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Key: F#m
Lead Guitar Part:
e|--5--5----5-----5-----5----|----5------4--4----------|
B|--7--7------7-----7-----7--|------7----5----5--------|
G|--6--6--------6-----6------|--7-----7--4------4------|
D|---------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-------------------------|
(repeat over F#m D E progression)
Intro:
F#m D E
F#m D E
Chorus:
F#m D E
Brainwash what a price to pay
F#m D E
Brainwash when there ain't no other way
Verse 1:
F#m
Crossed ideas and twisted fear
B
Chosen channels of a million tears
E
Strains the mind, night after night
A
And the price ain't really right
Chorus:
F#m D E
Brainwash on the road to a cosmic spark
F#m D E
Brainwash rub ya and scrub ya until you're raw
Verse 2:
F#m
Snake oils on the boil
B
And the master pitch is in a coil
E
Give it up with your hands in the air
A
No way you're ever goin nowhere
Instrumental:
F#m D E
F#m D E
F#m B E A
Chorus:
F#m D E
Brainwash pick yourself up off the ground
F#m D E
Brainwash saddle up on the merry-go-round
Verse 3:
F#m
There once was a colt and they called it Morris
B
And it could not stop the flying horse
E
Thoroughbred on the wings of reason
A
Past the sky the masterpiece of freedom
Outro:
F#m D E
Brainwash
F#m D E
Brainwash
F#m D E
Brainwash
F#m D E
Brainwash
Song History
Published: August 26, 2022
Last Updated: September 10, 2025