Chords with lyrics
🎸 Intro:
E minorEm C majorC
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2|---2-2---2-2-2--|----------------|----------------| x2
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3|---3-3---3-3-3--|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
🎸 Verse 1:
E minorEm
I'm just a jukebox standing in a joint
C majorC
I'm all lit up with pretty-colored lights
E minorEm
I'm a bum
I'm a beggar for nickels and dimes
C majorC
But I'm your millionaire a thousand times
E minorEm C majorC
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2|---2-2---2-2-2--|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3|---3-3---3-3-3--|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
🎸 Verse 2:
E minorEm
I watch you come in here, come through the door
C majorC
I watch you take a drink or three or four
E minorEm
Then I wink at you with my electric eyes
C majorC
Carry you away to Paradise
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
I'm a two-
I'm a four-
I'm a 12-bar beater
C majorC
I'm partly honest
I'm partly a cheater
G+G
There's a million human skulls in here fighting a war
C majorC A minorAm
Now let me tell you what they're fighting for
E minorEm C majorC
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2|---2-2---2-2-2--|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3|---3-3---3-3-3--|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
🎸 Verse 3:
E minorEm
To look at these old, steel lights and holes
C majorC
You might not think I got a soul
E minorEm
But the workers that worked hard to bring me to life
C majorC
Want me to tell the secrets of your life
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
I'm a two-
I'm a four-
I'm a 12-bar beater
C majorC
I'm partly honest
I'm partly a cheater
G+G
There's a million human skulls in here fighting a war
C majorC A minorAm
Now let me tell you what they're fighting for
E minorEm C majorC
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2|---2-2---2-2-2--|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3|---3-3---3-3-3--|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
🎸 Verse 4:
E minorEm
I got a waxy voice and a mechanical brain
C majorC
Look in these eyes. A minorAm I insane?
E minorEm
I haven't found my real voice yet
C majorC
But your stories and your history
I'll never forget
🎸 Bridge:
E minorEm
And I mean your personal history
C majorC
'Cause I know all about you
E minorEm
I know every step you ever took
C majorC
Every book you never read, every hand you ever held
E minorEm
Every kiss you ever stole, every job you ever lost
C majorC
Every single, solitary penny that you've cheated who out of
E minorEm
Who'd have ever believed that one of these days or nights
C majorC N.C.
You'd put a nickel in me and hear every single truth about yourself?
🎸 Chorus:
G+G
'Cause I'm a two-
I'm a four-
I'm a 12-bar beater
C majorC
I'm partly honest
I'm partly a cheater
G+G
There's a million human skulls in here fighting a war
C majorC A minorAm
Now let me tell you what we're fighting for
G+G
I'm a four-
I'm a six-
I'm a eight-bar hitter
C majorC
Feed me the nickels
I ain't no quitter
G+G
There's a million human skulls in here fighting a war
C majorC A minorAm
Now let me tell you what we're fighting for
🎸 Outro:
E minorEm C majorC
For a better what? Better people?
E minorEm
House, car, ship, plane, business?
N.C.
Maybe so