• Song:

    Cocamamie Business

  • Artist:

    George Harrison

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From: "Petteri J?rvinen" 
Subject: Cocamamie Business by George Harrison
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 22:37:42 PST


                        COCAMAMIE BUSINESS
                        By George Harrison
                 Transcribed by Petteri J?rvinen


        AmBust (x02210@1)my back on the Levy - broke my strings on the BBC
                                                                               
Dm (xx0231@1)                              C (x32010@1)             E7 (020130@1)GFound (320003@1)my chops on Eel Pie Island - paid my dues at the Marquee
        Am (x02210@1)                        DmSlagged (xx0231@1)off by the N.M.E. - lost my stash and my virginity
        Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1) AmIn (x02210@1)this Cockamamie Business

       AmGot (x02210@1)my face on Ed Sullivan - broke my heart on the Soul Train
     Dm (xx0231@1)                         C (x32010@1)                E7 (020130@1)   GIntroduced (320003@1)to Bad Company - lost cells down at Brain Drain
      Am (x02210@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)       
And before I could mend - lost the missus, missed the girlfriend
        Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1)AmIn (x02210@1)this Cockamamie Business

        AmNow (x02210@1)we like to air condition - though the air has no ozone ring                     
Dm (xx0231@1)                         C (x32010@1)              
Still they're chopping down the forest for McDonalds and the Burger  
E7  G
King
       Am (x02210@1)                                 DmEating (xx0231@1)cows with such persistance - doesn't offer much resistance
        Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1) AmTo (x02210@1)this Cockamamie Business

          Am (x02210@1)
There are too many things - stressing out the nervous system
Dm (xx0231@1)                      C (x32010@1)                        E7 (020130@1) GGirls (320003@1)you used to know - fellas that may have kissed'em
         Am (x02210@1)                               DmSome (xx0231@1)got rabies - Some got fleas - some got incurable diseases
          Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1)Am>From (x02210@1)this Cockamamie Business

AmEverybody's (x02210@1)after as many points as they can get
                    DmAs (xx0231@1)long as it's not them that has to pay
       C (x32010@1)              E7 (020130@1) GNo (320003@1)one really minds the Debt
       Am (x02210@1)                         Dm5-Star (xx0231@1)actors, tax inspectors, film producers and directors
           Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1)AmWith (x02210@1)their Cockamamie Business

          AmWell (x02210@1)you do what you can - can't do much more than that

(No you can't do what he just said)
     Dm (xx0231@1)                           C (x32010@1)                E7 (020130@1)    GSome (320003@1)days you're pretty sharp - on other days you feel half dead

(While you make your daily bread)
       Am (x02210@1)                       DmDidn't (xx0231@1)want to be a star - wanted just to play guitar
        Dm (xx0231@1)       E7 (020130@1)AmIn (x02210@1)this Cockamamie Business



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