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Song Audio

Album: Dookie (1994) - YouTube

Lyrics and Chords

Tuning: down a half step
Lyrics and Chords
TUNING    : HALF-STEP DOWN

[CHORDS USED]
    D5     B      A5     E5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--7--------------------9---------------------------------------------------|
D|--7------9------7------9---------------------------------------------------|
A|--5------9------7------7---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------7------5----------------------------------------------------------|


[BASS]

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------9-7-6-7-|
D|-----9-7-6-----7-6-------9-7-6-0-0-0-0-|
A|-5h7-------7p5-----5-9p7---------------|
E|---------------------------------------|


[VERSE]

Sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on
I change the channels for an hour or two
Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit
I'm sick of all the same old sh--
In a house with unlocked doors
                D5
And I'm f---ing lazy


[CHORUS]

B5      A5      E5       B5
Bite my lip and close my eyes
         A5     E5     B5
Take me away to paradise
            A5        E5    B5
I'm so damn bored I'm going blind
                 A5       E5
And I smell like sh--


[VERSE]

Peel me off this Velcro seat and get me moving
I sure as hell can't do it by myself
I'm feeling like a dog in heat
Barred indoors from the summer street
I locked the door to my own cell
               D5
And I lost the key


[CHORUS]

B5      A5      E5       B5
Bite my lip and close my eyes
         A5     E5     B5
Take me away to paradise
            A5        E5    B5
I'm so damn bored I'm going blind
                 A5       E5
And I smell like sh--


[BRIDGE]

E5       D5
I got no motivation
E5          D5
Where is my motivation?
E5              D5
No time for the motivation
E5         D5   B5      A5 E5 B5  A5 E5
Smoking my inspiration


[VERSE]

Sit around and watch the phone, but no one's calling
Call me pathetic, call me what you will
My mother says to get a job
But she don't like the one she's got
When masturbation's lost its fun
               D5
You're f--ing lonely


[CHORUS]

B5      A5      E5       B5
Bite my lip and close my eyes
        A5      E5
Take me away to paradise
B5          A5
I'm so damn bored
    E5    B5
I'm going blind
          A5   E5
And loneliness has to suffice
B5      A5      E5       B5
Bite my lip and close my eyes
                A5     E5
I was slipping away to paradise
B5         A5      E5      B5
Some say, "Quit or I'll go blind."
                A5     E5
But it's just a myth 


[OUTRO]

e|------------------------------12-------------------------------------------|
B|--9---9/10--10--7---9/10--12--12-------------------------------------------| Repeat few times
G|--9---9-----9---7---9-----9------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up

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