• Song:

    B-side Of Life

  • Artist:

    Timbuk 3

  • Album:

    Edge Of Allegiance

(intro)
F5     (x4)    (bass line F5  F5  C5 - D5 - F5 )

(verse)
F5                  Bb5        F5
 Who am I?  Do you recognize me?
Bb5             F5           Eb5   F5
 Of course you don't.  I'm nobody.
F5                 Bb5         F5
 I have no money.  I have no name.
Bb5          F5              Eb5      F5
 I tear the tickets at the hall of fame.

(chorus)
Bb5        F5             C5      F5
 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
Bb5           F5                C5         Bb5
 You'll find my number on the B-side of life

(verse)
F5                 Bb5       F5
Once I got lucky.  I had a band
Bb5        F5              Eb5     F5
 We had a song it got to number 3
F5                    Bb5            F5
 Made lots of money.  Made lots of friends
Bb5           F5             Eb5             F5
 Had lots of pretty people hangin' 'round me

F5                  Bb5        F5
Now all I want is a place to hide
Bb5       F5             Eb5       F5
 To feel safe from the chaos outside
  F5                 Bb5      F5
A cold refrigerator, a warm bed
  Bb5             F5                Eb5        F5
A place where no one will stick a gun to my head

(chorus)
Bb5        F5             C5      F5
 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
Bb5           F5             C5         Bb5
 We're happy living on the B-side of life

(bridge)
Eb5                   F5  F5
 We had a key to the city
        Eb5             D5
But the rooms it did unlock
G5                        D5
 Were full of over-priced portraits
  Bb5                   A5  C5
Engaged in cheap small talk

(verse)
  F5                    Bb5           F5
So turn out the lights, turn up the radio
Bb5              F5            Eb5        F5
 Don't know the singer but I love that song
F5                     Bb5        F5
 I know that I'm no Baryshnikov baby
Bb5           F5              Eb5        F5
 But I wanna dance with you all night long

(verse no lyrics - Oooh oooh etc...)
F5     Bb5  F5   Bb5  F5  Eb5  F5  (x2)

(chorus)
Bb5            F5             C5      F5
 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
    Bb5            F5               C5         Bb5      F5
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: E5  A5  E5  A5  E5  D5  E5
chorus: A5  E5  B5  E5 (x3)  A5  E5  B5  A5  
bridge: D5  E5 E5  D5  C#5  F#5  C#5  A5  Ab5  B5
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