02220@1)                               CIf (x32010@1)you like it here why don't you stay?
                                GDon't (320003@1)wanna work?  Well that's okay
                                A (x02220@1)        DCause (xx0232@1)no one else here wants to get a real job
[C / D / G / G / C / D / G / D] x2 (with lead riff A)
[F# sl. G / F# sl. G / C# sl. D]

G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)      CCome (x32010@1)on down, hang out with us, hang out at a punkhouse
G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            CDon't (x32010@1)mind all the filth and grime and mud cause it's just a punkhouse
       D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)            CSteady (x32010@1)stains on the walls and creepy insects in the halls
      D (xx0232@1)    GWe'll (320003@1)have a ball
C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)           CYoung (x32010@1)ones are poor and having fun and we're never growing up
      D (xx0232@1)     GNever (320003@1)growing up

[G / C / D] Repeat this progression till end, with lead riff B and "never
growing up"s.

Lead riff B
   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)  D(on (xx0232@1)rhytm guitar)
E---------------------------------------------|
B------------3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5--|
G-------5-------------------------------------|
D--5----5-------------------------------------|
A--5----3-------------------------------------|
E--3------------------------------------------|