Nothing But The Same Old Story
Paul Brady
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Em C G I was just about nineteenC D G When I landed on their shoreD Bm7 With my eyes big as headlightsC Like the thousands and thousandsD C who came beforeG I was going to be somethingBm7 C D I smiled at the man scrutinizingG my faceD Em As I stepped down off the gangwayA Em AEm C G Came down to their cityC D G Where I worked for many's the yearD Bm7 Built a hundred housesC D Must've pulled half a millionC pints of beerG Living under suspicionBm7 C D Putting up with the hatred andG fear in their eyesD You can see that your nothing but aEm C murdererG D In their eyes, we're nothing but aEm bunch of murderers [Chorus]Em C G Hey Johnny, can't wait 'tilC D G Saturday nightD Bm7 Got a thirst that's ragingC D Know a place where we can put thatC rightG Bm7 Wash away the confusionC D Hose down this fire insideG But look out!D I'll tear you into pieces if youEm A Em A cross meContinues after the adEm C I'm sick of watching them breakG upC D Every time some bird brain puts usG downD Bm7 Making jokes on the radioC D Guess it helps them all drown outC the soundG Of the crumbling foundationsBm7 C D Any fool can see the writing onG the wallD But they just don't believe thatEm A Em A it's happeningEm C There's a crowd says I'm alrightGC D G Say they like my turn of phraseD Bm7 Take me round to their partiesC Like some dressed up monkey in aD C cageG And I play my accordionBm7 C D Oh, but when the wine seepsG through the facadeD Em It's nothing but the same oldC storyG D Nothing but the same old storyEm A [Chorus]Em C G Hey Johnny, can't wait 'tilC D G Saturday nightD Bm7 Got a thirst that's ragingC D Know a place where we can put thatC rightG Bm7 Wash away the confusionC D Hose down this fire insideG But look out!D I'll tear you into pieces if youEm A Em A cross meEm C G Got a brother in BostonC D G Says he'll send me on the fareD Bm7 Just wrote me a letterC Making out that he's cleaning upD C out thereG Two cars in the drivewayBm7 C D G Summer house way down on the CapeD And I know that he'd fix me up inEm A Em A the morningEm C G I've been thinking about itC D G But it seems so far to goD Bm7 People say in the winterC D C You'd get lost underneath the snowG And there's this girl from my home placeBm7 C D We've been planning to move backG and give it a tryD Em So I never got around to goingCG D That's why I never got around toEm A Em A going [Chorus]Em C G Hey Johnny, can't wait 'tilC D G Saturday nightD Bm7 Got a thirst that's ragingC D Know a place where we can put thatC rightG Bm7 Wash away the confusionC D Hose down this fire insideG But look out!D I'll tear you into pieces if youEm A Em A cross me