Chords:
A : x022xx or 577xxx
C#m : x466xx
C# : x4666x
F#m : 244xxx
E : 022xxx (during the verses) and x799xx (during the chorus)
D : x577xx or xx023x
[INTRO]
Garage sound :
A C# D A
A C# D A
Oh, oh - I love you
A C# D A
Oh, oh - I do
A C# D A
I got a sentimental promise for you
A C# A A
Please don't go away, oh yeah
[VERSE 1]
A C#m F#m E A
A C#m F#m
I was a high school atom bomb
E A
Going off on the weekends
A C#m F#m
Smoking dope and mowing lawns
E A
And I hated all the new trends
[PRE-CHORUS 1]
A C#m F#m
Me and my friends sang: "Woh-uh-oh-oh-oh"
E A C#m F#m
It's true, the middle of the road
E A
At least it's better than here
[CHORUS]
A
Looking for a cause
D E
But all I got was Santa Clause
A D E
I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die
A
I feel like a Jell-o
D E
Lost somewhere over the Rainbow
A D E
I'm too scared to dream
A
But too dumb to die
A C#m F#m E A (x2)
[VERSE 2]
A C#m F#m
My daddy always was on strike
E A
Going off with the teamsters
C#m F#m
He said that everything will be alright
E
Not every Sunday can be Easter
[PRE-CHORUS 2]
A C#m F#m E
The Picket-Line screamed: "Woh-uh-oh-oh-oh"
A C#m
Don't cross, don't cross the line
F#m E A
Because you'll be a scab, not a martyr
[CHORUS]
A
Looking for a cause
D E
But all I got was Santa Clause
A D E
I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die
A
I feel like a Jell-o
D E
Lost somewhere over the Rainbow
A D E
I'm too scared to dream
But too dumb to...
[BRIDGE]
A C#m F#m E A (x2)
[CHORUS]
A
Looking for a cause
D E
But all I got was Santa Clause
A D E
I'm hanging on a dream that's too dumb to die
A
I feel like a Jell-o
D E
Lost somewhere over the Rainbow
A D E
I'm too scared to dream
A
But too dumb to die
A C#m F#m E
A C#m F#m E
End on E