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Same Place The Fly Got Smashed Chords
Same Place The Fly Got Smashed
Chords & Lyrics
Special Thanks to Ralf!!! *all of these are figured out & written down by r. rotmalm - Go visit ralf's great GBV Site!
i believe the whole album is downtuned one half note, except where noted. air show '88 (play around with these chords, downtuned even more:) E--------------3-3- --------------2-2- B--------------4-4- --------------3-3- G--------------3-3- --------------2-2- D-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-... -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0- "you brought me down, you ruined me! you and your family, you ruined me!" "i did not!" "you most certainly did!" "get ready for excitement and adventure" let's go! ..into... ...mister!.. ..too long.. ..around me.... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ???????????????? order for the new slave trade G F (the riff:) A-5s6-6-6--6s5-5-5- E------------------... G after clearing his throat F riff the speaker read from the manuscript G F riff "only 40 % of all participants have remained alcoholic" G F E and we began to discuss amongst ourselves C G F the possibility for a dream-filled holiday C Dm F C order for the new slave trade C C new flag blowing F we've used up our minds Am we had no way of knowing C old flag burning F we've lost our souls Am there'll be no returning F C# C we've diverted back F C# C to the stretch rack F C# C only this time F C# C we won't snap back Am while crossing the parking lot Dm a stranger approached me Am handed me a gun Dm said "meet me in the ashes Am Dm of the old city" Am and we're bound G to have Dm G some fun C F G F G the hard way D F#m Am G D man, there's a whale outta water F#m oh, there's a bone on a string Am doing everything the hard way G doing everything the hard way D still, there's release for the wicked F#m week feeded time on this monster play Am go to pale the hard way G go to pale the hard way D C#m Bb G Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb C Bb F Bb F so we drown in the animal sea Bb F Bb C the factory of human pride Bb F Bb F the place where i was born Bb F Bb C the place where my father died D Am C G D past the police there's an army F#m marching like stoned dogs from hell Am into the wishing well the hard way G wishing well the hard way D doing everything the hard way F#m doing everything the hard way Am doing everything the hard way... G we're doing everything the hard way drinker's peace (verse riff:) G-----2-------2-------1-------1--- D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2- A-0-------0-------0-------0------- E--------------------------------- at times i wish i were dead busy people dancing all over my head this i value with every move they make real bad headache with every step they take (chorus riff:) G--------------------------------- D---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2- A-5-------5-------2-------2------- + verse riff E--------------------------------- i get a contact buzz can't remember what the problem was i find it hard to even care life was too real until you got there (w/ verse riff) my life is dirt but you seem to make it cleaner reduce my felony to a misdemeanor when i feel sick you're an antibiotic organize my world that was pointless and chaotic (w/ chorus riff) i get a contact buzz can't remember what the problem was i find it hard to even care life was too real until you got there (bit of chorus riff to end) mammoth cave G Am F Bb Am F G# C Em(?) Bb C C got my place like two by four Em necessary precaution Bb plants at the entrance C flies at the exit C way down deep in the darkest hole Am lost my way lost my soul Bb you can dig my grave C in mammoth cave G Am F i would've brought a sharp object, yeah Bb Am but they've taken mine all the way F G# all the way C i pretended i wasn't scared Em something fucking stinks in here Bb like a sump pump in a sewer C what the hell was i thinking? C way down deep in the darkest hole Am lost my way lost my soul Bb you can dig my grave you can dig me a hole in mammoth cave C mammoth cave when she turns 50 B* Cmaj7 Fmaj7 E-0---0----0---- B-0---0----1---- G-0---0----2---- D-1---2----3---- A-2---3--------- E-2---3--------- Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Am D Cmaj7 B* the tavern's open again Fmaj7 Dm G Cmaj7 the line-up who light up will surely decide the fate B* of these incorrigibles Fmaj7 Dm G F who plaster their messages up on the interstate Fm Cmaj7 Am F when she turns 50 Fm Am D i might be dead Cmaj7 B* but acting happy again Fmaj7 Dm G Cmaj7 go singing his songs about rush-hour traffic jams B* when the vodka kicks in Fmaj7 a night at the rockies Dm G F digging in for the slam Fm Cmaj7 Am F when she turn 50 Fm Am D Dm i'll bake the bread Em Cmaj7 i'll bake the bread club molluska A D A have you seen that girl? D with the blood-shot eyes A with the razor-sharp teeth D and the hungry smile A it's just a runaway world D it's just a runaway world A it's just a runaway world D it's just a runaway world Bm have you seen that boy? A with voluptuous face Bm he's a concrete burn A and he's the king of the world D just a runaway world A just a runaway world D just a runaway world pendulum Asus F#sus E--0----0---- B--0----0---- G--2----2---- D--2----4---- A--0----4---- E------------ Asus E F#sus E Asus E come on over tonight F#sus we'll put on some catt butt and E do it up right Asus E no need to get all caught up F#sus E in societies stipulations F#sus E you're a member of the freak generation Asus E F#sus E you're gonna burn, to have delation F#sus E C#m E when the pendulum swings, it cuts A C#m when the big door swings open and shuts A F#m yeah, we'll be middle-age children, but so what A E Asus E i haven't changed so drastically F#sus E they can talk so sarcastically Asus E they'll bust up, but we'll bust in F#sus E get my down back, up again C#m E when the pendulum swings, it cuts A C#m when the big door swings open and shuts A F#m yeah, we'll be middle-age children, but so what A E C#m E when the pendulum swings, it cuts A C#m when the big door swings open and shuts A F#m yeah, we'll be middle-age children, but so what A A G#m F#m E A F#m oh, we'll be so ineffective, but so what A A G#m F#m E ambergris (i have no idea what they're doing to their geetars in this song, but play this to get the right notes:) E-7-5-2--2-4-5-6-7- what's that you're wearing, it smells so good you don't wanna know what's that you're eating, could be misleading you don't wanna know but i wanna know but i wanna know but i wanna know a cow could fly if it had wings we use the bones and everything what's that you're wearing, it smells so good you don't wanna know but i wanna know but i wanna know but you don't wanna know but i wanna know local mix-up/murder charge (these chords are "arpeggiated":) D C#m C Am C D G (but not these:) C D Em C D Em Em G (da riff:) A-2-2--5-5--2-2--5-5- E-0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3- Em hand me an ashtray G facing the light (riff) local mix-up someone fix up what we broke up Em the pleasure-seekers G are out there tonight (riff) local mix-up someone fix up what we broke up D you as a person C#m have got to think fast C cause this is a party Am but it's not gonna last C D G and this is the same place the fly got smashed (this is a thing:) D-0h2p0-5-0- C dressing, dressing, dressing, dressing, D Em dressing, dressing, dressing, like a queen C dressing, dressing, dressing, dressing, D Em dressing, dressing, dressing, like a queen Em aluminum ashtray G facing the light (riff) local mix-up someone fix up what we broke up Em the pleasure-seekers G are out there tonight (riff) local mix-up someone fix up what we broke up (play this during solo:) C D Em C D Em (now the riff for a while, then:) G F#m F F in the early days he was bursting with confidence F/E i saw the light, changing F over the years he began to submerge F/E the nervous wreck we know him to be the nervous, twisted wreck G so watch out for Joker Bob F i wish he were just a distant relative G but he's razor-close like blue green gelatin F icy-cold F/E acid in his heart with this we shall draw the electrifying conclusion F they strapped him in still chewing his bubblegum F/E they did the jesus-shock as the reporters watched F finally, his ticker stopped F/E and they buried him with a smile on his puss F and that's the electrifying conclusion Bb C F starboy (i have no idea if this is correct) (but it is normally tuned) she was the happiest girl i'd ever seen Dm starboy oh oh oh starboy oh starboy oh oh oh starboy C oh starboy Bb oh oh, starboy D you know it's so easy to fall apart it's so easy to fall apart ooooooh... blatant doom trip D---2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-- A-0------------0------------ E--------------------------- A C E A jill and vicky liked to drug out C E doing it naked with big black crooks A ain't no angels in this part of town C E take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah A take me on a blatant doom trip C E we'll go down, smell around A C D take me on a blatant doom trip A slow righteous, no time to back out C E lay all commands at the crack of the whip A i don't care if the rain causes pain C E just take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah A take me on a blatant doom trip C E sonic boom, legion of doom A C D take me on a blatant doom trip A scags, fags, and scallywags C E blackout A far too serious and socially hip C E figure it out when it's over, without a doubt A C E take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah A C E take me on a blatant doom trip G G G A A A bottomless hole rock and roll C E take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah A bottomless hole rock and roll C E take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah A bottomless hole rock and roll C E take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah... how loft i am? here we go, sir G C fly as the people are snoring A and maybe baby Am maybe baby G you'll be free G C look to the trees while they're growing A and maybe baby Am maybe baby G you'll see Am Bm maybe baby Am D maybe, baby G C climb to the top of the ladder A and maybe baby Am maybe baby G you'll know G C stay with the clouds when they scatter A and maybe baby A maybe baby Am maybe baby Am maybe baby G C D G you will see