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A
My friends are in jail
My girls in the lock
D
I don’t have a pail to sit on

A
My feet are too tired
My lifelines expired
E
I’m sitting on the edge of the bay

I turned the screw
Came down with the flu
I don’t have case to make

It’s a personal decision
It’s cellular division
I’m leaning on the edge of my cane

A
You’ve got to help me out
DA
I need some assistance
A
You’ve got to help me out
DE
I can’t spare a dollar or dime, not this time

My brain is a rock
My husbands are dead
I told you I was your mother

My friends are in jail
My girls in the sea
And I don’t know if she’s waiting for me

You’ve got to help me out
I’m in need some assistance
You’ve got to help me out
I don’t have a dollar or dime, not this time

My friends are in jail
My girls in the lock
I don’t have a pail to spit in

My feet are too tired
My lifelines expired
I’m sitting on the edge of the bay

I turned the screw
Came down with the flu
I don’t have to case my maker

It’s a personal decision
It’s cellular derision
I’m leaning on the edge of my cage

You’ve got to help me out
I’m in need some assistance
You’ve got to help me out
Brother can you spare a dime?
No, not this time.

Download audio file (200_Needs_Refrain.mp3)

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I knew you for a short while
You thought you could be a muse
I knew you weren’t a writer
And I knew I wasn’t too

You’ve got a lot of nerve little girl
To count yourself among the poor
You can sleep without your bed sheets
I’ll be sleeping on a wooden floor

Soon I’ll be checking out
Soon I’ll be checking out

Count your little plastic beads
Like syllables in a bad haiku
The road that’s lining up for you
Is the road of indentured servitude

I can’t say you didn’t please me
With your cigarette afternoons
But don’t say I didn’t warn you
If your wave breaks a little too soon

Soon we’ll be checking out
Soon we’ll be checking out

I passed you in a compact car
And I didn’t even honk
It wasn’t my car
But I kept my bodies in the truck

There’s nothing I desire from you
That I can’t get from somewhere else
You were my object of fancy
But I put you on the shelf

It makes me nervous
When you read my books
There filled with dirty little secrets
And you give me dirty little looks

I understand completely
If you want to go back to school
The world doesn’t suffer jokers
And baby, you’re a fool

Soon you’ll be checking out
Soon you’ll be checking out

Hope that you get your change back

Download audio file (199_Ate_Soap.mp3)

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Open D, capo 3. Just fiddle around the open chord.

I confess I ate your soap
My eyelids wouldn’t close
I ate your soap because I was a German philosopher with a Roman nose
I ate it cause I like sex magic

They’re gonna burn your house down
They’re gonna burn the floor
They’re gonna burn the wall
They’re gonna burn it all down

No it’s not my body’s fault
And it ain’t my problem
They’re gonna burn it down
But it ain’t my problem

I confess I ate your soap
Because my eyelids wouldn’t close
I confess I ate your soap
Because I had a roman nose

How can this stop? It is not my stop.
Why do I have to wait
How can this stop? It is not my stop.
Why do I have to wait

I do not sit so patiently
I sit around and scream and scream

I ate your soap
Because my eyelids wouldn’t close
I ate your soap
And I smelled it with my Roman nose

My girl’s from the internet
She’s got an electric TV set
My girl’s from the internet
She’s got an electric TV set
My girl’s from the internet
She’s got an electric TV set

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We’re talking genitals
We’re talking birthdays
We’re taking numbers
It’s all legit

Download audio file (196_Brain_Study.mp3)

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Just this progression over and over
Ebm - > Bb
C# -> G#

People are trying to take pictures of my brain
It’s normal function, I’m not deranged
I swear
I swear it isn’t broken

It’s a medical study a routine test
We just put in the dye and take it out fast
It’s a relatively safe procedure

All you have to do is play a game
Win or lose your compensation’s the same
Though we claim no liability if you seizure

People are trying to get pictures of my brain
It’s normal functions, I’m not deranged
I swear
I swear it isn’t broken

Sign your name and we’ll send you funds
Sing your song or we’ll take your tongue
Your brain is forked and gray

No medications, radiation or bloodlust
Just a couple snapshots
It only takes a day

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Just A, B, and G.

There’s a monster in my closet and his teeth are wet with blood
There’s a mobster in my stopwatch and his jeans are dried with mud
There’s a kleenex on my toothbrush and it’s all torn up
She told me she was famous so I said, “So what?”

I cannot prove they don’t exist
I cannot prove they don’t exist
So they persist
So they persist

There’s a hundred miles an hour and a thousand miles to go
There’s a heartbeat every hour cause we’re driving kind of slow

1,2,3,4,5,6,7

I got a hole in my pocket where I keep my dark matter
She got sand in her eye because she didn’t matter

I cannot prove they don’t exist
I cannot prove they don’t exist
So they persist
So they persist

Now some of them like to hunt women
Some of them like to hunt men
Some of them want to keep going
I’m gonna make them do it over again

Gonna make them do it over again
Do it over again
I cannot prove they don’t exist
So they persist, & persist, & persist, & resist, etc

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A#
Well I told you one day, it was gonna happen to you
Well I told you one day, it was gonna happen to you
C -> D ->A#
Get dragged along the stateline with sand in your shoes

You didn’t believe a quiet word I said
You couldn’t believe the quiet words I said
You better sit up and listen sugarcane is in your head

I’ve got eyes for your protection, paws for loving care
Got eyes for your protection, paws for your loving care
We can be just like the bushmen, eat our meat rare

I’m listening to the sounds of a thirsty voice
We’re listening to the sounds of a thirsty voice
It’s saying, “Take head, you’ve got no choice”, it’s saying to me

Well I told you one day, it was gonna happen to you
Well I told you one day, it was gonna happen to you
Get dragged along the stateline with sand in your shoes

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E -> B
When I finally see what you’ve been pointing to
C# -> A -> B
You know you won’t hear a word from me

If you could hear what they say about you
Then you’d know that’s how it has to be

I hate being wrong, and it kills me when I let you down
Ah-Ah, it hurts me deep inside, it wears me down

You know half the time I think you’re being too serious
But you won’t hear word one from me

This time it was different we couldn’t see it right away
But it was brewing like a cold water tea

I hate being wrong, and it kills me every time i let you down
Ah-Ah, it hurts me deep inside the torture wears me down

E-> B
When I’m wrong, la-da-da-da-da-da-da x4

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Download audio file (191_My_Age.mp3)

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D -> B
I swear that I will give him a stern talking to
This room is not fine without the sight of you
I swear by my blood I will not kiss and tell
A signal unseen isn’t a sleeper cell

D -> C
And I know I am not alone in this endeavor
I know I am not alone so what is new

Strange that you’ve grown bitter with age
I swear by my blood It will no be a part of me
It’s clear I cannot act my age
It’s clear that there are demons inside

And I know I am alone in this endeavor
I know I am alone so what is new

I do not know what I should do
I do not know what I should do… etc.

Download audio file (190_I_Am_Gone.mp3)

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C#7
When I am gone
How will I get back
She called my home
It came through the back

B -> C#7
I cannot remember
Oh-oh-oh
I cannot remember
I’m supposed to know

It’s all undone
Burned up the gas
I saved up my money
But It didn’t last

When I am gone
I cannot ask
Mine all the coal
Rivers turn black

I cannot remember
Oh-oh-oh
I cannot remember
But, I’m supposed to know

When I’m done
Come through the back
Turn on the lights
Send out a fax

When I am done
Come round the back
Turn on the lights
Send out a fax

Download audio file (189_Boil_You.mp3)

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G
I don’t need your business
Thank you very much
I don’t need your business
Or any of your stuff

C#
I will boil you
Eb
I will turn you into gas
I can light a fire
With a single match

Nice to meet you, okay
You won the top prize
Nice to meet you, okay
The Grey Goose doesn’t’ fly

C#
I will boil you
Eb
I will turn you into gas
I can light a fire
With a single match

This is proven land
I’ve got a wheel in the mud
This is proven land
By His grace above

C#
I will boil you
Eb
I will turn you into gas
I can light a fire
With a single match

I was turned over by the sunlight
Run rotten by the deed
I was turned over by the sunlight
And I feel to my knees

C#
I will boil you
Eb
I will turn you into gas
I can light a fire
With a single match

Download audio file (188_Left_Now.mp3)

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Down tuned whole step.

GCG
Well I swore off coffee beans for you
GCD
I swore off cigarettes and making love, too

C
What do I have left now
G
Now that you’ve up and left now?

CD
I don’t have much but air to breathe
CD
I don’t have much
G
But I can sleep

Well I swore off dime stores for you
I swore off tv shows and video games, too

What have you left me
When you drove off in my Chevy

I don’t have much but air to breathe
I don’t have much
But I can sleep

I swore off playing my guitar
I swore off driving 90 in my old car

Now it’s left me
It’s gone off with you

I don’t have much but air to breathe
I don’t have much
But I can sleep
I don’t have much
But I can sleep

Download audio file (187_All_Your_Songs.mp3)

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Down tuned half step.

E B C# E or E B C# B

I have heard all your songs
I have heard all your songs
Doesn’t that make you happy?
It doesn’t make you mine

I can burn the noose down
I must have read every magazine in this town
I lusted in my hearts for you
I grew an appetite for you

I have heard all your songs
I have heard all your songs
Doesn’t that make you happy?
It doesn’t make you mine

I think your songs hurt me
I think my intervals are gone
I have heard an unmasked voice
Praying like it didn’t have a choice

I think I love you again
I lost it once, but it didn’t end
My hair is gone for you
My song is sung for you
My voice is lost for you
My voice is lost for you

I have heard all your songs
I have heard all your songs
Doesn’t that make you happy?
It doesn’t make you mine

Download audio file (186_Bikenapped.mp3)

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A# -> C -> B-> A#

Tonight I’m going to ride my bicycle
I’m gonna take it down the slow street
Tonight I’m going to ride my bicycle
There’s a girl I want to meet

It’s you.
Let’s go for a ride.
It’s you.
Get on my bike.

We’ll take the bumpy trail on my bicycle
I’m gonna take you across the mexican border
We’ll take the bumpy trail on my bicycle
We’ll lay down and come back older if we come back at all

It’s you
Don’t let your pop know
It’s you
Don’t let the cops know

Tonight I’m going to ride my bicycle
To the land of make believe
Tonight I’m going to ride my bicycle
Don’t ask me to come back too early or I’ll leave
Don’t ask me to come back too early or I’ll leave you here

You know you want to take a ride
It’s you.
Let’s go for a ride.
It’s you.
Let’s get on my bike.

Riding with a snow tire hanging on the fly
Riding in my basket on my bicycle with my picnic food.

Download audio file (185_My_Secret_Manifesto.mp3)

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G -> B -> E

This will not see the light of day
I will steal my professors lives
I will inhabit their eyes
This will not see the light of day

I learned the trick to women’s hearts
Call them names and run home quick
Refuse to budge and grow much thicker
I learned the thickness of your hearts

I learned to teach in simple lies
I took a dozen child brides
and broke them from inside
I learned to teach in milky thighs

There is a place in Glasgow where
Your human mind will disappear
And then you’ll understand my fears
You’re far away from Glasgow, dear

Maybe I’m not through with youth
I’ve given up my search for truth
And placed my broken tooth
Beneath the pillows of her youth

I know that we are not done yet
I’ve doubled down our on our bet
I bet that you will never meet
A finer poet off the street

I bet that you will try to smile
I’ve bet on black now for a while
I haven’t switched to something new
I know that soon my debt is due

Download audio file (184_Apartment_Complex.mp3)

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Capo 1

E -> A
Up in the dark I cannot see
Why all these birds are buzzing round me
They say that anger’s in despair
But all I’ve found is leisure

D -> E
I’ve been hanging out
D -> E
Up on the seventh floor
Woman you frighten me

I see you writhing on the floor
I think I’ve been here once before
I hear that music in the air
But what I can’t make out the guitar

I’ve been hanging out
Up on the seventh floor
Woman you frighten me

Down on the street I hear your cry
Trembling cooing for your guy
I hear those angels after me
But they don’t know where to find me baby

I’ve been hanging out
Up on the seventh floor
Woman you frighten me

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AD GC

I look and I see all these whales coming after me
It’s too hard to be me, I’ve got more trouble than you can see

When you’re a plankton, la la la la la la la la
When you’re a plankton, la la la la la la la la
In the sea

I look behind, a big whale’s coming after me
And in his teeth I can see my entire family

When you’re a plankton, la la la la la la la la
When you’re a plankton, la la la la la la la la
In the sea

I look and I see all these whales coming after me
It’s so hard to be me, the loneliest plankton in the sea

When you’re a plankton, la la la la la la la la
When you’re a plankton, la la la la la la la la

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Capo 3
Bass riff:

c b f g

And if you’re ready to come home
I will give you my watch
For you to pawn
And fly back home

I wanted justice
When you were crossed
So I will call you
When it comes

Fm -> F -> C
I was wrong
I was wrong
I was wrong
C-> C/g
But I still might make it right

It might take a while
For me to get things straight
Everybody’s got needs
I don’t want you to wait

So wait for me to call
Unlimited nighttime minutes
Wait for me to come pick you up
When we’re all set up to win it

I was wrong
I was wrong
I was wrong
I was wrong
But I still might make it right

In spring it is in winter
and the season is cold.

Download audio file (181_I_Try.mp3)

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D D -> A G

I didn’t try
You know I’m just not a romantic guy
I don’t know what to say
I guess you got all kinds of excuses to be that way

You know I’m just not a sensitive guy
You know I’m just not a sensative guy
I didn’t even try

It’s just that I don’t care
You know I saw that you cut your hair
But I didn’t know what to say

You’ve gotta understand
I’m not a complicated man
No, I didn’t try

Please, please forgive me
Please, please stay with me
I probably won’t cry
But I’ll try

Download audio file (180_Tarot_Card.mp3)

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The keyboard Is here. Go there fIrst.

Then play:
“h”+”o” -> “s”+”u”

Every mornIng I awoke to the sound
every mornIng I awoke to fInd
the same vIbratIons
the same waves I left behInd

I’ve got a tarot
Tarot card
I pulled a tarot
Tarot card

She’s got a sweet dIsposItIon
And the fInest car In town
She’s got the cleanest drIve around

All of her numbers are made out of nInes
All of her letters are made out of zeroes
All of her records are made In mono

I’ve got a tarot
Tarot card
I got a tarot
Tarot card

I frIed the speakers In her automobIle
I roasted numbers on her autodIal
“Hello agaIn. Been a whIle”

I’ve got a tarot
Tarot card
I pulled a card
Tarot card

Now, you can tell them by theIr backpacks
You can tell them by theIr knapsacks
You can tell them to play dead
If you throw them a bone

You can tell them by theIr backpacks
You can tell them by theIr knapsacks
You can tell them to play dead
If you throw them a bone

All of her numbers are made out of nInes
All of her letters are made out of zeroes
All of her records are made In mono
All of her numbers are made out of nInes

Tarot card
Tarot card

Download audio file (179_There_Is_a_Fire.mp3)

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Riff:

A |00000030--------|
E |--------50300030|

C5-C5 -> G
There’s no one to get advice from
When your head’s in a sink
No one’s fixed the ice machine
So there’s nothing left to drink
A5 -> E5 -> G
You’re probably not alone
You’re probably not alone

The spigot’s pumping gasoline
The air is filled with gasoline
The doctor’s all take gasoline
So there’s no one left to heal
And you’re probably never alone
You’re probably on your own (1, 2)

I’m gonna harvest lighting
With a heart full of glass
It’s gonna grow in magnitude
And release in a blast

I heard there was a fire
I heard there was a fire
I heard there was a fire

Download audio file (178_Every_Thing.mp3)

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Capo 2.
Am -> E7
G#dim -> Am

Every sheet of metal is bought with gasoline
Every sheet of satin comes from heaven
Every grain of dirt is born in bangladesh
Every grain of glass is burned against the flesh

Let he who loses faith be put into his place
Let he who aides a thief be left without a case
Let he who loses faith be put into his place
Let he who aides a thief be left without a case

Every plank of wood is ground into his back
Every blade of silicone’s the only blade that’s left

Let he who loses faith be left without a face
Let he who aides himself be left with only health

Every rubber ball is sold for a quarter
Everything you own is only worth a quarter

No more stardust memories
No more bourgeois game
No more easy melodies
I’m tired of their games

Let he who loses faith be put into his place
Let he who aides a thief be left without a case

Yeah the teevee’s on, it’ll be playing through the autumn
If you want a sharper knife just say so, we got em

Let he who loses faith be left without a face
Let he who aides himself be left with only health

The entire human race is left without a face
There’s no one here willing to take the pressure

Every sheet of metal is bought with gasoline
Every sheet of satin is brought down from heaven
Every piece of dirt is born in bangladesh
Every grain of salt is the only grain that’s left

Let he who lost his faith be left without a face
Let he who aides the sinners be left with bones for dinner
Every piece of earth is falling in its place
No one here seems bothered that they haven’t got a face

Every sheet of metal is bought with gasoline
Every sheet of satin is brought from heaven

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Betsy Ross wrote a text message
Had a hole in her skirt
Tried to mend it with a flag pin
Drew blood and it…

Hurt, you don’t know it yet
Hurt, the wound will not set
Hurt, you’ve got a broken brain
Hurt, you’ll never see again

I got my self a gold medal
For coming in first
Never knew how much it meant
But I knew that I…

Hurt, you don’t know it yet
Hurt, the wound will not set
Hurt, you’ve got a broken brain
Hurt, you’ll hunt see again

You’re a vision to me
I ain’t known for chasing skirts
I ain’t nothing but a man in love
But I know, I know I can make you

Hurt, you don’t know it yet
Hurt, the wound will not set
Hurt, you’ve got a broken brain
Hurt, you’ll walk see again

It’s very natural
It comes easy to me
I’m just a natural
I can make you, I can make you…

Hurt, you don’t know it yet
Hurt, the wound will not set
Hurt, you’ve got a broken brain
Hurt, you’ll never see the rain again

I ain’t nothing but a man in love
But I know, I know I can make you

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GC
This was the place I laid my head a hundred years ago
Em -> F
And this is the only kind of town I’m willing to know
G -> C
This is the place where I am the straight man and the fool
Em -> F
I will break every unwritten rule

C
Light, Light, Light
Em
Keep the light on for me
F
Light, Light, Light
Em/C
I’m far out at sea

This is the place I lit a hundred cigarettes
I snuck in the back door and I never paid the rent
This is the place where I slept with a good woman
And laid down my breath and never said “when”

Keep the Light, Light, Light
Keep the light on for me
Light, Light, Light
I am far out at sea

Keep the Light, Light, Light
Keep the light on for me
Light, Light, Light
I’m so far out at sea

I know this country well, It is dumber than you think
And if you think that’s simplistic, for you alone I drink
This is the lonely place I skinned the rats to make a coat
And I will never die for it, be it fire or in smoke

Light, Light, Light
Keep the light burning for me
That Light, Light, Light
I’m so far away sea

Light, Light, Light
Keep that light on me
That Light, Light, Light
C
I’m so far

G
I’m so far out
Em
I’m so far out
F
I’m so far away
G -> C
And I think I won’t be coming home again

Download audio file (175_White_Hat.mp3)

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Down tuned half step.

E
I’m putting on my white hat
B
Dusting off my feathers
E
I’m putting on my white hat
B
Elbow in the leather
D A
And I’ll show you who lives
B
They’re mine, mine, mine

I’m putting on a wide smile
To remind you of yours
I’m putting on my wide smile
And scuffing up your floors
And I’ll show you who lives
They’ll be mine, mine, mine

I’m not a sentimental person
I’m not a sentimental guy
Empty the metal on your person
And I’ll be your guy
Guy, guy guy

I’m putting on my rain coat
Getting ready for the monsoon
I’m putting on my rain coat
Easter time isn’t anytime soon
And I’ll show you the door
And you’ll know that it’s mine, mine, mine

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Basic Blues, Down tuned whole step, capo II.

Saturday night was special
Couldn’t feel my feet
Saw a big white light
I was down on the street

I want all the details
I want the number and degree
I want to know who got me

Hospital bed was warm
Feet fell out the cot
Couldn’t keep the TV on
Thought I heard a shot

Now I want all the details
I want the number and degree
I want to know who got me

Now I’m not an angry soul
I won’t wallow in the sea
I don’t deserve attention
So look on over me

All I want are the details
The number and degree
I want to know who that bastard was
I want to who that gut fish was
I want to know who got me

Download audio file (173_Clock_Theory.mp3)

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Capo 1

A F#m A
In the hour before my bedtime I will offer you a led cigar
And after you eat your dinner mints I will offer you David’s star

A F#m
And the hours go round in circles
G A
Because time is made with clocks
A F#m
And the minutes break down into seconds
G A
Like prisoners breaking down rocks

The minute before you came to me, I thought I couldn’t breathe
And the second that I left you my blood began to steam

And the hours go round in circles
Because time is made with clocks
And the minutes break down into seconds
Like prisoners breaking down rocks

In the hour we get for lunch breaks I will canonize your name
To the business men in wheelchairs and the ghosts who walk with Cain

And the hours go round in circles
Because time is made with clocks
And the minutes break down into seconds
Like prisoners breaking down rocks

Download audio file (172_Loser_Cool.mp3)

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Bb7
Well I never need a woman like you to put me down I can do that myself
Well I always do what I think I want to but sometimes I need a little help

Eb -> C
Well I let it down again
Eb
Let it down again
Bb7
Now I’m losing my control

Well I never was a spaceship pilot, I never got to hit the gas
All the cars would bump and honk me, I would just let them pass

Well I let it down again
Let it down again
Now I’m losing my cool

Well I never heard a voice so lovely till I heard you buy a vowel
Maybe someday we’ll go crusin, but you’re on TV for now

Eb
And honey you look so fine, yeah you look so fine

Well I let it down again
Let it down again
Now I’m losing my cool

Download audio file (171_The_Cat_Song.mp3)

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Capo 5
Cadd9->C (Occasionally Cadd9->Am7)
Put your money down on my table, put your lashes on and roll down your sleeves
The truth is I’m half monkey and I made a fool out of you and your family

But this time it’s different
This time I don’t even
G
Have a cat

I want to ride my motorcar down the silver oil ocean
I wan to drive your lady friends to the places of my notions
I want to be your cab driver and I won’t charge you a fee
I’ll take you over the brooklyn bridge and I’ll do it for free

But this time it’s different
This time I don’t even have a cat

D A G D
No it’s not safe anymore, For you it’s not safe anymore
No it’s not safe anymore, No it’s not safe anymore for you

I want to give you flatware on a big wooden table
I heard your clamoring for anyone in this world who is capable
We’ll honey I’ll deliver the goods and I’ll wrap them up in a bow
That’s the way you should always give gifts: with good presentation

But this time it’s different
This time I don’t even have a cat
To tell my lies to
To tell my lies to

Download audio file (170_All_My_Troubles.mp3)

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G F E
All my troubles
Put them in a sack
Take em out back
To the radio shack

All my hoodoo
Hare, Hare
Put it side saddle
Krishna Hare

G F E
All my troubles seem so far away
All my troubles seem so far away
Oh, I can’t believe you
No, I can’t believe you’

All my power
Cries and weeps
Blow out the speaker
Blow up a sheik

All my transfers
Are running too hot
All my stations
Are run by bots

G F E
All my troubles seem so far away
Seem so far away
Oh, I can’t believe you
No, I can’t believe you’

All my numbers
Are rounding up
Cut my wires
Turn the fires up

All my kitchens
Got convection heat
Fan the flames
Rip off the sheets

G F E
All my troubles seem so far away
All my troubles seem so far away
Oh, I can’t believe you
No, I can’t believe you’
Oh, I can’t believe you
No, I can’t believe you’

Download audio file (169_Twin_Engine.mp3)

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Capo 4

Am
Don’t let the creeping trooper
Dm
bring you down slow
Am E
Pass him five miles over
Am
and he’ll let you go

Do not let up for a plain sedan
Never tailgate a crow-eyed van
Follow the truck
with the tree out the window

I wanna know
Who gave you the right

Always wear a disguise
And a curtly grin
Let the oil bubble
Like your home made tint

Don’t let them read you
Make them take another pass
Write what you’re thinking
in blue chicken scratch

I wanna know
Who gave you the right
I wanna know
Who gave you the right

I’d like to say I went off
Over unknown roads
That I was hunted
persecuted, alone

I was hunted
I was hunted
Never needed a handkerchief
Or a rag

I wanna know
Who gave you the right
I wanna know
Who gave you the right

Download audio file (168_Lost_in_the_Mail.mp3)

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B
Fill up the cup, fill up the can
E -> B
Papas coming home
B
Fill up the cup, fill up the can
E -> B
We’ll identify you by your bones
F# -> E
Aren’t you going to be embarrassed
B
When the light falls on you?

Light up the roof, light up the sky
The arrows are broken now
Light up the roof, light up the sky
Here flies the crow
Aren’t you going to be vacant
When the light falls on you?

F# -> E -> B
I have a hunch it’s truth
I bet your dime it’s truth

Sit on your suitcase, Sit on your throne
Nobody puts my baby down
Sit on your suitcase, Sit on your throne
Nobody tosses her around
Reckoning only gets one day
The day the light falls on you

Boil down your shoelace, Boil down the bone
It doesn’t need to be said
Boil down your shoelace, boil down the bone
It’s written on your head
Your wits can only stretch so thin
When the light falls on you

Your wits can only stretch so thin
When the light falls on you

F# -> E -> B
I have a hunch it’s truth
I bet your dime it’s truth
I have a hunch it’s truth
I bet your dime it’s truth

Fill up the cup, fill up the can
Papas coming home
Fill up the cup, fill up the can
We’ll identify you by your bones
Aren’t you going to be embarrassed
When the light falls on you?

You know you should be embarrassed

Download audio file (167_You_Owe_Me_One.mp3)

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DADGbAD Tuning.

Riff is just a little shuffle on the fifth string.

Yah I know you don’t remember me
But I’d like to think I left a dent in you

When you’re in your car driving by
You might look at me and that’s fine
One time my brother told me
That I might be alone, but my shoes would always be there for me
And then some other guy told me to get lost

I’d like to think
You owe me one
I’ve got a debt out on you
You owe me one
I made a dent in you
I made a dent in you

I’m not looking for any job, I’m not a volunteer
But I feel tethered to you when you’re not here

Sometimes all you got is a paper bag, a bucket of bricks
Sometimes you’ve just got to burn everything you see

I’d like to think
You owe me one
I’ve got a debt out on you
You owe me one
I’ve got a debt out on you
You owe me one
I made a dent in you

I’m not looking for love, I’m not looking for charity
I’m not looking for recognition or money
I’m not looking for your touch
I’m not looking for much

These days I just peddle around
I wish I was in a small town
Wish that you weren’t around

I’d like to think
You owe me one
I’ve got a debt out on you
You owe me one
I made a dent in you
You owe me one

Download audio file (166_Hush_Up_Devil.mp3)

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Tuning = DADGbAD

I = 054000
V = 042000
IV= 020100

I -> V -> IV
Daddy left me reckless, I was born a child
Daddy left me reckless, I was born a child
I’m not done talking yet, you might have to wait a while

Go out and tell your children: go out and dig a hole
Go out and tell your children: go out and dig a hole
In a box put your body and on the stone you can write your soul

I -> IV
Now in there, hush up
IV -> I
Now in there, hush up
I -> IV
If you can’t hush up
IV -> I
There might be the devil in me

Now in there, hush up
Now in there, hush up
If you can’t hush up
There might be the devil in me

Left hand in your pocket a quarter in your right
Left hand in your pocket a quarter in your right
Might not buy you forgiveness but it’ll get you through the night

Now in there, hush up
Now in there, hush up
If you can’t hush up
There might be the devil in me

Now in there, hush up
Now in there, hush up
If you can’t hush up
There might be the devil in me

I’ve got a dead woman, she doesn’t have a soul
I’ve got a dead woman, she doesn’t’ have a soul
All she needs is some water in her bowl

Now in there, hush up
Now in there, hush up
If you can’t hush up
There might be the devil in me

Download audio file (165_Montgomery_City.mp3)

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Amaj7 -> A

A9 Bm7
Since you’re somewhat close to me
Dm7 A
Let me tell you about my dream
My dream will not
My dream cannot go to sleep

The papers are made out of slate
Everybody’s trying to save the date
The curbs are cracking into blocks
That big ring you’re wearing is just a rock

Since you’re somewhat close to me
Let me tell you about my dream
My dream will not
My dream cannot go to sleep

We had a plymouth and a ford
We had a house of corrugated board
We owned a rubber factory
We ran our secret country

She slipped me a hand
And I spun it into strands
I knit a scarf for me
Let me tell you about my dream

Since you’re somewhat close to me
Let me tell you about my dream
My dream will not
My dream cannot go to sleep

Download audio file (164_Radio_Slave.mp3)

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D7 -> B7 | B7
You’ve got a pretty nice face
We’ll put you on the front page
You’ve got a pretty thin wallet
And I call it

E5 -> F#5 -> G5 -> E5
Well at least I know
Well at least I know
How it works
How it works

We’ll put your sound on our signal
We’ll make a 3-inch single
We’ll make sure it’s well-played
Put you on our back page

Well at least I know
Well at least I know
How it works
How it works

Number one download
Credit card household
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur

Well at least I know
Well at least I know
I ain’t a slave to the radio
I ain’t a slave to the radio

Download audio file (163_Opportunity.mp3)

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All built around a droning low-E string and a G barre chord at the 10th fret.

I’m in an electrical storm
A standard deviation away
I am rising off the spring board
Gravity can’t do a thing

It’s the same situation all over again
The same situation all over again
The same situation all over again
The same situation all over again

I’m in an electrical storm
One step ahead of every reform
I am coming down the well
I can’t remember when I fell

It’s the same situation all over again
The same situation all over again
The same situation all over again
The same situation all over again

I am the king of deja vu
If it happens to me, than it happened to you
I am in an electrical storm
One day of wax to keep warm

It’s the same situation all over again
The same situation all over again
The same situation all over again
The same situation all over again

Download audio file (162_White_Elephant.mp3)

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Maybe it’s alone
Far from home
Had my fill of it
The white elephant

I fell down in a hole
They tied my neck to a tree
Just for the hell of it
The white elephant

I wish I could fill the role
A talentless asshole
Get my share of it
The white elephant

Main Riff is

D  ----4-----5----
A  5p7---5p7---5p7
E  ---------------

Download audio file (161_Virtual_Instruments.mp3)

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Just Am and G. Use mainly bass notes on the G.

Give me a sugar cube on my neck
Guns and swords and bayonets
Give me head, and fuck my face
Give me pepper spray and mace
Give me onions, sweet and sour
Pay my fees by the hour
And I’ll be grateful for you
I’ll make sure you get it
I’ll make sure you get it

Give me dried up lizard bones
Give me a chance I’ll make you moan
Hunt my feelings with a knife
Push your neighbor take his life
Cut me off your payroll now
I will slaughter a pregnant cow
And she’ll be grateful
I’ll make sure she gets it
I’ll make sure she get it

The business man inside us all
Is waiting just outside the hall
I cry foul, I cry for years
I cry crocodile tears
My eyes are frozen on your ass
My horoscope prediction passed
And I’m grateful
I’ll make sure I get it
I’ll make sure I get it

Download audio file (160_Candy_Store_Encounter.mp3)

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Down tuned half step. Works well as a fast blues/punk too.

G A B# G

I walked through the aisles, stepping on candy bars
I walked through the aisles, stepping on candy bars

At the candy store, at the candy store, what were you doing there?
At the candy store, at the candy store, ringlets in your red, red hair

I smashed candy necklaces and saw the TV, playing a dirty cartoon
It was tuned to channel four and it was turned up loud, playing a dirty cartoon

At the candy store, at the candy store, what were you doing there?
At the candy store, at the candy store, ringlets in your red, red hair

You were dressed to the nines, black and white, polka dot minidress
You were dressed up nice and I noticed your black and white minidress

You had a men’s sock soaking wet slid up your forearm, explain me that
You had a wet men’s sock covering your forearm, looked like a proctology exam

At the candy store, at the candy store, you gave me quite a scare
At the candy store, at the candy store, ringlets in your red, red hair

Your face was just a big moon, shinning in the back, it was not for me to see
Your face was just a big moon, shinning in the back, it was not for me to see

Download audio file (159_Doctor_Party.mp3)

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B* - 75xxxx

G5 - B* (Play throughout)

I had a headache
I took some aspirin
It got better
And it is good now

I can not feel my fingertips
I can not feel my headache anymore
I can not feel my face
I can not feel my chin

I had a headache at the doctor party
I had a headache at the doctor party
I had a headache at the doctor party
And they gave me lots of medicine

I had a backache
I tried a heating pad
It didn’t work
I tried some medicine
And that worked
Now ain’t it funny
How little pills
Can take away
Society’s ills

I took a pill at the doctor party
I took a pill at the doctor party

G5- A#5
Now we’re just chilling all these doctors and me
We had a gay old time
We had a gay old time

Download audio file (158_Electric_Storm.mp3)

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Down tuned half step.

B9 - C#9
Counting all the bodies with electric tape
B9 - C#9
This was not just a mistake
Dm7 - Em7
I wouldn’t do it in your state
Dm7 - Em7
I wouldn’t dare do it now

B9 - C#9
Counting all my chickens laying in the hay
B9 - C#9
Planting needles where the daisies lay
Dm7 - Em7
I wouldn’t do it in your living room
Dm7 - Em7
So, I wouldn’t dare do it here
E
When all is said and done
E
When all is said and done
E
When all is said and done you’ll be alone

B9 - C#9
Chewing off corners of the jigsaw parts
B9 - C#9
Borrowing your sugar from around the block
I wouldn’t do it in a swimming pool
I wouldn’t do it outside
E
When all is said and done
When all is said and done
When all is said and done you’ll be alone

B9 - C#9
Pushing all the buttons in the doctor’s chair
B9 - C#9
Smoking cigarettes in office stairs
Dm7 - Em7
I wouldn’t do it in a shopping mall
Dm7 - Em7
I wouldn’t dare make a move

B9 - C#9
B9 - C#9

Dm7 - Em7
Throwing frozen pigeons, they will not come home
Dm7 - Em7
Throwing frozen pigeons, they will not come home
Dm7 - Em7
Throw your frozen pigeons out the window
E
They will not come home

Download audio file (157_Going_to_Hell.mp3)

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C F G, pretty standard.

Let me tell you something
Nobody’s going to hell but you
Yeah, you know all those things you did
That you weren’t supposed to do?

Nobody’s going to hell but you
Nobody’s going to hell but you

Let me tell you something else, kid
You’re gonna pay for all those things you did
Yeah Nobody’s going there but you
you’ll be boiling in your stew

You better just sing along
Because pretty soon you’re gonna know this song
Because I swear, Nobody’s going to hell but you
For all those things you didn’t do
Judge and jury gonna execute you

There’s nothing else to say
I’ll be on my way
I’d rather not stand next to you
Yeah ’cause nobody’s going there but you
For all the things you refused to do

Oh, you know, you were just too complacent for me
You never housed your own ministry
You didn’t teach alternative biology
Nobody’s going to hell but you

Download audio file (156_Taking_Requests.mp3)

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Open-G.
CC | DC

Don’t you know I need you
Don’t you know it’s true
If you request it from me
I’ll split the sun in two

I needya
I needya
Needya, needya
I need you

Don’t you know I have a fever
Don’t you know it’s hot
It’s getting hotter
I’ll boil my heart
In a pot
It’s getting too hot
In this cauldron pot without your love

I needya
I needya
I need you, I need you
I need you

Don’t you know that I yearn?
In the middle of the day
For your winds to blow
My paper sails your way

I need you
I need you
I need you
I, I, I Need you
I, I, I Need you

Download audio file (155_Turned_Off.mp3)

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I’v been convicted but I haven’t been tried
I’ve been tired but I haven’t been tried
I’ve been tired, I’ve been convicted

I can’t hardly stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it

I turned the fryer off and then bit my cheek
I turned the dryer off hung my shirts for a week
I turned the fryer off
And then bit my cheek

I laid you off, I took you out last week
I stripped you down, wrapped you in red sheets
Stripped you down, wrapped you in red sheets
Stripped you down, wrapped you in red sheets

I can’t hardly stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it

I laid youah-
I laid youah-
I laid youah-
I took you out last week
I stripped you down, wrapped you in red
Wrapped you in red
Wrapped you in red sheets

I can’t hardly stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it

You know I’ve been drunk as a skunk
I’ve been gagged tied up in the trunk
You know I’ve been drunk as a skunk
I’ve been gagged bo-legged in the trunk

You know, I can’t hardly stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it

I turned the fry-
I turned the fry-
I turned the fry-
I turned the fryer off and then I bit
Then I bit my
I bit my
Then I bit my cheek
I turned the dryer off
Dryer off
Dryer off hung my shirts for a week

You know, I can’t hardly stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it
You know, I can’t hardly stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it

You know I’ve been drunk
I’ve been drunk as a skunk
Gagged in the trunk

I can’t stand it
No, I can’t stand it
I can’t hardly stand it
I can’tsta-
I can’tsta-
I can’tsta-
I can’tsta-
I can’t stand it
No, I can’t hardly stand it