INTRO: (Television rambling) e-|---------------|B-|---------3-----| G-|------2-----2--| Repeat throughout song D-|---0-----------| Notes are muted until much later.A-|---------------|E-|---------------| VERSE:Bm A G Em Doctor Doctor what is wrong with meBm A G Em This supermarket life is getting longBm A G Em What is the heart life of a colour TVBm A G Em C What is the shelf life of a teenage queenD Dsus2 D G Ooh Western womanD Dsus2 D G Ooh Western girlBm New hounds sniff the airA G Em When Jessica Hahn goes downBm A G Em He latches onto that symbol of detachmentBm A G Em attracted by the peeling away of feelingBm A G Em C The celebrity of the abused shell the belleD Dsus2 D G Ooh Western womanD Dsus2 D G Ooh Western girlD Dsus2 D G Ooh Western womanD Dsus2 D G Ooh Western girlContinues after the adD And the children of MelroseD Dsus2 Strut their stuffG Is absolute zero cold enoughD Dsus2 D And out in the valley warm and cleanG The little ones sit by their TV screensD Dsus2 D No thoughts to thinkG No tears to cryG A Bm All sucked dryA G Down to the very last breathEm A Bartender what is wrong with me?Em A Why am I so out of breath?Em A The captain said excuse me ma'amEm A This species has amused itself to death (intro notes comes in full force)D Dsus2 D G Amused itself to deathD Dsus2 D G Amused itself to deathD Dsus2 D G We watched the tragedy unfold We did as we were toldD We bought and soldDsus2 D G It was the greatest show on earth But then it was overD we ohhed and aahedDsus2 D we drove our racing carsG We ate our last few jars of cavierD And somewhere out there in the starsDsus2 D A keen-eyed look-outG Spied a flickering lightD Our last hurrahG Our last hurrahEm A And when they found our shadowsEm A Grouped around the TV setsEm A They ran down every leadEm A They repeated every testBm G They checked out all the data on their listsBm And then the alien anthropologistsG Em Admitted they were still perplexedD But on eliminating every other reasonDsus2 D G For our sad demiseD Dsus2 D G They logged the explanation leftG Bm This species has amused itself to deathBm A G EmBm A G Em repeat and fade
Amused to Death
Roger Waters
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