Back Of A Truck Chords & Tabs
D A
She lifted the monument in her monumental arms
C G
She was the mother superior with her carry-on luggage charms
D A
She was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door
C G
She had eaten her dog and she was back for more
A# D
Back for more
A# D
Back for mo-ore
A# D
Oh, she was back for more
G A D
Some more? yes please, some more
D A
Her gym teacher thought himself a sweat sock demi god
C G
Her geraniums thought themselves an alien pod
D A
Her front porch gave way beneath the classified weight
C G
And when the ambulance came they said it's much too late
A# D
Oh, it's much too late
A# D
Oh, it's much too, much too late
A# D
Oh, it's much too late
G A D
How late? Very late, too late
D A
Now the people of New Guinea and the people of LA
C G
Have been pen pals for years cause they both hate ballet
D A
Only the pandas and bears have made a clean getaway
C G
But the news bulletin claims it's gonna be ok
D A
Now Miss Lucy had a sweatshop where the immigrants worked
C G
Problem was they all turned to pumpkins at the twelve o'clock stroke
D A
Promptly confiscated by police precinct number X
C G
That was when the alien geraniums demanded the facts
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A# D
No violence of course
A# D
No violence, no violence, of course
A# D
Hey, hey no violence, of course
G A D
Off course? Why yes, of course
D A
Here the story gets hazy and the hair gets too long
C G
The TV gets quiet as we hear a real bad song
D A
The mothers get whiskey and the girlfriends get tongue
C G
And there's a back of a truck selling smoke free lungs
D A
And there's a back of a truck selling alien pods
C G
And there's a back of a truck selling game show hosts
D A
And there's a back of a truck selling the souls of the dead
C G
And there's a back of a truck selling crumb free bread
D A
And there's a back of a truck selling the back of a car
C G
And there's a back of a car selling roadway maps
D A
And there are roadway maps selling the back of a head
C
Hey, how much for that back of a head, man?
G
Hey wait a minute, hey wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute,
D A
that's my back of a head, hey you can't sell that man
C G
that's my back of a head
Hey sell it back to me man
Sell it back to me
D A C G
It's, it's my m-m-m-m-m-m-mine
D A
She lifted the monument in her monumental arms
C G
She was the mother superior with her carry-on luggage charms
D A
She was this androgynous powder nosed girl next door
C G
She had eaten her dog and she was back for more