Top Songs By Graham Parker
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Graham Parker
Vocals
Bruce Springsteen
Background Vocals
Nicky Hopkins
Piano
Jimmy Maelen
Percussion
Martin Belmont
Guitar
Steve Goulding
Drums
Brinsley Schwarz
Guitar
Peter Wood
Synthesiser
A. Bodnar
Bass Guitar
Danny Federici
Organ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Graham Parker
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Jimmy Iovine
Producer
Lyrics
Pre>this one has bunch of chords that are easy to play if
The capo is at 4. chords mapped out as if they were open.
Intro emcmaj7 em cmaj7
Esus4 em cmaj7
I'm just a tick in a box on a questionnaire
Esus4 em cmaj7
Another moment that flashes into nowhere
Esus4 em cmaj7 c
A brand name on a pill that get's you there, ah ah ah ah
Esus4 em cmaj7
I'm getting nothing and expecting oblivion
Esus4 em cmaj7
Thepast ain't even worth livin in
Esus4 emcmaj7 cd7
Its just a nail that keeps being driven in ah ah ah ah
Esus4 emcmaj7
I'm cold blooded and completely relaxed
Esus4 em cmaj7
I'm breaking legs and avoiding the facts
Esus4 em cmaj7 c
On the up escalator going down all the cracks, yeahah ah ah ah
Esus4 em cmaj7
You are the dummies of another frightened nation
Esus4 em cmaj7
I am a candidate for elevation
Em dsus4 c
But when I wokeup this morning I'd lost all sensation
D7
All sensation
Emc am
So get them, get him, but don't get me
Bm em c
Ah uh ah ah can't hear your cries
Am bm c
So don't get me to fill up your empty lives
Em cmaj7 em
I I i I ives empty lives
Cmaj7 em cmaj7 em cmaj7
Your empty lives empty lives
Esus4 em cmaj7
Be obedient, there is no escape
Esus4 em cmaj7
Forms to fill, time to kill love death and rape
Esus4 em cmaj7 c
Sleep baby sleep, don't let nothing awaken you ahhhhhhhh
Esus4 emcmaj7
Don't look for tomorrow, it's given you the slip
Esus4 em cmaj7
That's all contained on a silicon chip
Em dsus4 c
I'm losing shape for the eighties feeling everybody's grip slip
D7
Everybody's grip slip
Em c am
So get them, get him, but don't get me
Bm em c
Ah uh ah ah can't hear your cries
Am bm c
So don't get me to fill up your empty lives
Em d
I I I I ives empty lives
C
Just there waiting to be filled
D
With someone else's stronger will
Am c
Just can't reason to survive with empty empty
D
You got the empty empty, you got the empty empty, empty lives!
Yeah! (solo)
Esus4em cmaj7
Bring me water, bring me cocaine
Esus4 em cmaj7
Bring me something lethal, something that leaves a stain
Em dsus4 c
But please don't make me feel that emptiness again
D7
Feel the emptyness again
Em c am
So get them, get him, but don't get me
Bm em c
Ah uh ah ah get fat it's your size but
Am bm c
Don't get me to fill up your empty
Am bm c
Don't get me to fill up your empty
Am bm c
Don't get me to fill up your empty lives
Em cmaj7 em
I I ii I I I ives your empty lives
Cmaj7 em
Your empty lives
Repeat andfade with ad libbing on "don't get me" to end on chorus
/pre>
Writer(s): Graham Thomas Parker
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