Abandon My Toys

F               G                 
Standing on the edge of someone’s 
C
shadow
C        Am             F  G
I put my hands above my head
         C        Am               
But I got several mannequins in my 
F G
bed

               F           G
So what do I do? (take the high 
road)
          F                   G
Teenage alien blues (take the high 
road)
Oh, no, no
F     G         Am
Can’t stand the truth

B(single note)

F

A - - -0-2-
E -1-3- - -

C          Am              F    
I threw my mind out in the 
         G
garbage yesterday
C              Am                
Whether I’m on drugs or not, I’m 
F                  G
brain dead, either way

             F             G
So what do I do? (take the high 
road)
              F              G
See you making out (take the high 
road)
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
F     G         Am
Can’t stand the high road, baby
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       F    G       Am
If you want some of my love, darlin’
        F    G     Am
You can walk to my house, babe

B A B F x4

B                   A  B         F
I will stand up for my rights
     B           A   B    
From Jesus Jones and all his 
         F
parasites
B                      A  B     
They’re doing testings on mice
    F

     B       A   B          F
In a psychedelic chromosome device

B                  A  B       F
I will stand up in my mind
    B               A     D     E
And tear your heart right down

(Guitar comes in)
B A B F B A D E

B                    A   B        F
The current state of our minds
   B         A  B                  F
In six or seven years won’t matter
B                  A  B      F
I will stand up in my mind
    B         A           D    E
And tear your heart right down

B A B F

    B         A   D         E
And recognize the future is now

B A B F
B A D E

B A B F x4

                   G
Oh, but it gets so hard
                      C Bm Am
With both feet on the ground
G
I could make you my own
               C Bm Am
But now you’re down
G
And make you my own
               C Bm D
But now you’re down

D
Now I’ve got a sweetie
    C
Who knows just how to treat me
    G                       
But everyone’s talkin’ ‘bout 
 C
haircuts
        G                       
No, no, everyone’s talkin’ ‘bout 
 C
Jesus Jones