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Same Place The Fly Got Smashed Chords
Same Place The Fly Got Smashed
Chords & Lyrics
Special Thanks to Ralf!!! *all of these are figured out & written down by r. rotmalm - Go visit ralf's great GBV Site!
i believe the whole album is downtuned one half note, except where noted.
air show '88
(play around with these chords, downtuned even more:)
E--------------3-3- --------------2-2-
B--------------4-4- --------------3-3-
G--------------3-3- --------------2-2-
D-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-... -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
"you brought me down, you ruined me!
you and your family, you ruined me!"
"i did not!"
"you most certainly did!"
"get ready for excitement and adventure"
let's go!
..into...
...mister!..
..too long..
..around me....
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
????????????????
order for the new slave trade
G F
(the riff:)
A-5s6-6-6--6s5-5-5-
E------------------...
G
after clearing his throat
F riff
the speaker read from the manuscript
G F riff
"only 40 % of all participants have remained alcoholic"
G F E
and we began to discuss amongst ourselves
C G F
the possibility for a dream-filled holiday
C Dm F C
order for the new slave trade
C
C
new flag blowing
F
we've used up our minds
Am
we had no way of knowing
C
old flag burning
F
we've lost our souls
Am
there'll be no returning
F C# C
we've diverted back
F C# C
to the stretch rack
F C# C
only this time
F C# C
we won't snap back
Am
while crossing the parking lot
Dm
a stranger approached me
Am
handed me a gun
Dm
said "meet me in the ashes
Am Dm
of the old city"
Am
and we're bound
G
to have
Dm G
some fun
C F G F G
the hard way
D F#m Am G
D
man, there's a whale outta water
F#m
oh, there's a bone on a string
Am
doing everything the hard way
G
doing everything the hard way
D
still, there's release for the wicked
F#m
week feeded time on this monster play
Am
go to pale the hard way
G
go to pale the hard way
D C#m Bb G
Bb F Bb F Bb F Bb C
Bb F Bb F
so we drown in the animal sea
Bb F Bb C
the factory of human pride
Bb F Bb F
the place where i was born
Bb F Bb C
the place where my father died
D Am C G
D
past the police there's an army
F#m
marching like stoned dogs from hell
Am
into the wishing well the hard way
G
wishing well the hard way
D
doing everything the hard way
F#m
doing everything the hard way
Am
doing everything the hard way...
G
we're doing everything the hard way
drinker's peace
(verse riff:)
G-----2-------2-------1-------1---
D---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-
A-0-------0-------0-------0-------
E---------------------------------
at times i wish i were dead
busy people dancing all over my head
this i value with every move they make
real bad headache with every step they take
(chorus riff:)
G---------------------------------
D---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-
A-5-------5-------2-------2------- + verse riff
E---------------------------------
i get a contact buzz
can't remember what the problem was
i find it hard to even care
life was too real until you got there
(w/ verse riff)
my life is dirt but you seem to make it cleaner
reduce my felony to a misdemeanor
when i feel sick you're an antibiotic
organize my world that was pointless and chaotic
(w/ chorus riff)
i get a contact buzz
can't remember what the problem was
i find it hard to even care
life was too real until you got there
(bit of chorus riff to end)
mammoth cave
G Am F Bb Am F G#
C Em(?) Bb C
C
got my place like two by four
Em
necessary precaution
Bb
plants at the entrance
C
flies at the exit
C
way down deep
in the darkest hole
Am
lost my way
lost my soul
Bb
you can dig my grave
C
in mammoth cave
G Am F
i would've brought a sharp object, yeah
Bb Am
but they've taken mine all the way
F G#
all the way
C
i pretended i wasn't scared
Em
something fucking stinks in here
Bb
like a sump pump in a sewer
C
what the hell was i thinking?
C
way down deep
in the darkest hole
Am
lost my way
lost my soul
Bb
you can dig my grave
you can dig me a hole
in mammoth cave
C
mammoth cave
when she turns 50
B* Cmaj7 Fmaj7
E-0---0----0----
B-0---0----1----
G-0---0----2----
D-1---2----3----
A-2---3---------
E-2---3---------
Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Am D
Cmaj7 B*
the tavern's open again
Fmaj7 Dm G Cmaj7
the line-up who light up will surely decide the fate
B*
of these incorrigibles
Fmaj7 Dm G F
who plaster their messages up on the interstate
Fm Cmaj7 Am F
when she turns 50
Fm Am D
i might be dead
Cmaj7 B*
but acting happy again
Fmaj7 Dm G Cmaj7
go singing his songs about rush-hour traffic jams
B*
when the vodka kicks in
Fmaj7
a night at the rockies
Dm G F
digging in for the slam
Fm Cmaj7 Am F
when she turn 50
Fm Am D Dm
i'll bake the bread
Em Cmaj7
i'll bake the bread
club molluska
A D
A
have you seen that girl?
D
with the blood-shot eyes
A
with the razor-sharp teeth
D
and the hungry smile
A
it's just a runaway world
D
it's just a runaway world
A
it's just a runaway world
D
it's just a runaway world
Bm
have you seen that boy?
A
with voluptuous face
Bm
he's a concrete burn
A
and he's the king of the world
D
just a runaway world
A
just a runaway world
D
just a runaway world
pendulum
Asus F#sus
E--0----0----
B--0----0----
G--2----2----
D--2----4----
A--0----4----
E------------
Asus E F#sus E
Asus E
come on over tonight
F#sus
we'll put on some catt butt and
E
do it up right
Asus E
no need to get all caught up
F#sus E
in societies stipulations
F#sus E
you're a member of the freak generation
Asus E F#sus E
you're gonna burn, to have delation
F#sus E
C#m E
when the pendulum swings, it cuts
A C#m
when the big door swings open and shuts
A F#m
yeah, we'll be middle-age children, but so what
A E
Asus E
i haven't changed so drastically
F#sus E
they can talk so sarcastically
Asus E
they'll bust up, but we'll bust in
F#sus E
get my down back, up again
C#m E
when the pendulum swings, it cuts
A C#m
when the big door swings open and shuts
A F#m
yeah, we'll be middle-age children, but so what
A E
C#m E
when the pendulum swings, it cuts
A C#m
when the big door swings open and shuts
A F#m
yeah, we'll be middle-age children, but so what
A A G#m F#m E
A F#m
oh, we'll be so ineffective, but so what
A A G#m F#m E
ambergris
(i have no idea what they're doing to their geetars
in this song, but play this to get the right notes:)
E-7-5-2--2-4-5-6-7-
what's that you're wearing, it smells so good
you don't wanna know
what's that you're eating, could be misleading
you don't wanna know
but i wanna know
but i wanna know
but i wanna know
a cow could fly if it had wings
we use the bones and everything
what's that you're wearing, it smells so good
you don't wanna know
but i wanna know
but i wanna know
but you don't wanna know
but i wanna know
local mix-up/murder charge
(these chords are "arpeggiated":)
D C#m C Am C D G
(but not these:)
C D Em C D Em
Em G
(da riff:)
A-2-2--5-5--2-2--5-5-
E-0-0--3-3--0-0--3-3-
Em
hand me an ashtray
G
facing the light
(riff)
local mix-up
someone fix up
what we broke up
Em
the pleasure-seekers
G
are out there tonight
(riff)
local mix-up
someone fix up
what we broke up
D
you as a person
C#m
have got to think fast
C
cause this is a party
Am
but it's not gonna last
C D G
and this is the same place the fly got smashed
(this is a thing:)
D-0h2p0-5-0-
C
dressing, dressing, dressing, dressing,
D Em
dressing, dressing, dressing, like a queen
C
dressing, dressing, dressing, dressing,
D Em
dressing, dressing, dressing, like a queen
Em
aluminum ashtray
G
facing the light
(riff)
local mix-up
someone fix up
what we broke up
Em
the pleasure-seekers
G
are out there tonight
(riff)
local mix-up
someone fix up
what we broke up
(play this during solo:)
C D Em C D Em
(now the riff for a while, then:)
G F#m F
F
in the early days
he was bursting with confidence
F/E
i saw the light, changing
F
over the years
he began to submerge
F/E
the nervous wreck
we know him to be
the nervous, twisted wreck
G
so watch out for Joker Bob
F
i wish he were just a distant relative
G
but he's razor-close like blue green gelatin
F
icy-cold
F/E
acid in his heart
with this we shall draw the electrifying conclusion
F
they strapped him in
still chewing his bubblegum
F/E
they did the jesus-shock
as the reporters watched
F
finally, his ticker stopped
F/E
and they buried him with a smile on his puss
F
and that's the electrifying conclusion
Bb C F
starboy
(i have no idea if this is correct)
(but it is normally tuned)
she was the happiest girl i'd ever seen
Dm
starboy
oh oh oh starboy
oh starboy
oh oh oh starboy
C
oh starboy
Bb
oh oh, starboy
D
you know it's so easy to fall apart
it's so easy to fall apart
ooooooh...
blatant doom trip
D---2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2--
A-0------------0------------
E---------------------------
A C E
A
jill and vicky liked to drug out
C E
doing it naked with big black crooks
A
ain't no angels in this part of town
C E
take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah
A
take me on a blatant doom trip
C E
we'll go down, smell around
A C D
take me on a blatant doom trip
A
slow righteous, no time to back out
C E
lay all commands at the crack of the whip
A
i don't care if the rain causes pain
C E
just take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah
A
take me on a blatant doom trip
C E
sonic boom, legion of doom
A C D
take me on a blatant doom trip
A
scags, fags, and scallywags
C E
blackout
A
far too serious and socially hip
C E
figure it out when it's over, without a doubt
A C E
take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah
A C E
take me on a blatant doom trip
G G G A A
A
bottomless hole
rock and roll
C E
take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah
A
bottomless hole
rock and roll
C E
take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah
A
bottomless hole
rock and roll
C E
take me on a blatant doom trip, yeah...
how loft i am?
here we go, sir
G C
fly as the people are snoring
A
and maybe baby
Am
maybe baby
G
you'll be free
G C
look to the trees while they're growing
A
and maybe baby
Am
maybe baby
G
you'll see
Am Bm
maybe baby
Am D
maybe, baby
G C
climb to the top of the ladder
A
and maybe baby
Am
maybe baby
G
you'll know
G C
stay with the clouds when they scatter
A
and maybe baby
A
maybe baby
Am
maybe baby
Am
maybe baby
G C D G
you will see