Joey Cape – The Ramones are dead
(Bridge, 2008)


(Note: For easier play, use capo in 1st fret!)

        Bb                            Gm
I can listen to the records from my younger years
           Eb         F               Eb7      F  
Pacify my bitter ears and revive the dead dinosaurs.
        Bb                              Gm
Me and Jamo rode two buses round for Rockpile
                Eb         F              Bb        Bb7
Sure to find a rarity and something to believe.


                                                           
 Eb                         Gm                          Eb
But I can't listen to them now without mourning a small town
         F               Bb        Bb7
and the mom and pops I loved
Eb                   Cm
Once were missionary men
Eb                          F
We age into obscurity with them
                        Bb      (F)
The Ramones are dead

Bb                                              Gm
You could judge a band by the cover flipping through the bins
                   Eb
Assured enough to take a spin
     F             Eb7            F
The art and lyrics big enough to see and read
Bb
Pull the record from its sleeve
Gm
Spear the cut hole, arm and seed
Eb                  F               Bb           Bb7
Plunge the needle, shaking like a drug fiend


Eb                      Gm
Now relevant again somehow
                  Cm
Reanimated sacred cow
        F                   Bb       Bb7
But it all seems different now
Eb                        Cm
It's far too easy to find anything in demand
      Ab            F
I'll say it once again

                         Bb
The Ramones are dead.