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Major Label Debut

Screeching Weasel
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 You dopes  are all the same and that's why  I'm so ashamed
 To be a part  of what might be called the punk rock  community
 You take things way  too seriously or else you take  them too lightly
 Post messages  on AOL but don't you dare  fuck with Janelle
 She's everything  that you're not, she's not a girl,  she is a thought
 She's an idea  or an ideal that you won't
Ever  get so go play with your make believe internet friends
 She's on  a Greyhound bus, I ate a hairy  coconut
 I think I might  have diverticulitis, Is  there too much beer  inside us
Ugly  riot girls saying I don't  know shit - it hurts
 To know you care  enough to send the very shittiest,  so gentlemen
 And ladies  have a seat and allow  me to repeat
 That your stupid  on-line world and your
Stupid  comments may well be justification for a beating
 Where applicable
 Not valid  in Vermont
Void  where prohibited
 And shut  your fucking mouth
 Don't go  to Easter Isle
 And overpopulate
 You'll destroy  God's Spaceship Earth
Dilute  dilute OK
 "D.I.Y."
  * (pm) = palm-muted
  * E = 0 2 2 X X X
  *  = X 7 9 9 X X
 /  /  /  /  ]
D.I.Y. Why  because we hate  you and the dumb  look on your  face
D.I.Y. Why  because your band's  another weak  charity case
 Our shows  should be five bucks  or less, we'll do  it for the kids
Two  legs good, MTV  bad, and major  labels suck  No fucking shit
 /  /  /  /  ]
D.I.Y.  is simply  your only  excuse for why  you always  fail
Initials  on the flag  you wave
 When your shitty  records won't  sell  anywhere
Politics  and social  comment, twenty  dollar words
 Won't make  your lousy music  go down easier
 You can't  polish a turd
D.I.Y.  means do  it yourself  because it's what  you  want
 It doesn't clean  the slate when
Everything  gets all  fucked  up
 What would you do  you phony fuckhead  if you hit  it  big?
 Stop acting better  than me
We  both know you're full  of shit
 /  /  /  /  /  /  ] x2
 "Compact Disc"
  * All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
  * All Fchords = X 8 10 10 X X
  * (pm) = palm-muted
 That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc
 It's a method of conveying  sound, it's square outside, inside  it's round
 That thing you're listening to is a digitally accurate
 Reading of the numbers  that make up different sounds  in fact
 It's the most technologically advanced
 Sound reproduction known  to man
  A E (w/ slides up from D)
 At least in the commercially viable sense
 That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc
 Every subtle nuance of  a tune is made available  to you
 That thing you're listening to is a high-tech dream come true
 Technically it works with laser  beams yet you can learn to use it easily
 Throw your scratched, dusty records in the trash
 It's time to move  out of the past
  E (w/ slides up from D)
 In the profit analysis sense
 That thing you're listening to is called a waste of time
 An inferior and overpriced  product of an underactive  mind
 That thing you're listening to is a multi-flawed industry scam
 Devoid of any thought or heart  at all
 It's the antithesis of rock  and roll
 But no one cares that a record sounds better
 Cause you just  can't buy them so it just  doesn't matter at all
  E (w/ slides up from D)
 And that's common sense
Solo w/ rhythm guitar chords
A
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------7-----
A-----7-7----5-4-5-4--------4-5-4---4-5-4-5---7---
E--5-----------------5-5----------5---------------
A
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------7-----
A-----7-7----5-4-5-4--------4-5-4---4-5-4-5---7---
E--5-----------------5-5----------5---------------
A
E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--5-4-----7-5-4-5-4---------5-4-----7-5-4-5-4---
E------7-5-----------------------7-5-------------
E
E----------------------
B----------------------
G----------------------
D----------------------
A--5-4-----------4-7---
E------7-5-2-5-7-------
 "Hey Asshole"
  * All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
  * All Fchords = X 8 10 10 X X
 Hey asshole your teeth are stained brown from all the shit you talk
 Hey asshole what about all the fat little teenage boys you fuck
 Hey asshole aside from dealing coke and LSD what have you done
 Dick
 /  /  /  ] x4
 Hey asshole  do you feel all warm inside
 Lording it over  a bunch of kids
 You're no upright  citizen you pig,
 A tenth grade boy's mouth  around your dick
 Hey asshole  aside from writing pretentious boring
Tunes  what have you did
 Hack
 /  /  /  ] x4
 /  /  /  /  /  ] x4
 Motherfucker!
 Hey asshole  on the internet a couple dozen mongoloids  at your tit
 Hey asshole  I think your heart done be inflated  with horseshit
 Yeah shit  dude, you fucking dirty old man
 You fucking tourist,  you wrinkled old twit
 Fuck you
 /  /  /  ] x4
 /  /  /  /  /  ] x4
 Hey asshole,  everybody knows you're the Michael Jackson  of punk rock
Asshole
 "Racist Society"
 * (pm) = palm-muted
 * All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
 Did you know  that you live in a racist  society
 Did you know  you're the privileged class
 And everybody  else is essentially  taking it up  the ass
 Did you know  that you could be free
 Did you know  that's not the way that it has  to be
 Did you know  you can still change everything
 Did you know  that there's no such thing as equality
 And there might never  be  if you don't change
 Did you know  that you live in a  war zone (culturally)
 Did you know  that your parents were fucked
 When they taught  you how to fear anybody  who wasn't white  enough
 Did you know  that you could be free
 Did you know  that's not the way that it has  to be
 Did you know  you can still change everything
 Did you know that the older  you get
 It gets easier  to blame somebody else  for your own mess
 Did you know that the Jews  don't run the world
 And all black men  aren't criminals
 Did you know there's a lot  of money to  be made
 From keeping  you paranoid,  suspicious, worried,  frightened
All  wound up and tense  inside 'cause
Big  business runs  the government  and it's not  good business
 If we burn down  the government  so they keep us occupied
 With moron TV  shows and shitty  beer that wipes  out brain cells
 And whining about  Congress and stupid  fucking income taxes
 And if that's not enough
 To keep your mind off of
 The way you're getting dicked around
 They fill you with fear and hate
 Give you someone to blame
 For all your problems
 While the country's  going down the fucking  toilet
 Do you know  what they think of you
 Do you know  how contemptuous they are  of you
 Do you know  how easy you are  to fool
 You're like a dog doing after a ball that was never  thrown
 Well guess what you're on  your own  Good luck
 "Nightbreed"
 * All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
 /  /  ] w/ Lead Riff  x4
 :
 This used to be a place where we  could walk the streets
 Unrestricted  by imaginary fears
Things  didn't seem to be so complicated  then
 Til you polluted  everything that we had here
Our  little secret was exposed for all  its worth
 Stripped of everything  that made it good and then
We  were forced out of the world that  we created
 And expected  to move on and start again
 :
We  live here  today
We  live here  always  always
We  live here  today
We  live here  always  always
 /  /  ] w/ Lead Riff  x2
:
 The money moved right in and sucked the life right out
 So the privileged could sit back and enjoy
 The things that made this place what it was before you came here
 Were the first things you decided to destroy
 We walk your streets late at night while you're asleep
 Creeping from the sewers oozing from the cracks
 We are the blood that pumps the heart you call your home
 And any day we're gonna come to take it back
We  live here, we live here, we  live here, we live here
We  live here, we live here
We  live here, we live here, we  live here, we live here
We  live here, we live here
Lead Riff A (w/ rhythm guitar chords)
E
E----------------------------
B--7-0-7-0-7-8--7-0----------
G-------------------7-6------
D-----------------------9-7--
A----------------------------
E----------------------------
 and repeat
 After playing the lead three times at the start, and after playing
 it once after the first chorus, play this slight variation:
E
E------------------------------
B--7-0-7-0-7-8--7-0------------
G-------------------7-6--------
D-----------------------9-7-9--
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

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Readable chord sheet for Major Label Debut by Screeching Weasel

You [D]dopes are all the same and that's [G]why I'm so ashamed
To be a [E]part of what might be called the punk [G]rock communi[A]ty
You take things [D]way too seriously or else you [G]take them too lightly
Post messa[E]ges on AOL but don't you [G]dare fuck with Ja[A]nelle
She's every[G]thing that you're not, she's not a [D]girl, she is a thought
She's an [G]idea or an ideal that you won't
[A]Ever get so go play with your make believe internet friends
She's [D]on a Greyhound bus, I ate a [G]hairy coconut
I think I [E]might have diverticulitis, [G]Is there too much [A]beer inside us
[D]Ugly riot girls saying I [G]don't know shit - it hurts
To know you [E]care enough to send the very [G]shittiest, so [A]gentlemen
And [G]ladies have a seat and [D]allow me to repeat
That your [G]stupid on-line world and your
[A]Stupid comments may well be justification for a beating
[G]   Where applica[D]ble
Not [A]valid in Ver[D]mont
[G]Void where prohibi[D]ted
And [A]shut  [G]   your fucking [D]mouth
Don't [G]go to Easter [D]Isle
And [A]overpopu[D]late
You'll [G]destroy God's Spaceship [D]Earth
[A]Dilute  [G]  dilute O[D]K

"D.I.Y."

[Notes]
 * (pm) = palm-muted
 * E = 0 2 2 X X X
 * [E] = X 7 9 9 X X

["D.I.Y."]

[[A] / [D] / [F#] / [E] / [D] ]

[A]D.I.Y. [D]Why because we [F#]hate you and the [E]dumb look on [D]your face
[A]D.I.Y. [D]Why because your [F#]band's another [E]weak charity [D]case
Our [F#]shows should be five [D]bucks or less, we'll [A]do it for the [E]kids
[F#]Two legs good, M[D]TV bad, and [A]major labels [E]suck      No fucking shit

[[A] / [D] / [F#] / [E] / [D] ]

[A]D.I.Y. is [D]simply your on[F#]ly excuse for [E]why you al[D]ways fail
[A]Initials on the [D]flag you wave
When your [F#]shitty records [E]won't sel[D]l anywhere
[F#]Politics and [D]social comment, [A]twenty dollar [E]words
Won't [F#]make your lousy [D]music go down [A]easier
You [E]can't polish a turd
[A]D.I.Y. means [D]do it your[F#]self because it's [E]what yo[D]u    want
[A]      It doesn't [D]clean the slate when
[F#]Everything gets [E]all fuc[D]ked  up
[A]      What would you [D]do you phony [F#]fuckhead if you [E]hit it  [D]     big?
[A]  Stop acting [D]better than me
[F#]We both know you're [E]ful[D]l of sh[A]it  [E]

[[A] / [D] / [F#] / [E] / [D] / [A] / [E] ] x2

[End on A]

"Compact Disc"

[Notes]
 * All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
 * All F
 * (pm) = palm-muted

[A]      That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc
It's a method of con[D]veying sound, it's square outside, in[A]side it's round
[A]      That thing you're listening to is a digitally accurate
Reading of the [D]numbers that make up different [A]sounds in fact
[E]   It's the most technologically advanced
Sound [F#]reproduction [D]known to man
   A                                E (w/ slides up from D
At least in the commercially viable sense
[A]      That thing you're listening to is called a compact disc
Every subtle nuance [D]of a tune is made availa[A]ble to you
[A]      That thing you're listening to is a high-tech dream come true
Technically it works with [D]laser beams yet you can learn to use it [A]easily
[E]  Throw your scratched, dusty records in the [F#]trash
It's time to [D]move out of the [A]past
                       E (w/ slides up from D
In the profit analysis sense

[A]   That thing you're listening to is called a waste of time
An inferior and [D]overpriced product of an under[A]active mind
[A]   That thing you're listening to is a multi-flawed industry scam
Devoid of any thought or [D]heart at all
It's the antithesis of [A]rock and roll
[E]  But no one cares that a record sounds better
Cause you [F#]just can't buy them so it [D]just doesn't matter at [A]all
                  E (w/ slides up from D
And that's common sense

[End on A]

[Solo w/ rhythm guitar chords]
   [A]                          [D]               [A]
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------7-----
A-----7-7----5-4-5-4--------4-5-4---4-5-4-5---7---
E--5-----------------5-5----------5---------------

                              [D]               [A]
E-------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------7-----
A-----7-7----5-4-5-4--------4-5-4---4-5-4-5---7---
E--5-----------------5-5----------5---------------

   [D]               [A]         [D]               [A]
E------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A--5-4-----7-5-4-5-4---------5-4-----7-5-4-5-4---
E------7-5-----------------------7-5-------------

   [D]               [E]
E----------------------
B----------------------
G----------------------
D----------------------
A--5-4-----------4-7---
E------7-5-2-5-7-------

"Hey Asshole"

[Notes]
 * All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X
 * All F

["Hey Asshole"]

Hey asshole your teeth are stained brown from all the shit you talk
Hey asshole what about all the fat little teenage boys you fuck
Hey asshole aside from dealing coke and LSD what have you done
Dick

[[E] / [B] / [D] / [A] ] x4

Hey [B]asshole do you feel all warm inside
Lording it [D]over a bunch of [F#]kids
You're no [B]upright citizen you pig,
A tenth grade boy's [D]mouth around your [F#]dick
Hey [B]asshole aside from writing pretentious boring
[D]Tunes what have you [F#]did
Hack

[[E] / [B] / [D] / [A] ] x4

[[B] / [G] / [D] / [A] / [D] / [E] ] x4

Motherfucker!

Hey [B]asshole on the internet a couple dozen [D]mongoloids at your [F#]tit
Hey [B]asshole I think your heart done be in[D]flated with horse[F#]shit
Yeah [B]shit dude, you fucking dirty old man
You fucking [D]tourist, you wrinkled old [F#]twit
Fuck you

[[E] / [B] / [D] / [A] ] x4

[[B] / [G] / [D] / [A] / [D] / [E] ] x4

Hey [B]asshole, everybody knows you're the Michael [D]Jackson of punk [F#]rock
[B]Asshole

"Racist Society"

[Notes]
* (pm) = palm-muted
* All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X

Did you [A]know that you live in a [B]racist so[E]ciety
Did you [A]know you're the privileged [B]class
And [C#]everybody else is e[B]ssentially taking it [A]up the ass

Did you [E]know that you could be [A]free
Did you [E]know that's not the way that it [A]has to be
Did you [E]know you can still change [A]everything

Did you [C#]know that there's no such thing as [B]equality
And there might [A]never be  [B]       if you don't [E]change
Did you [A]know that you live in a [B]  war zone ([E]culturally)
Did you [A]know that your parents were [B]fucked
When they [C#]taught you how to fear any[B]body who wasn't [A]white enough

Did you [E]know that you could be [A]free
Did you [E]know that's not the way that it [A]has to be
Did you [E]know you can still change [A]everything

[C#]      Did you know that the [B]older you get
It gets [A]easier to blame somebody [B]else for your own mess
[C#]      Did you know that the [B]Jews don't run the [A]world
And all black [B]men aren't criminals
[C#]      Did you know there's a [B]lot of money [A]to be made
From [B]keeping you para[C#]noid, suspicious, [B]worried, frightened
[A]All wound up and [B]tense inside 'cause

[E]Big business [B]runs the govern[C#]ment and it's [A]not good business
[E]  If we burn [B]down the [A]government so they keep us occupied
[E]  With moron [B]TV shows and [C#]shitty beer that [A]wipes out brain cells
[E]  And whining [B]about Congress and [A]stupid fucking income taxes

[C#]  And if that's not enough
[A]  To keep your mind off of
[E]  The way you're getting dicked a[B]round
[C#]  They fill you with fear and hate
[A]  Give you someone to blame
[E]  For all your problems
While the [B]country's going down the [A]fucking toilet

Do you [E]know what they think of [A]you
Do you [E]know how contemptuous they [A]are of you
Do you [E]know how easy you [A]are to fool
[C#]       You're like a dog doing after a ball that was [B]never thrown
Well guess what you're [A]on your own  [B]         Good [E]luck

"Nightbreed"

[Notes]
* All E chords = X 7 9 9 X X

[[B] / [G] / [E] ] w/ Lead Riff [A] x4

:
[B]  This used to be a place where [G]we could walk the streets
Un[A]restricted by imaginary [E]fears
[B]Things didn't seem to be so compli[G]cated then
Til you [A]polluted everything that we had [E]here
[B]Our little secret was exposed for [G]all its worth
Stripped of [A]everything that made it good and [E]then
[B]We were forced out of the world [G]that we created
And [A]expected to move on and start [E]again

:
[B]We live [D]here   [G]    to[E]day
[B]We live [D]here al[G]ways al[E]ways
[B]We live [D]here   [G]    to[E]day
[B]We live [D]here al[G]ways al[E]ways

[[B] / [G] / [E] ] w/ Lead Riff [A] x2

[Repeat Verse]:
The money moved right in and sucked the life right out
So the privileged could sit back and enjoy
The things that made this place what it was before you came here
Were the first things you decided to destroy
We walk your streets late at night while you're asleep
Creeping from the sewers oozing from the cracks
We are the blood that pumps the heart you call your home
And any day we're gonna come to take it back

[Repeat Chorus]

[B]We live here, we live here, [D]we live here, we live here
[G]We live here, we live here  [E]
[B]We live here, we live here, [D]we live here, we live here
[G]We live here, we live here  [E]

[Repeat Chorus, End on B]

Lead Riff A (w/ rhythm guitar chords)
   [B]            [G]   [E]
E----------------------------
B--7-0-7-0-7-8--7-0----------
G-------------------7-6------
D-----------------------9-7--
A----------------------------
E----------------------------
and repeat

After playing the lead three times at the start, and after playing
it once after the first chorus, play this slight variation:

   [B]            [G]   [E]
E------------------------------
B--7-0-7-0-7-8--7-0------------
G-------------------7-6--------
D-----------------------9-7-9--
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

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