I'm Working At Nasa On Acid chords by The Flaming Lips

Chords with lyrics

The Flaming Lips (with Lightning Bolt)
I'm Working at NASA on Acid
The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends

Intro (0:09-0:23)

   E minorEm

Verse 1 (0:23-3:01)

         E minorEm      G+G             FF
   I'm working here and as I press the wrong button
         E minorEm
   They'll disappear
         E minorEm      G+G             FF
   I'm walking here and as I crush the ants below me
         E minorEm
   I'm full of fear
     E minorEm                 G+G
   Oh, can we ever find out? I'll ask the mountain,
        E minorEm          G+G     FF
   Oh, can he tell me? I'll ask the sky,
         E minorEm
   Does it know why?
   E minorEm      C majorC   C#C#
   Why?  Why?  Why?  Why? (One, two, three, four...)

Breakdown (3:01-3:49)

   e|-----------------|
   BB|-----------------|
   G+G|-6-6-6-8-8/10-10-| (Play this throughout, starting at 2:55)
   D MajorD|-----------------|
   A augmentedA|-----------------|
   E MajorE|-----------------|

   C#C#
   (no lyrics for four bars)
   C#C#
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
   D#mD#m
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
   F minorFm
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
   F#F#
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
   G#G#
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
   F#F#
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?
   G#G#
   Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?

All Hell Breaks Loose (3:49-5:40)

   Start at C#, then play whatever noise you want until the
   "One two three four" comes in at 4:26. Then just wait until
   the next verse.

Verse 2 (5:40-end)

         E minorEm      G+G          FF
   I man the controls and I'm trying to control
                    E minorEm
   Oh, something that can never be controlled, oh
     E minorEm
   Oh, why is anything here
         G+G         E minorEm        G+G
   I'll ask the insect how does he fly, I'll ask the insect again
   FF               E minorEm
   Oh, does he feel pain when he dies, when he dies
       E minorEm
   When he dies, when he dies, when he dies, when he dies
       E minorEm      E minorEm (strum once)
   When he dies, when he dies