"Beetlebum"

A C
Beetlebum, what you done?

F G
She's a gun, now what you done?

Bb
Beetlebum

A C
Get nothing done, you beetlebum

F G
Just get numb, now what you done

Bb A
Beetlebum

C
And when she lets me slip away

Bm Am F
She turns me on and all my violence gone

Am F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away

Fm C
And I am gone

Bm Am
Nothing is wrong

F
She turns me on

Am F Fm C
I just slip away and I am gone

A C
Beetlebum, because your young

F G
She's a gun, now what you done?

Bb
Beetlebum

A C
She'll suck your thumb, she'll make you come

F G
Cause she's your gun, now what you done?

Bb A
Beetlebum

C
And when she lets me slip away

Bm Am F
She turns me on and all my violence gone

Am F
Nothing is wrong, I just slip away

Fm C
And I am gone

Bm Am
There's nothing wrong

F
She turns me on

Am F Fm
I just slip away and I am...

A
He's on, he's on, he's on it

C
He's on, he's on, he's on it

F
He's on, he's on, he's on it

G Bb
He's on, he's on, he's on it...

E -----------------------------
B --10-------------------------
G -----9\(8)/9\(8)/9-----------
D -------------------10-9-7----
A --------------------------5--
E -----------------------------

"Song 2"

Chords are all fifths.

F D# G# A# C
I got my head checked

F D# G# A# C
By a jumbo jet

F D# G# A# C
It wasn't easy

F D# G# A# C
But nothing is, no

F D# G# A# C
Well I feel heavy metal

F D# G# A# C
And I'm pins and I'm needles

F D# G# A# C
Well I lie and I'm easy

F G# C#
All of the time and I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet ya

F D# G# A# C
I got my head done

F D# G# A# C
When I was young

F D# G# A# C
It's not my problem

F D# G# A# C
It's not my problem

F D# G# A# C
Well I feel heavy metal

F D# G# A# C
And I'm pins and I'm needles

F D# G# A# C
Well I lie and I'm easy

F G# C#
All of the time and I'm never sure why I need you
Pleased to meet ya

F D# G# A# C
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah

Tab from Guitar World (www.guitarworld.com), August 1997:

Intro

E-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
B-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
G-----------------------------|------------------17--17--17--17--|
D-----------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--|
A---15--15--------13--13--13--|--11--11--13--15--15--15--15--15--|
E---13--13--------11--11--11--|----------------------------------|

*
E----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
G----------------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--||
D----------------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--||
A--------15--15--------13--13--13--|--11--11--13--15--15--15--15--15--||
E---(0)--13--13--------11--11--11--|----------------------------------||

Main 8x

E---16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--||
B-------------------------------------------||
G---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--||
D-------------------------------------------||
A-------------------------------------------||
E-------------------------------------------||

Verses 4x

**
E-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
B-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
G-----------------------------|------------------17--17--17--17--||
D-----------------------------|--13--13--15--17--17--17--17--17--||
A---15--15--------13--13--13--|--11--11--13--15--15--15--15--15--||
E---13--13--------11--11--11--|----------------------------------||

Chorus 16x

***
E---16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--||
B-------------------------------------------||
G---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--||
D-------------------------------------------||
A-------------------------------------------||
E-------------------------------------------||

Outro 8x Ending

*** **** +
E---20--20--20--20--20--20--20--20--20--20--|--20--------------||
B-------------------------------------------|---------0-----x--||
G---17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--17--|--17--------------||
D-------------------------------------------|------------------||
A-------------------------------------------|------------------||
E-------------------------------------------|------------------||

* = Fill 1

Gtr. 2 (dist)

B ---21--21--

** = Fill 2, first verse first time

Gtr. 2 (dist)

E --16--
B ------
G --13--

*** = Fill 3 13th time in chorus 2x, first 2x of outro

Gtr. 3 (dist), bass in live version

E --4\1--4\1--4-4-6-8---8\--

**** = Fill 4 last 2x of outro

Gtr. 3 (dist), bass in live version

E --4\1--4/8--------4\1/4\1/8------

+ = Gtr. 2 plays Main

Rhythm of Main, Chorus, and Outro (e = 8th, s = 16th):

e e e s s e e e s s
E---16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--16--||
B-------------------------------------------||
G---13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--13--||

"Country Sad Ballad Man"

C B7 G F E B

C B7 G
Yeah, I found nowhere

C Bb G
It got to know me

C B7 G
Let me sleep all day

C Bb G
Spend the money

C B7 G
I haven't felt my legs

C Bb G
Since the summer

C B7 G
And I don't call my friends

C Bb G F
Forgot their numbers

G F G
VIP 223

F G
I've had my chances

F G
Or did they have me

F G
Now stay up nights

F G
Watch TV

F Dm7 G
I'm country sad

F#
I'm a ballad man

C B7 G
I'm on the comeback road

C Bb G
Yeah, I'm a blizzard

C B7 G
And in my motor home

C Bb G F
Sweat on my pillow all night

G F G
VIP 223

F G
I've had my chances

F G
Or did they have me

F G
Now stay up nights

F G
Watch TV

F Dm7 G
I'm country sad

F#
I'm a ballad man

E--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G------<12>---<12>----<12>---<12>-------2-4--
D--<12>---<12>----<12>---<12>-------1-4------
A---------------------------------2----------
E--------------------------------------------

B/F# D C# G B
I'm a ballad man...

F6 G F6 G F6

"M.O.R."

D
It's automatic (It's automatic)

E7
I need to unload (Need to unload)

Bb
Under the pressure (Under the pressure)

D
Go middle of the road (Middle of the road)

D
Fall into fashion (Fall into fashion)

E7
Fall out again (Fall out again)

Bb
We stick together (We stick together)

D
Cos it never ends (It never ends)

D A
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G A
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

D/F# G
Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

A
Here it comes

D
You, me, we'll work it out

D
Here comes tomorrow (Here comes tomorrow)

E7
One, two, three episodes (Three episodes)

Bb
We stick together (We stick together)

D
Go middle of the road (Middle of the road)

D
Cos that's entertainment (That's entertainment)

E7
It's the sound of the wheel (Sound of the wheel)

Bb
It rolls on forever (Roll, roll forever)

D
Yeah you know how it feels (Know how it feels)

D A
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G A
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

D/F# G
Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

A
Here it comes (We are members of the human race)

D A
Here comes a low (I'm a boy and you're a girl)

G A
Here comes a high (The only ones in the world)

D/F# G
Here comes everything (You and me we'll work it out)

A
Here it comes

D
You, me, we'll work it out

"On Your Own"

E -----------7-------0------
B --7----7---7----h--0---2--
G --7-8--7-8-----0-1-----3--
D ---h----h--------------4--
A --------------------------
E --------------------------

B E F#
Holy man tiptoed his way across the Ganges

B E F#
The sound of magic music in his ears

B A E F#
Videoed by a bus load of tourists

B E F#
Shiny shellsuits on, and drinking lemonade

B E F#
Now, I've got a funny feeling which I bought mail order

B E F#
From a man in a tee-pee in California

B A E F#
He said he once was that great game show performer

B E F# E F#
Then he blew all his money away, blew it all away

B E
So take me home, don't leave me alone

F# E
I'm not that good, but I'm not that bad

B E
No psycho killer, hooligan guerilla

F# E
I dream to riot, oh you should try it

B E
I'll eat parole get gold card soul

F# E
Your joy of life is on a roll

B E F#
And we'll all be the same in the end

B E
Cos then you're on your own

F# B E F#
Then you're on your own

B E F#
Well, we all go happy day-glo in the discos

B E F#
The sound of magic music in our brains

B A E F#
Someone stumbles to the bathroom with the horrors

B E F#
Says Lord, give me time, for I've jumped into space

E F#
I'm in outer space

"Theme From Retro"

Main part:

F E Dm

Other part:

Dm Bm Bb A7

"You're So Great"

Tune all strings down 1/2 step.

Intro:

E --0-0-3-2-0--1---1-1-1--
B --0-0-0-0-0--1---1-1-1--
G --0-0-0-0-0--0---0-0-0--
D --2-2-2-2-2--3---3-3-3--
A --2-2-2-2-2--3---3-3-3--
E --0-0-0-0-0--1---1-1-1--

G Bm/F#
Sad, drunk, and poorly

Cmaj7 G
Sleep in really late

G Bm/F#
Sad, drunk, and poorly

Cmaj7 Am7
Not feeling so great

G Fadd9 C
Wandering lost in a town full of frowns

G Em
Sad, drunk, and poorly

Cmaj7 Am7 F D Asus4
Dogs digging up the ground

G Em
And I feel the light

Bm C
In the night and in the day

G Em
And I feel the light

Bm Amadd9
When the sky's just mud and grey

G Em
And I feel the light

Bm Fadd9 G Fadd9 G
When you tell me it's OK

Fadd9 Am Amsus2
Cos you're so great, and I love you

-----------------------------p------------------------------------------
------------------------/7--8-7-----------------------------------------
-------------7\4---/7------------8-8-/5----0-7-5-5-5\4-0--2-7-7\5-5-4---
--8\5-5-7-5-------5/7-------------------7-------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------p-----------
--4^--0-2^-0-2^--0/7-7-9----------10-9-10-10\9---------0-0-7-0---/7-----
-------------------------9-7-9-9---------------9-10-10-----------/7-----
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


--(7)\--------------------------------/4-/6--
--------------------------------------/5-/7--
--------8/9--5-5\4--5-5\4-0-0-5-5\4-0--------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------

G Bm/F#
Tea, tea and coffee

Cmaj7 G
Helps to start the day

G Bm/F#
Tea, tea and coffee

Cmaj7 Am7
Shaking all the way

G Fadd9 C
City's alive and, surprise, so am I

G Em
Tea, tea and coffee

Cmaj7 Am7 F D Asus4
Get no sleep today

G Em
And I feel the light

Bm C
In the night and in the day

G Em
And I feel the light

Bm Amadd9
When the sky's just mud and grey

G Em
And I feel the light

Bm Fadd9 G Fadd9 G Fadd9 G
When you tell me it's OK

F Am Amsus2
Cos you're so great, and I love you

E --3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
B --0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
G --0-0-0-0-0-0-0--
D --0-0-2-0-0-0-0--
A --2-2-3-2-2-2-2--
E --3-3---3-3-3-3--

E --00-0-0-3-2-0--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--00-0-0-0-0-0--2--
B --00-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--11-1-1-1-1-1--3--
G --00-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2--1-1-1-1--00-0-0-0-0-0--2-- 4x
D --22-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--22-2-2-2-2-2-----
A --22-2-2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--33-3-3-3-3-3-----
E --00-0-0-0-0-0--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-------------------

E --0-0-3-2-0--1--
B --0-0-0-0-0--1--
G --0-0-0-0-0--2--
D --2-2-2-2-2--3--
A --2-2-2-2-2--3--
E --0-0-0-0-0--1--

Asus4: 0 Amadd9: 0 Cmaj7: 0 Fadd9: 1
3 0 0 1
2 2 0 0
0 2 2 2
0 0 3 2
x x x 1

"Death Of A Party"

F# C Bm
The death of the party

F# C Bm
Came as no surprise

F# C Bm
Why did we bother

F# C Bm
Should've stayed away

D
Another night

C Bm
And I thought "Well, well"

D
Go to another party

C Bm F#
And plant myself gently on the shelf

F# C Bm
The death of a teenager

F# C Bm
Standing on his own

F# C Bm
Why did he bother

F# C Bm
Should've slept alone

D
Another night

C Bm
And I thought "Well, well"

D
Go to another party

C Bm F#
And hang myself gently on the shelf

"Chinese Bombs"

Played with fifth chords.

G# (C# C B) G# (B Bb A)

G# F G# F G# F
He makes an inner arm block

F G# F G#
Then kicks him behind

F G# F G# F
The lights, they go off

F G# F G# Bb
But he can fight blind

G# Bb G# Bb G#
Cos he got the touch

G# Bb G# Bb G#
But he won't live long

F G# F G# F
He comes from Hong Kong

F G# F G# Bb
Where justice is done

C G# Bb G#
Chinese bombs

C G# Bb G#
Millions jump

C G# Bb G#
Chairman's junk

C G# Bb G#
USA

G F# F E
Won't somebody

G F# F E
Won't somebody

G# (C# C B)

G# (B Bb A)
Sink this place

G# F G# F G# F
Got a cab to go to Soho

F G# F G#
The dragon said go

F G# F G# F
Let everyone know

F G# F G# Bb
That you got the touch

G# Bb G# Bb G#
You come from Hong Kong

G# Bb G# Bb G#
Where justice is done

F G# F G# F
Where people are strong

F G# F G# Bb
But you won't live long

C G# Bb G#
Chinese bombs

C G# Bb G#
Millions jump

C G# Bb G#
Chairman's junk

C G# Bb G#
To Hong Kong

C G# Bb G#
Bruce Lee come

C G# Bb G#
Save the day

C G# Bb G#
Bruce Lee come

C G# Bb G#
The Chinese way

(feedback pitch: C#)

"I'm Just A Killer For Your Love"

G Bb B C Bb G
E ---------------------------------------------------------
B ---------------------------------------------------------
G ---------------h-p------3----33---4-5-------3------------
D ------0-3-5-7-5-7-5-----3----33---4-5--p----3---p-----0--
A ----2---------------8-5-1-xx-11-x-2-3-5-3---1--3-1----2--
E -33---------------------------------------5--------3--3--

I heard a man who had no lungs ---
He took me in and made me lunch |
Told me how I'd lost a friend | G
You smiled at me it was the end ---

And I said,

G Bb
I'm just a killer for your love

C Bb G
I'm just a killer for your love

G Bb
I'm just a killer for your love

C Bb G
I'm just a killer for your love

Cut my hair off in the road ---
I take my coat off, drop my load |
Wipe my hands on the grass | G
Cos now I know nothing ever lasts ---

G = x
x
x
0
2
3

"Look Inside America"

G D/F# Em Em7/D
Good morning, lethargy

F C/G Am
Drink Pepsi, it's good for energy

G D/F# Em Em7/D
The bath's on, smoke in the bedroom

F C/G Am
Sore throat, and on my neck a nasty bruise

D
And where it came from well I don't know

C B5 A5
But we played last night, it was a good show

G D/F# Em Em7/D
Got to play a second rate chat show

F C/G Am
A nationwide deal, so we gotta go

G D/F# Em Em7/D
Chuck from the Company says it'll be alright

F C/G Am
Got an ad on KROQ and there's an in-store tonight

D
Well I build things up, never let them go

C B5 A5
Got to get time share on the radio

G F
Look inside America

C/G Dadd4
She's alright, she's alright

Eb Bb
Sitting out in the distance

Eb C# D
But I'm not trying to make her mine

G F
Looking for America

C/G Dadd4
With its kooky nights and its suicides

Eb Bb
TV says its alright

Eb C# D
Cos everybody's hung up on something or other

G D/F# Em Em7/D
Stepping off in twenty so the driver says

F C/G Am
I should sleep tonight but I think I'll watch videos instead

G D/F# Em Em7/D
Annie Hall leaves New York in the end

F C/G Am
Press rewind and Woody gets her back again

D
And the whole world could have passed through me

C B5 A5
But I don't know that it means much to me

G F
Look inside America

C/G Dadd4
She's alright, she's alright

Eb Bb
Sitting out in the distance

Eb C# D
But I'm not trying to make her mine

G F
Looking for America

C/G Dadd4
With its kooky nights and its suicides

Eb Bb
TV says its alright

Eb C# D
Cos everybody's strung out on something or other

E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---5--4--4--4--4--4--4\-2-/6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|


E---7--5--3---5--3--0---/3--------------|
B------------------------------1--3--5^-|
G---------------------------0-----------|
D---------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------|


E---------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------|
G---5--4--4--4--4--4--4\-2-/6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------|


E---7-----------------5-----5-----5--------5-----5-----5----
B------------------3-----3-----3-----3--------3-----3-------
G------2-----2--2-------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------


E---7-----0-----0--3-----3--3--3-----------3--3--3------3\-2--|
B----------------------------------------------------------3--|
G------2-----0--------0-----------0--0--0-----------0------2--|
D-------------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------|

D
And the whole world could have passed through me

C B5 A5
But I don't know that it means much to me

G F C/G Dadd4 (3x)

G F B5 A5

Dadd4 - x
3
0
4
5
x

"Strange News From Another Star"

Bb D
All I want to be

Bb D
Is washed out by the sea

Bb D
No Death Star over me

Gm7 D
Won't give me any peace

Gm7 D
All I want is light relief

Bb D
Put the crazies on the street

Bb D
Give them guns and feed them meat

Bb D
They'll shoot the Death Star down

Gm7 D
Dig a hole and put it down

Gm7 E G
A thousand miles underground

A C#m7
They say it's no game

G Bm
There's strange news from another star

A C
I'm lost, I'm lost

G Em
There's strange news from another star

Bb D
Give me all your stuff

Bb D
Until I can't get up

Bb D
Watch the whole world freeze

Gm7 D
Counting tin cans in our sleep

Gm7 D
Submarines are diving deep

Bb D
I don't believe in me

Bb D
I don't believe in me

Bb D
All I've ever done is tame

Gm7 D
Will you love me all the same

Gm7 E G
Will you love me though it's always the same

A C#m7
They say it's no game

G Bm
There's strange news from another star

A C
I'm lost, I'm lost

G Em
There's strange news from another star

Em
From another star
Em
From another star
Em
From another star

"Movin' On"

Bb Ab F
At the music heist

Bb F Eb
I met the gourmet man

Bb Ab F
With aluminium lungs

Bb F Eb
Sucks out all he can

Bb Ab F
He sees the whole world goes flip

Bb F Eb
In a stunt bug style

Bb Ab F
Cos he's a parasite

Bb F Eb Bb
With a cellulite pile but he can smile

C Eb
Cos this is the music

C#7-9 Bb
Movin' on, we're movin' on

C Eb
Hey, this is the music

C#7-9
Movin' on, we're movin' on

Bb Ab F
Sticky eyes and sticky bones

Bb F Eb
You get no time on your own

Bb Ab F
You get a dose and a ghost

Bb F Eb
You get it coast to coast

Bb Ab F
Now you dye your hair black

Bb F Eb
Get Satan tattooed on your back

Bb Ab F
You pierce yourself with a coke can

Bb F Eb Bb
And rub yourself with fake tan now you're in a band

C Eb
Cos this is the music

C#7-9 Bb
Movin' on, we're movin' on

C Eb
Hey, this is the music

C#7-9
Movin' on, we're movin' on

Bb C
No matter how low

Eb
There's always further to go

C#7-9
When you're movin' on, you're movin' on

Bb C
No matter how low

Eb
There's always somewhere to go

C#7-9
Movin on, we're movin' on, won't be long before we're gone

C#7-9 - x
3
4
3
4
x

"Essex Dogs"

F#
I remember thinking murder in the car

A F#
Watching dogs somersault through sprinklers on tiny lawns

G#m
I remember the graffiti

Bm
We're your children coming in with spray cans of paint

A
I remember the sunsets and the plains of cement

C D E
And the way the night just seemed to turn the colour of orangeade

A F#
In this town, cellular phones are hot with teens

A
In this town, we all go to terminal pubs

F#
It helps us sweat out those angry bits of life

G#m Bm
In this town, the English army grind their teeth into glass

A
You know you'll get a kicking tonight

C
The smell of puke and piss

D E
The smell of puke and piss on your stilettos

Em7 F#m7 (4x)

A
Here comes that panic attack

F#
My heart stops

A
And then it starts

Give me a drink

G#m
I'll drink your round

Bm
I take you round the pole

A
It's cold up here (I see the universe waiting by a minibus)

C
You'll catch the flu

Or you'll catch the city

E
Either way you'll catch the flu

Or you'll catch the city

Em7 F#m7