RIFF1 E-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------| G--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| D-----------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| RIFF1a E-----------------------------------------------------------------| B---7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------------------------------------------| G-----------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| D-----------------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| RIFF2 RIFF3 RIFF4 E-------|----------------------|---------------------| B-------|----------------------|---------------------| G-------|----------------------|---------------------| D--10-9-|----------------------|7-7-7-8-10-7-7-7-8-10| A-------|-7-7-7-8-10-7-7-7-8-10|---------------------| E-------|----------------------|---------------------| RIFF3* RIFF4* E----------------------|----------------------| B----------------------|----------------------| G----------------------|----------------------| D----------------------|----------------------| A----------------------|-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-0-1-3--| E-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-0-1-3--|----------------------| *Second Guitar Intro: x4 RIFF1 x2 RIFF1a x2 RIFF2 RIFF3 Verse ( RIFF3 ) I was riding on a concrete slab, ( RIFF3 ) down a river of useless flab ( RIFF4 ) it was such a murderful day ( RIFF3 ) I heard a witch-doctor say, Chorus "I'll turn you into a toadstool" ( RIFF3 ) Now I'm looking for the joke with a microscope Verse ( RIFF3 ) my muscle's twitching on your words ( RIFF3 ) if you're on the streets you lose your nerves ( RIFF4 ) divinity throws you a curve ( RIFF3 ) sticks you and then you go berserk Chorus as life goes by you in a blur ( RIFF3 ) Leaves you murmuring a dirty word x4 x2 - Riff 3 Verse ( RIFF3 ) page out of a comic book ( RIFF3 ) a chicken hanging on a hook ( RIFF4 ) a river and a babbling brook ( RIFF3 ) a sermon and a teenage hook Chorus shaking my hand at your fake face ( RIFF3 ) a suicide a certain look Verse ( RIFF3 ) a microphone a blues guitar ( RIFF3 ) people feeling near and far ( RIFF4 ) stupidity a mental scar ( RIFF3 ) put cruel into cruelty Chorus abhorring no inspiration ( RIFF3 ) an alcoholic at the bar ( RIFF3 ) everything just goes to far x4 x2 RIFF 1x2 RIFF2 RIFF3 x2 RIFF1ax2 RIFF2 RIFF3 Verse ( RIFF3 ) I was pissing on the desert sands, ( RIFF3 ) when the desert whispered to me, ( RIFF4 ) "damn! isn't this a shame? ( RIFF3 ) things will never be the same..." Chorus I run this gas and oasis ( RIFF3 ) now I'm looking for the joke with a microscope Verse ( RIFF3 ) I was a teenage dinosaur, ( RIFF3 ) stoned and obsolete ( RIFF4 ) I didn't get fucked and I didn't get kissed ( RIFF3 ) I got so fucking pissed Chorus using my head for an ashtray ( RIFF3 ) now I'll tell you who I am Outro ( RIFF3 ) I'm the repo-man ( RIFF3 ) and I'm looking for the joke ( RIFF3 ) looking for the joke ( RIFF3 ) I'm looking for the joke with a microscope... Repeat and fade

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