Jets to Brazil
Rocket Boy
Perfecting Loneliness
2002 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: C

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
C -   x32010
G -   320003
F -   133211
Fm -  133111
Dm -  xx0231
G# -  466544
Am -  x02210
C/E - 032xxx


Intro: C--F-- x4


Verse 1:
C     Dm    F        C
  Headlights and red eyes
C        Dm  F
  a warm beer between your
C     C       Dm
thighs Mess of  pills
F          C     C
  Hollywood hills the
    Dm    F
red lights Read 
      C
me my rights


Chorus 1:
F          C
Going in a circle getting 
G             F
tighter every turn
F
Think you're getting 
C
better but you're
G           F
never quite sure
F             C
Say it's all ahead of
    G(Hold)
you How far can you
F     Fm
  see?  you're
               C    F C F
living on your knees


Verse 2:
C        Dm
  Driver please 
F          C
  find your feet
C             Dm
  The light's green 
F
  but you spaced the
C   C
keys You're going
Dm  F
fast but it won't
C     C
  last You're all 
Dm     F       C
  speed and no gas


Chorus 2:
F          C
Going in a circle never 
G              F
getting to the point
F              C
Burning up the atmosphere
   G          F
my rocketship boy
F                 C
You say there's a finish
         G(Hold)
line but you're already
F     Fm(hold)
  beat        you're
               C    G F
living on your knees


Bridge 1:
       C  G F
Rocket boy   my only
C  G F            C  G F
son   you look so sad
              C    G F
but you're so young
           C   G F
You get so high
            C   G
You're all alone
      F   Fm     C   F C/E F
rocket boy  come home


Verse 3:
C     Dm  F
  Notebook some 
         C
notes you took
C       Dm
  A big hit with
F           C
  a crooked hook
C           Dm
  Your best friend
F         C
  is you a-gain
C          Dm   F
  You can't  win but
               C
you won't give in


Chorus 3:
F          C
Going in a circle
        G
getting lower 
      F
every time
F            C
Say it isn't hurting 
      G            F
but I never see you smile
F              C
Asking for the doctor and
    G(hold)      F
I'm calling you a priest
Fm
  you're living
        C    G F
on your knees


Bridge 2:
       C  G F
Rocket boy  you 
        C     G F
burn so bright
        C    G F
and I believe   you
       C   G    F
lie so beautifully 
             C   G F
when you get high
            C   G
You're all alone
      F
rocket boy
Fm    C--
  come home


Bridge 3:
F          G   C
  Dad it's me again
      G
I hate to call
F          G
  Could you come down?
G#                C       F
  There's been an accident
C       Am    F        Fm
  "Were you in-volved?"
C      F  C   F
  "Yes sir no Sir 
Dm           F
  they say I was"


Interlude: C--F-- x4


Verse 4:
C     Dm  F
  Got home cried
 C   C        Dm
alone The video
F            C
  will surely show
C        Dm
  No one knows
F            C
  I came this close 
C          Dm F
  to being me  but 
          C
I lost us both


Chorus 4:
F          C
Going in a circle and
     G            F
it's keeping you around
F                   C
You've been here forever
           G          F
but you've never been found
    F             C
You didn't want a witness
      G(Hold)       F   Fm
and I didn't want to see
                   C    G F
you living on your knees


Outro:
       C  G F
Rocket boy   my only
C  G F            C  G F
son   you look so sad
              C    G F
but you're so young
           C   G F
You get so high
            C   G
You're all alone
      F   Fm(hold)