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1. AIN'T GONE AND OPEN F# D# B (2x) F# D# B Wide eyes show white F# D# B White enough to shoot F# D# G# But if you ain't got the strength to fight it A# B and you just can't hide it F# D B And I ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D B Bm ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D# B Pale faces burn F# D# B I would've thought by now we'd learn F# D# G# But every fool still waits their turn in A# B the rotisseries turning F# D B Well I ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D B Bm I ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D# B (2x) F# D# G# A# B F# D B And I ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D B And I ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D B And I ain't gonna open my eyes anymore F# D B And I ain't gonna open my eyes (2x) F# D B F# D B Bm 2. MINOR BYRD E5 D#5 D E5 G#m G+ B/F# (2x) G#m G+ G5 G#5 A5 A#5 G#m G+ B/F# G#m G+ B/F# At my nan's I wasn't thinking G#m G+ B/F# Over boiled beans and chicken G#m G+ B/F# Something cool fell in my juice cup G#m G+ B/F# So that I could lie and make stuff up D5 Dsus4 D5 Is that why? D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bsus4 B5 My future's so bright B5 C5 C#5 D5 Dsus4 D5 Strap in and go D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bsus4 B5 oh, oh, back yard rock show G5 A5 Aaah...aaah G#m G+ B/F# (2x) G#m G+ G5 G#5 A5 A#5 G#m G+ B/F# When all city folk got southern G#m G+ B/F# paint my face up with my brother G#m G+ B/F# Uncle choked and started shaking G#m G+ B/F# over whiskey, eggs and bacon D5 Dsus4 D5 Is that why? D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bsus4 B5 My future's so bright B5 C5 C#5 D5 Dsus4 D5 Strap in and go D5 C#5 C5 B5 Bsus4 B5 oh, oh, back yard rock show G5 A5 Aaah...aaah G#m G+ B/F# (3x) G#m G+ G5 G#5 A5 A#5 B5 3. SHE DIGS HER A# G# Gm B C D# (2x) A# G# Gm Your eyes hit a gilded window B C D# When the Housewives Journal, started closing every door A# G# Gm The wind's so strong and you decided B C D# That you just don't want to be carried with it anymore A# G# Gm "Oh my God" the neighbors B C D# Just can't put a word to it never seen to write or call A# G# Gm Greetings to the sister B C D# As you're strutting through your suburb watching ladies trip and fall C She came when he left, never thought it was a big decision D# Gave up on lives that revolve around car ignition C D# Hey did you ever get the feeling everything is working out okay? A# G# Gm B C D# (2x) A# G# Gm B C Sunday afternoon sure used to sting until D# The drinks kick in at ten A# G# Gm But now you've gone a collective B C D# Surely nothing ordinary kicking up a storm again A# G# Gm "Oh my God" the neighbors B C D# Just can't put a word to it never seen to write or call A# G# Gm Greetings to the sister B C D# As you're strutting through your suburb watching ladies trip and fall C Came when he left, never thought it was a big decision D# Gave up on lives that revolve around beer and fishing C D# Hey did you ever get the feeling everything is working out okay? D# C#m A# G# Gm B C (4x) 4. CATHY'S CLOWN E D F# B C B (2x) E D F# B C B E D F# B C B The weightlifter and a library tech you know E D F# B C B E D F# B C B Made a big decision in the magazine row E D F# B C B E D F# B B I'll open my catalogue just enough to let you in E E D F# B C B And she'll drop beers like you drop vitamins G E Did you ever never wanna let somebody down? G F# B Was you ever thinking that you'd be Cathy's clown now, she's around? E D F# B C B E D F# B C B The protein pills and the G-strings you left in her flat E D F# B C B E D F# B C B Are just enough to get your Dewey Decimal back E D F# B C B E D F# B C B You lift her to work, just before your daily workout begins E E D F# B C B And she'll stack up like you stack vitamins G E Did you ever never wanna let somebody down? G F# B Was you ever thinking that you'd be Cathy's clown now, she's around? E D F# B C B (3x) E D F# B (3x) 5. JEWELS AND BULLETS D5 B5 Every word they sling you hits like your folks have never been kind D5 B5 And the jewels on your apron could use some calomine D5 B5 All the girls and pig faced boys are punching joining the line G5 The old shoe that'd been lived in B5 And a towel you got dry in G5 And there's a drink you can drown in G5 So choose a blanket to die in D5 B5 Spill a drink on his front and sells the plans for a morning high rise D5 B5 'Coz there's only so much of string that pay slips can pull and unwind G5 The old shoe that'd been lived in B5 And a towel you got dry in G5 And there's a drink you can drown in G5 So choose a blanket to die in D5 B5 (2x) G5 B5 G5 B5 So cut a towel you can die in... A5 B5 D5 B5 A5 B5 D5 E5 (4x) 6. PURPLE SNEAKERS D DM7 F#m F D Had a scratch only you could itch DM7 Underneath the Glebe Point Bridge F#m And now every boy in a knitted vest F Has got some precedent D So we took a personality pill DM7 And something red to swill F#m And now every fire has gone out F in every heart that wanted to k**l Em A A4 A Let's call it a day D Every thought that once had a sound DM7 We'll have to hide 'til no one is around F#m 'cause there ain't no room in the city today F For explanations that you just can't say D Found out what shame can mean DM7 In purple sneakers and grey jeans F#m And every walked to a school that once made sense F Sure felt like an accident Em A A4 A Let's call it a day D A For every trouble you found Bm E There's a drink to lose it and drown F# G Gm But do you need somebody, to feel somebody? D Every day that once had a sound DM7 We'll have to hide 'til no one is in town F#m I don't hate I just feel better F When no one else is around D So we'll take a personality pill DM7 And something red to swill F#m And now every fire has gone out F in every heart that wanted to k**l Em A A4 A Let's call it a day D A For every trouble you found Bm E There's a drink to lose it and drown F# G Gm But do you need somebody, to feel somebody? D A You can shave a million ways Bm E To make damn sure that the twelve in you stays F# G Gm But do you need somebody, to feel somebody? D F#m G D (6x) 7. PIZZA GUY D Bm G (2x) D Bm G D Bm G Grab a six pack for the way home, its only twenty five minutes alone D Bm G Grab a chance to listen to what you see fit D Bm G Put your tail between your legs and your split D Bm G D Bm G Was never one for luck, on a pay rise or a girl you got stuck D Bm G D Bm G Never bothered with FM radio pop a compilation tape and we'll go A B C And every dick that comes from the hills A B Cm Is gonna inundate you still D Bm G (2x) D Bm G D Bm G Was never one to let something go, to make you hate or cuss at folks you don't know D Bm G As his girlfriend steals her last mushroom slice D Bm G you hope they never make their movie on time D Bm G D Bm G Was never one for luck, on a pay rise or a girl you got stuck D Bm G D Bm G Never bothered with FM radio pop a compilation tape and we'll go A B C And every dick that comes from the hills A B Cm Is gonna inundate you still D Bm G (2x) D Bm G D Bm G Nineteen to two twenty two just Nick, Jaimme, red wine and you D Bm G D Bm G Get into the Datsun and go to another massive no show D A# A# A G# G (x10) 8. THE APPLECROSS WING COMMANDER G G F2 G C C G C D C G C D C We'd like to introduce you to the nature of our trials C F G F C F G F We'd love the chance to bring your elders down G C D C G C D C So fix your Dad a drink 'cause we're gonna need to think C F G F C F G F Now you're a plane we won't need them around anymore F A# A C We done a lot of dumb things now, sure hope we do some more D C A# A And we'll wait all summer just to piss on your door G G F2 G C C G C D C G C D C The wing commander's sister is a golden haired surprise C F G F C F G F Can't walk far but I can shoot for miles G C D C G C D C And my radar can screen anyone over thirteen C F G F C F G F Now you're grown up we don't need you around anymore F A# A C We done a lot of dumb things now, sure hope we do some more D C A# A It's the last summer so in our dust you will crawl C G G F G C G F G G Gm G G (x16) A# C G (4x) G (x16) G F C G 9. STRAY E G# G# G# F# E F# F# F# E F# F E B B E E B B E E B B E E B B E B E B E It's irregular and it sure won't pay B E B E but say naught 'til you got something to say G# E So I live for forty minutes a day B E B E Can I have that? B E B E The biggest kick you ever got B E B E was paying out on dinosaur rock G# E and said with every prehistoric thought F# F E D got a sta-aa-aa-in F# F E B B E E B B E E B B E E B B E B E B E For every door that's been closed B E B E There's another rat friend you can toast G# E B E B E While your brains seem to speak through your clothes B E B E And for every handshake that'll pay B E B E there's another motherfucker who'll blame G# E that to keep a legal dose is so lame F# F E D Are you stra-aa-aa-ay? D C B7 Those born with gold with weary soul shit wake their young and die B E (4x) D G B E B E A G Are you stray? B E B E A G Are you stray? B E B E A G Are you stray? B E B E Are you stray? B E (4x) D B 10. HANDWASHER F#m B Bm F# D#m G# A# Bm F# F#m B Bm F# Never wanted more from my local store D#m G# A# Bm F# A chance to be myself be on the right side of the shelf F#m B Bm F# But for every drink I serve sure wish I had callous nerve D#m G# A# Bm F# 'Cause for every sandwich I know there's a sack of shit to be dosed B E F#m F# F# B E F#m F# F#m B Bm F# Wash my hands in shame four thousand times a day D#m G# A# Bm F# And when I make it on home there's the smell that always stays F#m B Bm F# I know the regulars well from every stale grill I sell D#m G# A# Bm F# From bain-maries to cold tea, I'm the service that you need B E F#m F#m F# F# B E F#m F# C#m E There's a poison in my drink E7 F# Its gonna take each good thought I could think C#m E7 There's a poison I know F#m B Bm F# Wash my hands in shame four thousand times a day D#m G# A# Bm F# For while I service your greed I'm just dying to be clean 11. PUNKARELLA B5 (9x) B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 Don't you wish that your kids all looked more fine? B5 E5 B5 A5 F#5 Do you feel that your guy stole all your style? B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 Animal slippers and a drink get the Sunday mail B5 E5 B5 A5 F#5 Coffee teeth and a cigarette heart for sale B5 Any minute now something's gonna happen B5 E5 D5 A5 Everything falls except the shit you fell in D5 A5 D5 A5 Mailman, black umbrella doesn't feel the need to tell ya D5 A5 G5 A5 Sure have looking better them ego kissing fools G5 A5 G5 E5 are teaching your kids in private schools, crack another bottle, it's fine B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 B5 E5 Monday morning who could ask for more B5 E5 B5 A5 F#5 Smoking pot, got the girls all round next door B5 Any minute now something's gonna happen B5 E5 D5 A5 Everything falls except the shit you fell in D5 A5 D5 A5 Mailman, black umbrella doesn't feel the need to tell ya D5 A5 G5 A5 Good to Cinderella them ego kissing fools G5 A5 G5 E5 are teaching your kids in private schools, crack another bottle, it's fine B5 E5 B5 E5 It's fine B5 E5 B5 E5 It's fine B5 E5 B5 E5 12. KEN THE MOTHER NATURE'S SON F#sus4 F# B E You've lived on beans and rice F# B E And fell for Jesus Christ F# B E And if your pants are nice B G E Mother nature's son, B G E Never made sense until you begun B G E To play the kids for fun F# B E Maybe start a TV show F# B E A service in day-glo F# B E Watch your ethics grow B G E Mother nature's kid, B G E Just keep the money hid B G E As if you never did sell F# B E (3x) B G E Mother nature's son, B G E Never made sense until you begun B G E To play the kids for fun B D (3x) B G B D (3x) B G F# B E You've never tasted hell F# B E 'cause Judas signed you well F# B E And if the story sells B G E Mother nature's kid, B G E Just keep the money hid B G E As if you never did B G E Mother nature's son, B G E Never made sense until you begun B G E To play the kids for fun B G E (2x) 13. GRAY G Em Asus2 F G Em Asus2 Cm G Bm Drunk at Cannon Falls Em I never made the call Cmaj7 I had your number Cm It was chiselled on my hand and stained G Bm Fell asleep to the line Em Lyle sung "She's made up her mind" Cmaj7 Cm Now I'm the twenty first descendant of the age and G Em I don't want it getting 'round town Asus2 F 'cause you'll kick my skinny ass if you ever saw me down G Em I can deny it 'til they all gone away Asus2 Cm But I just don't think we'll ever get that other band together G Bm Tried on all of your clothes Em But even me and your girlfriend know Cmaj7 That there's only so much one guy Cm Can steal and so G Bm We'll all choke on the slack Em Try like hell to dream you back Cmaj7 Of the nothing I got Cm You know that you've always got half and so G Em I don't want it getting 'round town Asus2 F 'cause you'll kick my skinny ass if you ever saw me down G Em I can deny it 'til they all gone away Asus2 Cm But I just don't think we'll ever get that other band together G Bm Cmaj7 Cm (2x) G Bm Drunk at Cannon Falls Em I never made the call Cmaj7 I had your number Cm It was chiselled on my hand and stained G Bm Fell asleep to the line Em Lyle sung "She's made up her mind" Cmaj7 Cm Now I'm the twenty first descendant of the age and G Em I don't want it getting 'round town Asus2 F 'cause you'll kick my skinny ass if you ever saw me down G Em I can deny it 'til they all gone away Asus2 Cm But I just don't think we'll ever get that second band together now G Bm Cmaj7 Cm (4x) 14. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH Csus2 E7/C Csus2 Would it stain E7/C Csus2 If the lights fell down on your name E7/C Csus2 And each face began to look all the same E7/C F How much is enough? G Em Am Did you ever want to just lose touch with everybody you know? Link C A G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| Csus2 In the morning E7/C Csus2 When you've wiped his taste away E7/C Csus2 The last of the red and all the records you play E7/C F How much is enough? G Em Am Did you ever want to just lose touch with everybody who heard? F Did you ever want to join a collective F#m Or throw a party just to make sure you missed it? F Did you ever want to be a collective? Intrumental Csus2 E7/C (4x) Csus2 Would you sell out E7/C Csus2 To the dealer with the lowest cost E7/C Csus2 And you burn every proscenium flaw E7/C F How much is enough? G Em Am Did you ever want to get in touch with somebody you hurt? F Offered up some kind of collective F#m Where you can never ever be left selected? F Did you ever want to be a collective? Csus2 Em Am G F Em F Em (4x) Csus2 Em Am If the lights, they fell G F Do you think you could tell Em F Em just how much? Csus2 Em Am If the lights, they fell G F Do you think you could tell Em F Em Csus2 just how much?