Perfecting Loneliness
2002 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: A
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
A - x02220
Bm - x24432
C#m - x46654
D - xx0232
F#m -244222
E - 022100
Intro: D--Bm-C#m-D--E-- x4
Verse 1:
DBmCDm
When you drive a nail
E
through all that's good
DBmC#mD
the carpen----ter becomes
EA
the wood If my concentration
E
sounds like wreckage
D
it's cause I got a
A
new feeling every
E
thirty seconds
Interlude: D--Bm-C#m-D--E-- x2
Verse 2:
DBmCDmE
We put a monkey up in space
DBCDE
and I know e------xactly how he felt
A
Looking at the latticework of
ED
stars missing his brothers back
AE
home. Too much for a postcard
Chorus 1:
A
Mercy have we gone too
DE
far? Who put all these
A
criminals in charge?
D
Did they win or just
F#m
hold all the cards?
D(hold) A(hold)
I'm leaving my place in LA
E
I'm gonna live in my car
Post Chorus:
D--Bm-C#m-D--E-- x2
Verse 3:
DD#m
Surgery girls
ED
from the USO Flown farm
BCDmE
fresh pure as snow
A
Hand me that flask
E
I just can't take it
D
She had the eyes of
my mom but she was
A
turning me on
E
Now I'm fading
Verse 4:
D(hold)
I got duct tape all
E
around my heart
DD#m
I got a satellite dish
E
to julienne my mind
A
Two-hundred channels
E
nothing's on but those
DA
network news can make
E
your eyes see blonde
Chorus 2:
A
Mercy have we lost our way?
S
(have we lost our way?)
E
Did we come down the
A
ladder from the apes?
(Oh those lonely apes)
D
Will the beard of the
F#m
prophet be assuaged?
D(hold)
I was putting my shit
A(hold)
in the car when
E--
the copters came
Guitar Solo: D--Bm-C#m-D--E-- x2
Verse 5:
DBmCDm
They put a monkey in
EDBmC#m
the white house and his
DE
uncle in the movies
A
Now the real monkey
E
wants a re-count
D
He just couldn't
believe they were
A
his own family
E
with those values
Chorus 3:
A
Mercy pick up
D
your guitar
E
We'll need a lot
A
of heroes for this war
(Pick up your guitar)
D
"Will the last band
F#m
please bring the flag?"
cause no one's
D(hold)
rocking the boat
A(hold)
and some kids here
E