Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A5A5 B5B5 G5G5 E5E5
B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
E5 G5G5 D5/A A5A5
E5E5 G5G5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
E5 G5G5 D5/A A5A5
E5E5 G5G5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
E5 C5/G
E5E5 C5/G
Verse 1:
E5E5 G5G5 B5B5 G5G5 F#5F#5
In L.A. Basin heroin was so passé
E5E5 G5G5 B5B5 G5G5 F#5F#5
We had to find something cheaper and not so far from West L.A
E5E5 G5G5 B5B5 G5G5 F#5F#5
We were all looking for a high different and new
E5E5 G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 E5E5
When dope was hard to get, Codeine 4 and Doriden would have to do
Chorus:
C5/G G5G5 A5/E E5E5
On doors and fours we take our chance
C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 E5E5
White punks on dope‚ perfect romance
C5/G G5G5 A5/E E5E5
On doors and fours in 'Eighty three
C5C5 B5B5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
When we got loaded taking loads we'd all OD e -ven -tu-a -ly
Verse 2:
E5E5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
Was there a killer or did Jordan Hiller just have a death wish ?
G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 E5E5
His parents didn't need to find their oldest son cold as a fish
G5G5 F#5F#5
When loads were finding the roads to Beverly Hills
E5E5 G5G5 A5A5 B5B5 E5E5
Heroin and PCP were a safer bet compared to those six pills
Chorus 2:
C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 E5E5
On doors and fours we never knew
C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 E5E5
Which one of us was turning blue
C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 E5E5
Why wasn't anybody scared?
C5C5 B5B5 G5G5 E5E5
'Cause we were teenagers on loads - so no one really fucking cared!
Bridge:
C5C5 B5B5
E5E5 C5C5 A5A5 B5B5
E5E5 C5C5 B5B5
E5E5 C5C5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5
E5E5 C5C5
Another good friend's heart explodes
B5B5 E5E5
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
C5C5
but we're all still taking our loads
A5A5 B5B5 E5E5
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
C5C5
Our arteries and veins corrode
B5B5 E5E5
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
C5C5
Los Angeles' punk scene slowly erodes
A5A5 B5B5 E5E5
'Cause all the punks are doing loads
Chorus 3:
C5/G G5G5 A5/E E5E5
We lived on violent apa -thy
C5C5 G5G5 A5A5 E5E5
This was L.A. in 'eighty three
C5/G G5G5 A5/E E5E5
Straight out of the Hills of Beverly
C5C5 B5B5 B5B5 A5A5 G5G5 A5A5 A5A5 G5G5 F#5F#5 E5E5
Old L.A. punks they never die from old age - 'cause they all O -D!