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

(intro)
F     (x4)    (bass line F  F  C-D-F)

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

(chorus)
Bb        F             C      F
 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           F                C         Bb
 You'll find my number on the B-side of life

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

F                  Bb        F
Now all I want is a place to hide
Bb       F             Eb       F
 To feel safe from the chaos outside
  F                 Bb      F
A cold refrigerator, a warm bed
  Bb             F                Eb        F
A place where no one will stick a gun to my head

(chorus)
Bb        F             C      F
 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           F             C         Bb
 We're happy living on the B-side of life

(bridge)
Eb                   Fsus4  F
 We had a key to the city
        Eb             Dm
But the rooms it did unlock
Gm                        Dm
 Were full of over-priced portraits
  Bb                   Am7  C
Engaged in cheap small talk

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

(verse no lyrics - Oooh oooh etc...)
F     Bb  F   Bb  F  Eb  F  (x2)

(chorus)
Bb            F             C      F
 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            F               C         Bb      F
I'm 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  A  E  A  E  D  E
chorus: A  E  B  E (x3)  A  E  B  A  
bridge: D  Esus4 E  D  C#m  F#m  C#m  A  Abm7  B