Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: Gb Difficulty: Intermediate Verse 1: F Gm Incoherent but functional F Gm Speeding like a dead comet F Gm Purple crushed velvet waistcoat Dm G A Flecked with Maalox and bits of dried vomit
F Gm Say what you will for the effort F Gm You can't fault the technique F Gm Still conscious at sunrise Dm G A For the third time this week Pre-Chorus: A Dm C G But when the blue lights flash C Dm G I know we're going to crash Hook: C F And outside it's ninety-two degrees C F C And KROQ is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees Verse 2: F Gm Blaupunkt in the dashboard F Gm Cracks in the cylinder block F Gm Heading up the Golden State freeway Dm G A Toward Eagle Rock F Gm Ice chest full of Corona F Gm And Pineapple Crush F Gm It'll take twenty years Dm G A For the toxins to flush Pre-Chorus: A Dm C G And when the si - rens wail C Dm G I know we're going to jail Hook: C F And outside it's ninety-two degrees C F C And KROQ is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees Verse 3: Em7 F C Follow the flame to freedom Bdim Am F The flickering lights of armageddon Dm6 E7 Am Find the foot of the land way down in the pit Ddim7 G# Keep climbing forever C# D# Trying to keep the torch lit Hook: G# C# And outside it's ninety two degrees G# C# And KROQ ("The Roq of the Eighties") is playing Siouxsie and the Banshees Outro: G# C# G# C# G# C# G# C# G#