Timbuk 3 (from "Edge of Allegiance", 1989)
(intro)
F (x4) (bass line F F C-D-F)
(verse)
FBbF
Who am I? Do you recognize me?
BbFEbF
Of course you don't. I'm nobody.
FBbF
I have no money. I have no name.
BbFEbF
I tear the tickets at the hall of fame.
(chorus)
BbFCF
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
BbFCBb
You'll find my number on the B-side of life
(verse)
FBbF
Once I got lucky. I had a band
BbFEbF
We had a song it got to number 3
FBbF
Made lots of money. Made lots of friends
BbFEbF
Had lots of pretty people hangin' 'round me
FBbF
Now all I want is a place to hide
BbFEbF
To feel safe from the chaos outside
FBbF
A cold refrigerator, a warm bed
BbFEbF
A place where no one will stick a gun to my head
(chorus)
BbFCF
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
BbFCBb
We're happy living on the B-side of life
(bridge)
EbFsusF
We had a key to the city
EbDm
But the rooms it did unlock
GmDm
Were full of over-priced portraits
BbAm7C
Engaged in cheap small talk
(verse)
FBbF
So turn out the lights, turn up the radio
BbFEbF
Don't know the singer but I love that song
FBbF
I know that I'm no Baryshnikov baby
BbFEbF
But I wanna dance with you all night long
(verse no lyrics - Oooh oooh etc...)
F Bb F Bb F Eb F (x2)
(chorus)
BbFCF
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
BbFCBbF
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 A E A E D E
chorus: A E B E (x3) A E B A
bridge: D Esus4 E D C#m F#m C#m A G#m7 B