Screeching Weasel

My Brain Hurts by Screeching Weasel

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"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 ...


***
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----------------|

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