These are the chords for the album "Road To Ruin" recorded in 1978.
1.I Just Want to Have Something to Do
2.I Wanted Everything
3.Don't Come Close
4.I Don't Want You
5.Needles and Pins
6.I'm Against It
7.I Wanna Be Sedated
8.Go Mental
9.Questioningly
10.She's the One
11.Bad Brain
12.It's a Long Way Back
1. I Just Want to Have Something to Do
Intro
[ A5 G5 F5 G5 ] (x2)
(verse)
A5 F5 G5
Hanging out on Second Avenue
Eating chicken Vidallo
I just want to be with you
A5
I just want to have something to do
(Chorus)
F5 G5 A5
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, well all right
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight
G5 F5 G5 A5 G5 F5
Wait-now, wait-now
A5 F5 G5
Hanging out all by myself
I don't want to be with anybody else
I just want to be with you
A5
I Just want to have something to do
F5 G5 A5
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, well all right
Tonight, tonight, tonight
Tonight, tonight, tonight ....
2. I Wanted Everything
(intro)
[ D G D F ] x4
(Verse)
G A D E D
I heard about the Easter Bunny
Presents under a Christmas tree
It was dreaming and fantasy
There was no Mom or Daddy
(chorus)
E C D
I wanted everything
I wanted everything
I wanted everything
[ E G D E ]
[ D G D F ] x4
I had the world on my shoulder
But I was getting older
Knew I was ready for it
Some kind of employment
I wanted...
[ E G D E ]
[ D G D F ] x4
[ A D A E ] x4
All day working on a truck
Bringing the groceries up
not much of a salary
No tip for the delivery
I wanted....
[ E G D E ]
[ D G D F ] x4
There's no success for me
Involved in a robbery
There's money in the supermarket
And I'm goin' in after it
I wanted...
[ E G D E ]
[ D G D F ]
I wanted everything
I wanted everything
[ D G D F ]
I wanted everything
I wanted everything
[ D G D F ]
I wanted everything
I wanted everything
[ till the end ]
3. Don't Come Close
(intro)
[ D A G ] x3
(Verse)
D
You know it's generally known
G
You got everything at home
D
Kisses out of desperation
G
Bring you more aggravation
(chorus)
D A G
and you don't come close
You don't come close
you don't come close
D
You bring out you souveniers
G
Soak them wet with your tears
D
You lose you imagination
G
Out of more aggravation
And you don't...
G
You turn red with rage
A
But act your age
G
Only thing that your regret
B A
You need more time to forget
[ G A ] x3
[ G B A ]
And you don't...
You don't come close
You don't come close
You don't come close
D
4. I don't want you
(intro)
[G F] x4
(verse)
G F G F
You said that you'd be true
G F G D#
Baby said that you'd be true
G F G F
I don't care, I don't care
G F G D# D
I don't care, I don't care
(verse)
G F D#
I don't want you
Don't want you
I don't want you anymore
[ G F ] x4
You said that you'd be mine
Baby said that you'd be mine
I don't care, I don't care
I don't care, I don't care
I don't want...
D# F D# F G F D#
I want you I want you to stay
D# F D# F G F
But I guess that it just can't be that way
[ G F ] x4
You said...
I don't want...
Don't want...
5. Needles and Pins
(intro)
F#
(chorus)
F#
I saw her today, I saw her face
D#
It was the face of love, and I knew
F#
I had to run away
D#
And get down on my knees and pray, that they go away
F# D#
And still it begins, needles and pins
B C#
Because of all my pride, the tears I gotta hide
F#
Oh I thought I was smart, I stole her heart
D#
I didn't think I'd do, but now I see
F#
She's worth to him than me, let her go ahead
D#
Take his love instead, and one day she will see
F# D#
Just how to say please, and get down on her knees
B C#
Oh that's how it begins, she'll feel those needle and pins
Hurtin' her, hurtin' her
A# G#
Why can't stop, and tell myself I'm wrong, I'm wrong, so wrong
F# F
Why can't I stand up, and tell myself I'm strong
A#
Because, saw her today, I saw her face
G
It was the face of love, and I knew
A#
I had to run away
G
And get down on my knees and pray, that they go away
A# G
And still it begins, needles and pins
D# F
Because of all my pride, the tears I gotta hide
A#
Needle and pins
Needle and pins
Needle and pins
6. I'm Against It
[ E A D A ] x2
E A D A
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
[ A D B E ] x2
B F#
I don't like politics
A E A
I don't like communists
B F#
I don't like games and fun
A E A
I don't like anyone
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And I'm against...
[ A D B E ] x2
I don't like Jesus Freaks
I don't like cricus geeks
I don't like summer and sports
I don't like anything
[ E A D A ] x2
[ E G E D ] x2
[ A C D E ] x2
I don't like sex and drugs
I don't like waterbugs
I don't care about poverty
All I care about is me
And I'm against...
[ A D B E ] x2
I don't like playing ping pong
I don't like the Viet Cong
I don't like Burger King
I don't like anything
[ E G E D ] x2
[ A C D E ] x2
And I'm against...
Well I'm against it
I'm against it
7. I wanna be sedated
Intro
Guitar 1
[ D#\E ]
Guitar 2
e-------4----------------------------------
B--4----5----5----5----5---5---5---5-------
G--4---------4----4----4---4---4---4-------
D------------------------------------------ x2
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
(verse)
E A E
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated
Chorus
B E
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain
A B
Oh no no no no no
E
twenty-twenty.....
solo
Guitar 1
E A B E
Guitar 2
e--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
B------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------ x2
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
[ D#\E D#\E ]
F# B F#
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin' to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated
C# F#
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I go loco
I can't control my fingers I can't control my toes
B C#
Oh no no no no no
[ F\F# F\F# ]
F#
Twenty....
F# B C# F#
Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated
Guitar two
e--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2
B------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------ x2
A------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------
F# B C# F#
Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-baba-ba Ba-ba-baba-ba I wanna be sedated
8. Go Mental
[ G F Bb C ] x2
G F Bb C
I'm going mental
I'm going mental
[ C D F G ] x2
C D F G
Out of the hospital
Out against my will
Life is so beautiful
I've gone mental
A Bb
Mennnnnn-tall
Mennnnnn-tall
(end)
[ C D F G ]
then fade out
9. Questioningly
[D G Bm A ] x2
D G
Questioningly her eyes looked at me
D G
And then she spoke aren't you someone I used to know
Bm A
And weren't we lovers a long time ago?
D G
Looked at her close forced her into view
D
Yes, I said, you're a girl
G Bm A
That I once may have knew
G D
But I don't love you anymore
G D
Why do you want to talk to me for?
G D
You should have just let me walk by
G Bm A D
Memories make us cry
D G
In the morning, I'm at work at time
D G Bm A
My boss he tells me that I'm doing fine
G D
When I'm going home
G D
Whiskey bottle movie on T.V.
G D
Memories make me cry
G Bm
And I'm alone just me
A D
Just me, questioningly
[ D G Bm A ] x2
But I don't...
Looked at her...
Questioningly her...
10. She's the one
[ G E ] x2
G E
Yeah yeah she's the one
Yeah yeah she's the one
A F
When I see her on the street
You know she makes my life complete
G E
And you know I told you so
A D
She's the one, she's the one
G E
Yeah yeah she's my girl
Yeah yeah she's my girl
A F
When I see her on the street
You know she makes my life complete
G E
And you know I told you so
A G
She's the one, she's the one
A G E
Know I'll never find a girl like you
A D
But in my heart I'll always love you....
E A D G
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one
She's the one, she's the one, she's the one
11. Bad Brain
[ E A D A D ] x4
[ A E B E D ] x4
[ D B F# ] x2
A E B E D
I used to be an A student
I never used to complain
I used to be a truant
But I'm still the same
A E B E D
Bad bad brain
Bad bad brain
[ D B F# ] x2
after 2nd verse
[ E A D A D ] x4
[ D B F# ] x2
after 3rd
N.C.
Bad bad brain, bad bad brain
Bad bad brain, bad bad brain
Bad bad brain, bad bad brain
D B F# D B F#
Bad bad brain, bad bad brain
(till the end)
12. It's a Long Way Back
[ Eb D C Bb ] x4
[ Ab Bb ] x2
Ab Eb
You by the phone
You all alone
It's a long way back to Germany
It's a long way back to Germany
[ Eb D C Bb ] x4
You by the...
[ Eb D C Bb ] x4
[ Ab Bb ] x4
[ Eb D C Bb ] x4
You by the...
[ Eb D C Bb ] x4
