Key: B
E
B
G
D
A
E
RIFF1a
E
B
G
D
A
E
RIFF2 RIFF3 RIFF4
E
B
G
D
A
E
RIFF3 * RIFF4 *
E
B
G
D
A
E
*Second Guitar
B5
RIFF1 x2 RIFF1a x2 RIFF2 RIFF3
Verse
E5
(
I was riding on a concrete slab,
E5
(
down a river of useless flab
A5
(
it was such a murderful day
E5
(
I heard a witch-doctor say,
Chorus
B
F#
B
C
G
C
D
C#
"I'll turn you into a toadstool"
E5
(
Now I'm looking for the joke with a microscope
Verse
E5
(
my muscle's twitching on your words
E5
(
if you're on the streets you lose your nerves
A5
(
divinity throws you a curve
E5
(
sticks you and then you go berserk
Chorus
B
F#
B
C
G
C
D
C#
as life goes by you in a blur
E5
(
Leaves you murmuring a dirty word
D5
E5
F5
E5
F5
E5
F5
E5
Verse
E5
(
page out of a comic book
E5
(
a chicken hanging on a hook
A5
(
a river and a babbling brook
E5
(
a sermon and a teenage hook
Chorus
B
F#
B
C
G
C
D
C#
shaking my hand at your fake face
E5
(
a suicide a certain look
Verse
E5
(
a microphone a blues guitar
E5
(
people feeling near and far
A5
(
stupidity a mental scar
E5
(
put cruel into cruelty
Chorus
B
F#
B
C
G
C
D
C#
abhorring no inspiration
E5
(
an alcoholic at the bar
E5
(
everything just goes to far
D5
E5
F5
E5
F5
E5
F5
E5
RIFF 1x2 RIFF2 RIFF3
F5
E5
F5
E5
F5
E5
RIFF1ax2 RIFF2 RIFF3
Verse
E5
(
I was pissing on the desert sands,
E5
(
when the desert whispered to me,
A5
(
"damn! isn't this a shame?
E5
(
things will never be the same..."
Chorus
B
F#
B
C
G
C
D
C#
I run this gas and oasis
E5
(
now I'm looking for the joke with a microscope
Verse
E5
(
I was a teenage dinosaur,
E5
(
stoned and obsolete
A5
(
I didn't get fucked and I didn't get kissed
E5
(
I got so fucking pissed
Chorus
B
F#
B
C
G
C
D
C#
using my head for an ashtray
E5
(
now I'll tell you who I am
Outro
E5
(
I'm the repo-man
E5
(
and I'm looking for the joke
E5
(
looking for the joke
E5
(
I'm looking for the joke with a microscope... Repeat and fade