• Song:

    Chewin The Apple Of Your Eye

  • Artist:

    Flaming Lips

  • Album:

    Transmissions From the ...

I had to tune down my guitar to get this right, but I don't know if you really have to
it. I believe it might be a D modal tuning... Well it doesn't matter if you don't play 
to the CD.

(Perhaps the E should be played without the tone B... what do you call that? Eno4?)

Intro: A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E    x 2

A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)Hey                what were ya thinkin
A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)     EWhen (022100@1)they were startin the show
A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)      EYeah, (022100@1)              I was there but
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)    D (xx0232@1)       EI (022100@1)didn't care at all
     A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)     EI (022100@1)was tryin to find you
A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)         EWhen (022100@1)you got lost in the crowd
         A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)    ECus (022100@1)I'm drunk all the time
  A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)        EI (022100@1)like your helium voice

A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)                    EThere (022100@1)was a guy in the seat next to mine
C#m (x13321@4)        F# (244322@1)           D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)      
(beginning of next part)
Watchin the girls when the cops made us stand in line

A E D E x 2 (half-speed verse, strumming)

A E D E x 2 (regular)

A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)         EYea, (022100@1)            so if it's sad
         A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)       EWell (022100@1)you still gotta live till ya die
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)    D (xx0232@1)         EMan, (022100@1)            everyones chewin
    A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)         D (xx0232@1)       Ethe (022100@1)apple you got in your eye
     A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      D (xx0232@1)       EIt's (022100@1)like at the circus
A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)       EWhen (022100@1)you get lost in the crowd
       A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)       D (xx0232@1)    EYou're (022100@1)happy but nervous
A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)        EDefinite (022100@1)sign that you lost it

D (xx0232@1)                                  EThere (022100@1)was a guy in the seat next to mine
C#m (x13321@4)        F# (244322@1)          D (xx0232@1)          E (022100@1)       
 (-''-)
Watchin the girls when the cops made us stand in line

A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E A (x02220@1)name="chord_022100@1">E    x 2

A E A E    x until you faint


Song poorly transcribed by the glorious Alexander Dimberg

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