Introdu??o: D D E F# G G D D E F# G G Bm A G Em Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me Bm A G Em This supermarket life is getting long Bm A G Em What is the heart life of a colour TV Bm A G D What is the shelf life of a teenage queen Em C D D E F# G Ooh western woman D D E F# G Ooh western girl Bm News hound sniffs the air A G Em When Jessica Hahn goes down Bm A He latches on to that symbol G Em Of detachment Bm A G Em Attracted by the peeling away of feeling Bm A G D The celebrity of the abused shell the belle D D E F# G Ooh western women D D E F# G Ooh western girl D And the children on Melrose Strut their stuff G Is absolute zero cold enough D And out in the valley warm and clean G The little ones sit by their TV screens D No toughts to think G No tears to cry A A# Bm All sucked dry Bm A G Down to the very last breath Em A Bartender what is wrong with me Em A Why am I so out of breath Em A The captain said excuse me ma'am Em A This species has amused itself to death D G Amused itself to death D G Amused itself to death D Em F# G We watched the tragedy unfold We did as we were told We bought and sold D Em F# G It was the greatest show on earth But then it was over D We oohed and aahed We drove our racing cars G We ate our last few jars of caviar D And somewhere out there in the stars G A keen-eyed look-out Spied a flickering light D Our last hurrah G Our last hurrah Em A And when they found our shadows Em A Grouped around the TV sets Em A They ran down every lead Em A A# Bm They repeated every test C# D G They checked out all the data on their lists Bm C# D And then the alien anthropologists G F#m Em Admitted they were still perplexed D But on eliminating every other reason G For our sad demise D G They logged the only explanation left Bm This species has amused itself to death Em A No tears to cry Em A No feelings left Em A Bm This species has amused itself to death A G Amused itself to death Bm A G Amused itself to death Bm A G Amused itself to death Bm A G Amused itself to death
