Jets to Brazil
Rocket Boy
Perfecting Loneliness
2002 Jade Tree Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
Key: C
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
C - x32010
G - 320003
F - 133211
Fm - 133111
Dm - xx0231
G# - 466544
Am - x02210
C/E - 032xxx
Intro: C--F-- x4
Verse 1:
C Dm F C
Headlights and red eyes
C Dm F
a warm beer between your
C C Dm
thighs Mess of pills
F C C
Hollywood hills the
Dm F
red lights Read
C
me my rights
Chorus 1:
F C
Going in a circle getting
G F
tighter every turn
F
Think you're getting
C
better but you're
G F
never quite sure
F C
Say it's all ahead of
G(Hold)
you How far can you
F Fm
see? you're
C F C F
living on your knees
Verse 2:
C Dm
Driver please
F C
find your feet
C Dm
The light's green
F
but you spaced the
C C
keys You're going
Dm F
fast but it won't
C C
last You're all
Dm F C
speed and no gas
Chorus 2:
F C
Going in a circle never
G F
getting to the point
F C
Burning up the atmosphere
G F
my rocketship boy
F C
You say there's a finish
G(Hold)
line but you're already
F Fm(hold)
beat you're
C G F
living on your knees
Bridge 1:
C G F
Rocket boy my only
C G F C G F
son you look so sad
C G F
but you're so young
C G F
You get so high
C G
You're all alone
F Fm C F C/E F
rocket boy come home
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Verse 3:
C Dm F
Notebook some
C
notes you took
C Dm
A big hit with
F C
a crooked hook
C Dm
Your best friend
F C
is you a-gain
C Dm F
You can't win but
C
you won't give in
Chorus 3:
F C
Going in a circle
G
getting lower
F
every time
F C
Say it isn't hurting
G F
but I never see you smile
F C
Asking for the doctor and
G(hold) F
I'm calling you a priest
Fm
you're living
C G F
on your knees
Bridge 2:
C G F
Rocket boy you
C G F
burn so bright
C G F
and I believe you
C G F
lie so beautifully
C G F
when you get high
C G
You're all alone
F
rocket boy
Fm C--
come home
Bridge 3:
F G C
Dad it's me again
G
I hate to call
F G
Could you come down?
G# C F
There's been an accident
C Am F Fm
"Were you in-volved?"
C F C F
"Yes sir no Sir
Dm F
they say I was"
Interlude: C--F-- x4
Verse 4:
C Dm F
Got home cried
C C Dm
alone The video
F C
will surely show
C Dm
No one knows
F C
I came this close
C Dm F
to being me but
C
I lost us both
Chorus 4:
F C
Going in a circle and
G F
it's keeping you around
F C
You've been here forever
G F
but you've never been found
F C
You didn't want a witness
G(Hold) F Fm
and I didn't want to see
C G F
you living on your knees
Outro:
C G F
Rocket boy my only
C G F C G F
son you look so sad
C G F
but you're so young
C G F
You get so high
C G
You're all alone
F Fm(hold) <-- Spaceship effects
rocket boy come home
