The Beer chords by Kimya Dawson

• Capo on 2nd

//Capo 2

Intro:

Gm C C Gm x4

Chorus:
    Gm             C               C             Gm
the beer i had for breakfast was a bottle of mad dog
       C                C             Gm
and my 20/20 vision was fifty percent off
                     C                  C                Gm
you said punch-buggy red and punched me right in my left eye
                        C             C                Gm
i said don't you mean pediddle? and i lit his house on fire

Verse:
Gm              C          C               Gm
he came home on acid i was holding his shotgun
                        C           C            Gm
i was dressed like tina turner in beyond thunder dome
                       C              C                  Gm
he said don't shoot, i said i won't i love you you're my friend
                C              C           Gm
i handed him my wig and shot myself in the head
                        C              C          Gm
then i stuffed a box of tissues in the hole in my skull
            C           C            Gm
i got in my mazda and i drove to the mall
                    C              C        Gm
i got a big johnson shirt and some silicone tits
                      C                 C            Gm
when i pulled out the tissues they were covered with shit

Chorus:
        Gm             C               C                  Gm
and the beer i had for breakfast was a box of cheap white wine
                       C              C            Gm
and the boom box on my shoulder was a box of clementines
                   C           C            Gm
i ate every single one without noticing the mold
                         C               C               Gm
you said you're gross my darling, i said no i'm rock and roll

Verse:
Gm              C          C         Gm
even though i'd never ever been in a band
                    C      C           Gm
i got cool as black ice tattooed on my hand
                           C              C             Gm
and the christians gave me comic books as if i would be scared
              C               C       Gm
of burning in hell well i was already there

Chorus:
        Gm             C                C             Gm
and the beer i had for breakfast silver bullet in the brain
                       C           C               Gm
and the beer i had for lunch was a bottle of night train
                       C             C                Gm
and the beer i had for dinner was my crazy neighbor's pills
                      C                  C                Gm
we had to sit down on skateboards jut to make it down the hill

Bridge:
       Gm      C             C                   Gm
then i peed my pants and you stole the groom's cigar
                         C               C                  Gm
and some old man made me watch him masturbate locked in his car
                        C                 C                Gm
when i got back to the apartment you were face down on the floor
                     C                C      Gm
you said don't Go to bed yet let's Go get a 64

Chorus:
        Gm                 C               C           Gm
and the beer i had had for breakfast was a pint of jim beam
                     C                 C          Gm
and a fifth of peach schnapps and some warm sunny d
                     C          C          Gm
and you said bottoms up just as i bottomed out
                       C                 C              Gm
i tried to scream fuck you but blood was pouring out my mouth

Verse:
Gm         C                C               Gm
evan dando never planned on telling you the truth
                  C            C                Gm
and your leonardo i.d. card is your fountain of youth
                 C             C             Gm
you can be a teenager for your whole fucking life
                       C         C                    Gm
just find some pretty sucker and make that bitch your wife
                   C                  C               Gm
i guess by now you all know my friend danny broke his neck
                         C              C          Gm
he was driving home from sirens when he got into a wreck
                  C       C                Gm
first i cried for him and then i cried for me
               C            C              Gm
haunted by the ghost of the girl i used to be
                   C         C          Gm
but the rocks with holes are warm in my hands
                C           C       Gm
and i buried my toes in the hot hot sand
                    C    C         Gm
and the silver pink pony kisses me and says
                         C       C                        Gm
you've come a long, long way and you deserve to be really happy

Outro:
Gm C C Gm x4
Gm C Gm C Gm C Gm