Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: GbGb
Difficulty: Intermediate
Verse 1:
FF G minorGm
Incoherent but functional
FF G minorGm
Speeding like a dead comet
FF G minorGm
Purple crushed velvet waistcoat
DmDm G+G A augmentedA
Flecked with Maalox and bits of dried vomit
FF G minorGm
Say what you will for the effort
FF G minorGm
You can't fault the technique
FF G minorGm
Still conscious at sunrise
DmDm G+G A augmentedA
For the third time this week
Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA DmDm C majorC G+G
But when the blue lights flash
C majorC DmDm G+G
I know we're going to crash
Hook:
C majorC FF
And outside it's ninety-two degrees
C majorC FF C majorC
And KROQ is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees
Verse 2:
FF G minorGm
Blaupunkt in the dashboard
FF G minorGm
Cracks in the cylinder block
FF G minorGm
Heading up the Golden State freeway
DmDm G+G A augmentedA
Toward Eagle Rock
FF G minorGm
Ice chest full of Corona
FF G minorGm
And Pineapple Crush
FF G minorGm
It'll take twenty years
DmDm G+G A augmentedA
For the toxins to flush
Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA DmDm C majorC G+G
And when the si - rens wail
C majorC DmDm G+G
I know we're going to jail
Hook:
C majorC FF
And outside it's ninety-two degrees
C majorC FF C majorC
And KROQ is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees
Verse 3:
E minor 7Em7 FF C majorC
Follow the flame to freedom
BdimBdim A minorAm FF
The flickering lights of armageddon
Dm6Dm6 E7E7 A minorAm
Find the foot of the land way down in the pit
Ddim7Ddim7 G#G#
Keep climbing forever
C#C# D#D#
Trying to keep the torch lit
Hook:
G#G# C#C#
And outside it's ninety two degrees
G#G# C#C#
And KROQ ("The Roq of the Eighties") is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees
Outro:
G#G# C#C# G#G# C#C# G#G# C#C# G#G# C#C# G#G#