B-side Of Life chords by Timbuk 3

Chords with lyrics

Timbuk 3 (from "Edge of Allegiance", 1989)

(intro)
FF   (x4)  (bass line FF FF C-D-F)

(verse)
FF         Bb majorBb    FF
 Who am I? Do you recognize me?
Bb majorBb       FF      Eb MajorEb  FF
 Of course you don't. I'm nobody.
FF         Bb majorBb     FF
 I have no money. I have no name.
Bb majorBb     FF       Eb MajorEb   FF
 I tear the tickets at the hall of fame.

(chorus)
Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC   FF
 I buy my dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while I watch TV
I like my free time and I love my wife
Bb majorBb      FF        C majorC     Bb majorBb
 You'll find my number on the B-side of life

(verse)
FF         Bb majorBb    FF
Once I got lucky. I had a band
Bb majorBb    FF       Eb MajorEb   FF
 We had a song it got to number 3
FF          Bb majorBb      FF
 Made lots of money. Made lots of friends
Bb majorBb      FF       Eb MajorEb       FF
 Had lots of pretty people hangin' 'round me

FF         Bb majorBb    FF
Now all I want is a place to hide
Bb majorBb    FF       Eb MajorEb    FF
 To feel safe from the chaos outside
 FF         Bb majorBb   FF
A augmentedA cold refrigerator, a warm bed
 Bb majorBb       FF        Eb MajorEb    FF
A augmentedA place where no one will stick a gun to my head

(chorus)
Bb majorBb    FF       C majorC   FF
 I buy my dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while I watch TV
I like my free time and I love my wife
Bb majorBb      FF       C majorC     Bb majorBb
 We're happy living on the B-side of life

(bridge)
Eb MajorEb          Fsus4Fsus4 FF
 We had a key to the city
    Eb MajorEb       DmDm
But the rooms it did unlock
G minorGm            DmDm
 Were full of over-priced portraits
 Bb majorBb          Am7Am7 C majorC
Engaged in cheap small talk

(verse)
 FF          Bb majorBb      FF
So turn out the lights, turn up the radio
Bb majorBb       FF      Eb MajorEb    FF
 Don't know the singer but I love that song
FF           Bb majorBb    FF
 I know that I'm no Baryshnikov baby
Bb majorBb      FF       Eb MajorEb    FF
 But I wanna dance with you all night long

(verse no lyrics - Oooh oooh etc...)
FF   Bb majorBb FF  Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb FF (x2)

(chorus)
Bb majorBb      FF       C majorC   FF
 I'll buy you dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while we watch TV
Tonight's my birthday. Let's have a party
  Bb majorBb      FF        C majorC     Bb majorBb   FF
I'm thirty with a bullet from the B-side of life

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Note: If you don't like playing all of these barre chords, you can transpose it down a half step.
verse: E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD E MajorE
chorus: A augmentedA E MajorE BB E MajorE (x3) A augmentedA E MajorE BB A augmentedA