Intro A Asus A Asus A G D A A Asus A Asus A G F# F D G D It was just like a dream, yeah, a surreal scene, like a blue orange I thought my senses had gone, like I was writing a song about a foot-long syringe A G D And she said, "Hello, dear, it's my party "So I hope you'll be smart, hee hee And I said,"I don't know, but I think I'll go fix me A(Intro riff") a stiff drink" D G Well, I sat there and stared, because at first I was scared of this female tarzan And while she talked with the apes about champagne and grapes, I approached her garden A G D And she said,"Now, now, don't try to leave me, "It's unfair to deceive me "I could kill if you try to escape me, A (intro riff) come upstairs my friend" Emin Bmin F A Now I knew, I knew, I couldn't be that mean, Emin Bmin F G A A sus so I tried, yeah I really tried to leave her but she was a big, big, big girl, big girl ********************************* MR. RAFFLES E G# Man, it was mean to be seen in the robes you wore for Lent E you must've known that it was Easter G# There for a while, in your smile, I could see Mexico blood say E "This is true I was a teaser" B B(b5) (see below) There were a thousand manitas being exchanged for pesetas B(b5) - B with 5th flattened G#7/C |---------------------------| |-------| |--6-----4-6---4--------4-6-| |-------| |------4---------4----4-----| |---5---| |------------------3--------| |---4---| |---------------------------| |---3---| |---------------------------| |-------| E B G#7/C C#min Man, It was hard not to laugh out loud G# I couldn't believe the size of the crowd E You must have fooled them into coming E B G#7/C C#min Wow, There were women and children, too G# They would have hanged us if they knew I think I know for certain A Inside you sniggered so hearty, you only came for the party E B Amin F G F E Man, it was mean, it was mean, Man, it was mean A E You think you're so importantly clever A E I'll tell you now where thats at A E You can be this way forever and ever Amin B (B C G/D B/Eb E) sooner or later you'll fall ************************************ IT WASN'T ME B7 A It wasn't me who wrote the epitaph I only burned the old girl's photograph And threw the kitten in the fire, see You ask me your father he'll remember me G E G E It was so fantastic, he burned like a matchstick A B You know I'm sorry for what I've done G A B D C B E Now you say I'm responsible for killing them G A B D C B E D E/A D/G I say it was God He was willing them ****************************************** PANORAMA C Murder follows me like a leech from sunset, hard on my F heels to the midnight beach C Multitudes of every skin, around the glowing sparks F they begin to sing G Emin Everybody is watching the dancer, all the way from Barcelona F G F G Teddy Boy's are farming, it's all a little alarming C D I felt forty-five and was barely alive F Emin D G Whoa oh woh oh C D I saw a human tribe and was terrified F Emin D G Whoa oh woh oh (solo over Amin G F Emin Emin G) ******************************************** Make Me Smile (Come Up & See Me) Intro |--------------------------------|---------------| |----------------1-3-5-3-----0---|---------------| |----------0-2-4-2-4-5-4-----0---|---------------| |----0-2-3-----------------------|5-7-3-5----3---| |2-3-----------------------------|5-5-5-3----3---| |--------------------------------|---------------| You've done it all.. F C G ... You've broken every code.... And pulled the rebel to the floor... You spoilt the Game no matter what you say.... For only metal what a bore.......... F C Blue eyes Blue eyes F C G How come you tell... So many lies.. Dm F C G Come up and see... me make me smile.............. Or do what you want run on wild............... F C Ooh...........................la la la Ooh...........................la la la G G Ooh.......................... Dm F C G Come up and see... me make me smile.............. Or do what you want run on wild............... Chords in solo F Em F Am Em Em G G Dm F C G Dm F C G G Solo starts like |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |2-0-2-2-0-2-2------02p0------0------------------------------------| |------------------------------3-2-3-5-3-0---2---------------------| |------------------------------------------3-----------------------| |------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5---3-3---| ******************************************* BACK TO THE FARM Emin F Emin G Only twilight, calm and barkless; no more daylight, only darkness; Emin F D C B Only twilight, only twilight made the change without delay **************************************** 49TH PARALLEL E Think I'll have lines on my face Fmin7 When I get out of this place D B So I guess I'll be ever so careful E It wouldn't help to deny Fmin7 D I'm well advised to comply B By the rules or be ever so tearful B7 I caught a vulture, he came up behind me I put a chain on his claws I caught another, been trying to find me I slit a vein in his jaws A B Tied the two of them up with guitar-strings (only fed them a bone) A Grinned and put my hands in my pockets Amin E B To drift away to a land of my own *************************************************** THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES C C/B Amin G F C European Maids, hard to ignore You, me and the boys, barred from the shore F C Fresh-faced imbeciles, laughing at me I've been laughing myself, is that so hard to see? Do I have to spell each letter out, honestly! F C If there's no room for laughter there's no room for me Dmin G For me.... F Emin Dmin C You'll think it's tragic when that moment arrives Ah, but it's magic, it's the best years of our lives