USELESS
D Bm
just off (stopped) the boat
G A
they pushed out on a spendin' spree
D Bm
I spied and I caught
G A
[really quick D/Bm/G/A]
a taxi to half way home I'd miles, miles, miles to go
D Bm
I gave the bar room boss (boys)
G A
a lesson in making sure you walked home
D Bm
alone
G A
[really quick again D/Bm/G/A]
with the dregs of your dignity to keep you company
D Bm
a lull in
G A
language let my
D Bm
words spare/stale/bare
G A
lying there/bare faced down
D Bm A
I began to hate the sound of my own voice
D Bm
some are born in heaven
G A
some are born in Irvine
F C
and the door is as far as they will go
[same pattern for the rest of the song. another way of Playing the Quick
D/Bm/G/A progression is to play the A on the Fifth fret but don't bar with
your first finger, use it to play notes around the chord. This technique
also sounds good when the song gets intense, by playing each chord without
the barred first finger, but letting the open strings ring. The Lead work
is just variations on the D chord.]
another chorus line urge
crushed by the coast line quirks
who've held their high tide
since leaving the problems in the second modern
a man tried harder than I
boldly crossed to one side
he said: hold on to your head
I'll help you through
some are born in heaven
some are born in Irvine
and to the door is as far as they will go
with an old hand on a young brow
he said I must go
and I asked 'show me how'
put one foot on the gravy train
and you'll get there
but I never left home
I just stayed upstairs / and stared / instead
and they told me something
I already knew
they cut up my brain
and it's black and blue
the brought up the evil (told all the people)
the conclusion they drew
useless is just something begining with you
[very end is alternation between D and Bm....]
r. simons.
TheWretchX@aol.com
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