Amused To Death

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[Bm]Doctor Doctor what is wr[A]ong with me[G]         [Em]
[Bm]This supermarket life is[A] getting lo[G]ng       [Em]
[Bm]What is the heart life o[A]f a colo[G]ur TV    [Em]
[Bm]What is the shelf life o[A]f a teenage quee[G]n        [Em]            [C]

[D]Ooh [Dsus2]Western[D] w[G]oman
[D]Ooh [Dsus2]Western[D] g[G]irl

[Bm]New hounds sniff the air
When Jessica [A]Hahn goes do[G]wn             [Em]
[Bm]He latches onto that symbol of detachment [A]    [G]       [Em]
[Bm]attracted by th[A]e peeli[G]ng away of feeling[Em]
[Bm]The celebrity of t[A]he abu[G]sed shell the belle       [Em]           [C]

[D]Ooh We[Dsus2]stern [D]wo[G]man
[D]Ooh W[Dsus2]estern [D]girl[G]

[D]Ooh W[Dsus2]estern [D]wo[G]man
[D]Ooh W[Dsus2]estern [D]girl[G]

[D]And the children of Melrose
[D]Str[Dsus2]ut their stuff
Is[G] absolute zero cold enough
[D]And out in the valley wa[Dsus2]rm and [D]clean
The[G] little ones sit by their TV screens
[D]No thoughts to t[Dsus2]hink   [D]
[G]No tears to cry
[G]All su[A]cked [Bm]dry
Down to the very[A] last brea[G]th
[Em]Bartender what is wr[A]ong with me?
[Em]Why am I so out of brea[A]th?
[Em]The captain said exc[A]use me ma'am
[Em]This species has amuse[A]d itself to death

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[D]Amused it[Dsus2]self to[D] dea[G]th
[D]Amused it[Dsus2]self to[D] dea[G]th
[D]We watched the t[Dsus2]ragedy un[D]fold    [G]

We did as we were told
We bough[D]t and sold
It was the grea[Dsus2]test sho[D]w on ea[G]rth

But then it was over
[D]we ohhed and aahed
we drove our raci[Dsus2]ng cars [D]
[G]We ate our last few jars of cavier
[D]And somewhere out there in the stars
A ke[Dsus2]en-eyed look[D]-out
[G]Spied a flickering light
Our last hurr[D]ah
Our last hurr[G]ah

[Em]And when they found our shadows   [A]
[Em]Grouped around the TV sets  [A]
[Em]They ran down every lead[A]
[Em]They repeated every test[A]
[Bm]They checked out all the data on the[G]ir lists
And then t[Bm]he alien anthropologists
[G]Admitted they were sti[Em]ll perplexed
[D]But on eliminating every other reason
[Dsus2]For our[D] sad[G] demise
[D]They logged the explana[Dsus2]tion le[D]ft   [G]
[G]This species has amused i[Bm]tself to death

[Bm]   [A]   [G]   [Em]
[Bm]repea[A]t an[G]d fa[Em]de