B-Side of Life
Timbuk 3  (from "Edge of Allegiance", 1989)

(intro)
F (133211@1)   (x4)    (bass line F (133211@1)F (133211@1)C-D-F)

(verse)
F (133211@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)Who am I?  Do you recognize me?
Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)         Eb (x43121@3) F (133211@1)Of course you don't.  I'm nobody.
F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)       F (133211@1)I have no money.  I have no name.
Bb (x1333x@1)        F (133211@1)            Eb (x43121@3)    F (133211@1)I tear the tickets at the hall of fame.

(chorus)
Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)I buy my dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while I watch TV
I like my free time and I love my wife
Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)You'll find my number on the B-side of life

(verse)
F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)     FOnce (133211@1)I got lucky.  I had a band
Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)            Eb (x43121@3)   F (133211@1)We had a song it got to number 3
F (133211@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)Made lots of money.  Made lots of friends
Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)           Eb (x43121@3)           F (133211@1)Had lots of pretty people hangin' 'round me

F (133211@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)      FNow (133211@1)all I want is a place to hide
Bb (x1333x@1)     F (133211@1)           Eb (x43121@3)     F (133211@1)To feel safe from the chaos outside
  F (133211@1)               Bb (x1333x@1)    FA (133211@1)cold refrigerator, a warm bed
  Bb (x1333x@1)           F (133211@1)              Eb (x43121@3)      FA (133211@1)place where no one will stick a gun to my head

(chorus)
Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)I buy my dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while I watch TV
I like my free time and I love my wife
Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)We're happy living on the B-side of life

(bridge)
Eb (x43121@3)                 Fsus4 (113311@1)F (133211@1)We had a key to the city
        Eb (x43121@3)           DmBut (xx0231@1)the rooms it did unlock
Gm (355333@1)                      Dm (xx0231@1)Were full of over-priced portraits
  Bb (x1333x@1)                 Am7 (x02010@1)CEngaged (x32010@1)in cheap small talk

(verse)
  F (133211@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)         FSo (133211@1)turn out the lights, turn up the radio
Bb (x1333x@1)            F (133211@1)          Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)Don't know the singer but I love that song
F (133211@1)                   Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)I know that I'm no Baryshnikov baby
Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)            Eb (x43121@3)      F (133211@1)But I wanna dance with you all night long

(verse no lyrics - Oooh oooh etc...)
F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)F (133211@1)Eb (x43121@3)F (133211@1)(x2)

(chorus)
Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)I'll buy you dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while we watch TV
Tonight's my birthday.  Let's have a party
    Bb (x1333x@1)          F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)    FI'm (133211@1)thirty with a bullet from the B-side of life

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Note:  If you don't like playing all of these barre chords, you can transpose it down a half step.
verse: E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)D (xx0232@1)Echorus: (022100@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)E(x3) (022100@1) A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)
bridge: D  Esus4 E  D  C#m  F#m  C#m  A  Abm7  B