My Brain Hurts chords by Screeching Weasel

"My Brain Hurts"
performed by Screeching Weasel
written by Ben Weasel
(C) 1991 Screeching Weasel
from the Lookout! Records release My Brain Hurts (LK 50 LP/CS/CD)
transcribed by Mike Ripplinger (openface@aol.com)

[Notes]
* pm = palm-muted

***
["My Brain Hurts"]

[ A / E / D ] x4 (with lead)

[Verse]
A (pm)                                            D
  Time gets wasted every day, I ...
   F#               E                D
My brain is melting like a ...
     A (pm)                                  D
Like characters on TV these people ...
F#           E                D
And I wonder what the ...

[ A / E / D ] x2 (with lead)

[Verse]
Milk-fed little beauty queen, she's straight ....

[Chorus]
     A
If I wanna do ...
        D
I gotta do it myself cause ...
   A
It isn't all ...
             E
And now it's time to stop ...
       A
No one knows what ...
   D
If what they're talking ...
  A
I gotta ...
      E
Cause I don't want ...

[Solo is played over these chords:]

[ A / F# / D / E ] x2
[ A / C# / D ] x4

[Repeat Chorus]

A    D               A               E             A
  My brain hurts, my brain hurts, ....
     D               A               E             A
  My brain hurts, my brain ...


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Lead
E----------------------------------|
B----------------------------------|
G------6-7-6-----------6-7-6-------|
D--7---------9-7-9-----------9-7-9-|
A------------------7---------------|
E----------------------------------|
and repeat

Outro lead
E---------------------------------|
B--10-----------------------------|
G------9-11-7--9-7-6--7-6-4--6-4--|
D---------------------------------|
A---------------------------------|
E---------------------------------|
and repeat

Solo
   A               F#                      D
E--9-------9-------12----------12----------11----------11-----------
B----9---9---9---9----12----12----12----12----11----11----11----11--
G------8-------8---------11----------11----------10----------10-----
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
   E               A               F#                      D
E--9-------9-------9-------9-------12----------12----------11-------
B----9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9----12----12----12----12----11----
G------8-------8-------8-------8---------11----------11----------10-
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
                  E               A       C#     D
E-----11----------9-------9-------9-------9--9---10---------10----10--
B--11----11----11---9---9---9---9---9---9------9----10---10----10-----
G-----------10--------8-------8-------8----------------9--------------
D---------------------------------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
   A       C#        D                         A       C#
E--9-------9-----9---10---------10------10-----9-------9-----9----
B----9---9---9-----9----10---10----10------10----9---9---9-----9--
G------8-------8-----------9----------9------------8-------8------
D-----------------------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
  D                         A       C#        D
E-10---------10------10-----9-------9-----9---10---------10------10--
B----10---10----10------10----9---9---9-----9----10---10----10-------
G-------9----------9------------8-------8-----------9----------9-----
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
   A (of chorus)
E--9-------------|
B----------------|
G----------------|
D----------------|
A----------------|
E----------------|