These are the chords for the album "Road To Ruin" recorded in 1978. 1.I Just Want to Have Something to Do 2.I Wanted Everything 3.Don't Come Close 4.I Don't Want You 5.Needles and Pins 6.I'm Against It 7.I Wanna Be Sedated 8.Go Mental 9.Questioningly 10.She's the One 11.Bad Brain 12.It's a Long Way Back 1. I Just Want to Have Something to Do Intro [ A5 G5 F5 G5 ] (x2) (verse) A5 F5 G5 Hanging out on Second Avenue Eating chicken Vidallo I just want to be with you A5 I just want to have something to do (Chorus) F5 G5 A5 Tonight, tonight, tonight Tonight, tonight, well all right Tonight, tonight, tonight Tonight, tonight, tonight G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5 Wait-now, wait-now A5 F5 G5 Hanging out all by myself I don't want to be with anybody else I just want to be with you A5 I Just want to have something to do F5 G5 A5 Tonight, tonight, tonight Tonight, tonight, well all right Tonight, tonight, tonight Tonight, tonight, tonight .... 2. I Wanted Everything (intro) [ D G D F ] x4 (Verse) G A D E D I heard about the Easter Bunny Presents under a Christmas tree It was dreaming and fantasy There was no Mom or Daddy (chorus) E C D I wanted everything I wanted everything I wanted everything [ E G D E ] [ D G D F ] x4 I had the world on my shoulder But I was getting older Knew I was ready for it Some kind of employment I wanted... [ E G D E ] [ D G D F ] x4 [ A D A E ] x4 All day working on a truck Bringing the groceries up not much of a salary No tip for the delivery I wanted.... [ E G D E ] [ D G D F ] x4 There's no success for me Involved in a robbery There's money in the supermarket And I'm goin' in after it I wanted... [ E G D E ] [ D G D F ] I wanted everything I wanted everything [ D G D F ] I wanted everything I wanted everything [ D G D F ] I wanted everything I wanted everything [ till the end ] 3. Don't Come Close (intro) [ D A G ] x3 (Verse) D You know it's generally known G You got everything at home D Kisses out of desperation G Bring you more aggravation (chorus) D A G and you don't come close You don't come close you don't come close D You bring out you souveniers G Soak them wet with your tears D You lose you imagination G Out of more aggravation And you don't... G You turn red with rage A But act your age G Only thing that your regret B A You need more time to forget [ G A ] x3 [ G B A ] And you don't... You don't come close You don't come close You don't come close D 4. I don't want you (intro) [G F] x4 (verse) G F G F You said that you'd be true G F G Eb Baby said that you'd be true G F G F I don't care, I don't care G F G Eb D I don't care, I don't care (verse) G F Eb I don't want you Don't want you I don't want you anymore [ G F ] x4 You said that you'd be mine Baby said that you'd be mine I don't care, I don't care I don't care, I don't care I don't want... Eb F Eb F G F Eb I want you I want you to stay Eb F Eb F G F But I guess that it just can't be that way [ G F ] x4 You said... I don't want... Don't want... 5. Needles and Pins (intro) F# (chorus) F# I saw her today, I saw her face Eb It was the face of love, and I knew F# I had to run away Eb And get down on my knees and pray, that they go away F# Eb And still it begins, needles and pins B C# Because of all my pride, the tears I gotta hide F# Oh I thought I was smart, I stole her heart Eb I didn't think I'd do, but now I see F# She's worth to him than me, let her go ahead Eb Take his love instead, and one day she will see F# Eb Just how to say please, and get down on her knees B C# Oh that's how it begins, she'll feel those needle and pins Hurtin' her, hurtin' her Bb Ab Why can't stop, and tell myself I'm wrong, I'm wrong, so wrong F# F Why can't I stand up, and tell myself I'm strong Bb Because, saw her today, I saw her face G It was the face of love, and I knew Bb I had to run away G And get down on my knees and pray, that they go away Bb G And still it begins, needles and pins Eb F Because of all my pride, the tears I gotta hide Bb Needle and pins Needle and pins Needle and pins 6. I'm Against It [ E A D A ] x2 E A D A Well I'm against it I'm against it Well I'm against it I'm against it [ A D B E ] x2 B F# I don't like politics A E A I don't like communists B F# I don't like games and fun A E A I don't like anyone And I'm against... [ A D B E ] x2 I don't like Jesus Freaks I don't like cricus geeks I don't like summer and sports I don't like anything [ E A D A ] x2 [ E G E D ] x2 [ A C D E ] x2 I don't like sex and drugs I don't like waterbugs I don't care about poverty All I care about is me And I'm against... [ A D B E ] x2 I don't like playing ping pong I don't like the Viet Cong I don't like Burger King I don't like anything [ E G E D ] x2 [ A C D E ] x2 And I'm against... Well I'm against it I'm against it 7. I wanna be sedated Intro Guitar 1 [ Eb\E ] Guitar 2 e-------4---------------------------------- B--4----5----5----5----5---5---5---5------- G--4---------4----4----4---4---4---4------- D------------------------------------------ x2 A------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------ (verse) E A E Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated Chorus B E Just get me to the airport put me on a plane Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain A B Oh no no no no no E twenty-twenty..... solo Guitar 1 E A B E Guitar 2 e--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0 B------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------ x2 A------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------ [ Eb\E D#\E ] F# B F# Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated C# F# Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show Hurry hurry hurry before I go loco I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes B C# Oh no no no no no [ F\F# F\F# ] F# Twenty.... F# B C# F# Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated Guitar two e--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2 B------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------ x2 A------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------ F# B C# F# Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated 8. Go Mental [ G F Bb C ] x2 G F Bb C I'm going mental I'm going mental [ C D F G ] x2 C D F G Out of the hospital Out against my will Life is so beautiful I've gone mental A Bb Mennnnnn-tall Mennnnnn-tall (end) [ C D F G ] then fade out 9. Questioningly [D G Bm A ] x2 D G Questioningly her eyes looked at me D G And then she spoke aren't you someone I used to know Bm A And weren't we lovers a long time ago? D G Looked at her close forced her into view D Yes, I said, you're a girl G Bm A That I once may have knew G D But I don't love you anymore G D Why do you want to talk to me for? G D You should have just let me walk by G Bm A D Memories make us cry D G In the morning, I'm at work at time D G Bm A My boss he tells me that I'm doing fine G D When I'm going home G D Whiskey bottle movie on T.V. G D Memories make me cry G Bm And I'm alone just me A D Just me, questioningly [ D G Bm A ] x2 But I don't... Looked at her... Questioningly her... 10. She's the one [ G E ] x2 G E Yeah yeah she's the one Yeah yeah she's the one A F When I see her on the street You know she makes my life complete G E And you know I told you so A D She's the one, she's the one G E Yeah yeah she's my girl Yeah yeah she's my girl A F When I see her on the street You know she makes my life complete G E And you know I told you so A G She's the one, she's the one A G E Know I'll never find a girl like you A D But in my heart I'll always love you.... E A D G She's the one, she's the one, she's the one She's the one, she's the one, she's the one She's the one, she's the one, she's the one 11. Bad Brain [ E A D A D ] x4 [ A E B E D ] x4 [ D B F# ] x2 A E B E D I used to be an A student I never used to complain I used to be a truant But I'm still the same A E B E D Bad bad brain Bad bad brain [ D B F# ] x2 after 2nd verse [ E A D A D ] x4 [ D B F# ] x2 after 3rd N.C. Bad bad brain, bad bad brain Bad bad brain, bad bad brain Bad bad brain, bad bad brain D B F# D B F# Bad bad brain, bad bad brain (till the end) 12. It's a Long Way Back [ Eb D C Bb ] x4 [ Ab Bb ] x2 Ab Eb You by the phone You all alone It's a long way back to Germany It's a long way back to Germany [ Eb D C Bb ] x4 You by the... [ Eb D C Bb ] x4 [ Ab Bb ] x4 [ Eb D C Bb ] x4 You by the... [ Eb D C Bb ] x4
