I Wish Somebody Would Built A Bridge

Ab                                                     F#
Munching on a ham and cheese sando in the morning on Friday
                            Fm
Cruising down the Pacific Highway
                       Eb
Thinking 'bout the day ahead

Ab                                              F#
I paid the rent cheque, got my registration and phone bill
                                    Fm
If those two don't overthrow me the dogs will
                                     Eb
But heck at least I know the taste of bread


Ab                                                 F#
Why do I seem to spend my whole damn life chasing paper?
                                        Fm
I'm like an actor turned singer turned waiter
          Bbm                         Eb
I'll wait around until I meet with my maker

Then I'll sign up for AA or something


Ab                                                    F#
I just wish there was some other way to get myself somewhere
                                             Fm
This little strip of earth and all that I've done there
           Bbm                      Eb
I'm like a bull-ant on the leg of a sunchair

Under a magnifying glass


Chorus:

  Ab                    C       Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C         Fm      C#   Eb
On my own I'm wasting my time


Verse 2:

Ab                                                      F#
I take a phonecall on the mobile while I'm checking the meter
                                        Fm
One sec I need to turn up that little speaker
                                Eb
It's getting noisy in this little town


Continues after the ad
Ab                                                    F#
We're like America we love to make a ho-har out of jack shit
                            Fm
I never ever really seemed to fit
                                   Eb
But now I'm stuck so deep in all of this


Ab                                                    F#
Come to think of it I might as well be travelling backwards
                                     Fm
It's been an hour and I'm only in Chatswood
           Bbm                     Eb
I hate the way that I'm becoming a product

Go pick me up for $24.95


Ab                                              F#
I'm on sale and it's retail in the world of deception
                                       Fm
You can treat a man if he can't get erections
           Bbm                     Eb
Is there a pill for my lack of direction?

Thanks mate, I'll have a pack of those


Chorus:

  Ab                   C        Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C         Fm     C#     Eb
On my own I'm wasting my time
  Ab                    C       Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C       Fm       C#     Eb
On my own I'm losing my mind


Verse 3:

Ab                                              F#
It's all good I got a broom and a cheap persian rug now
                                      Fm
I can sweep the whole thing outta my sight now
                  Eb
Outta sight, outta mind


Ab                                      F#
I'll keep on going until I'm pushing 30 or 40
                                     Fm
And as long as I don't do something naughty
                      Eb
I love my wife, what a life


Ab                                                        F#
She comes home to find me spread on the floor from blood poisoning
                                        Fm
I popped a whole lot of pills and I'm shaking
               Bbm                      Eb
And there's a needle sticking out of my arm, I ain't faking I'm zoning in
I'm zoning out


Ab                                              F#
You wanna help me, don't call me an ambulance honey
                                     Fm
Just get a silver service cab this is funny
           Bbm                   Eb
Just one passenger please, going up my own ass

You take credit card? Fuck this!



Chorus:

  Ab                    C       Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C         Fm      C#      Eb
On my own I'm wasting my time
  Ab                    C       Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C       Fm      C#      Eb
On my own I'm losing my mind

  Ab                    C       Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C         Fm            C#      Eb
On my own I'm wasting my time... I'm wasting my life
  Ab                    C       Fm
I wish somebody would build a bridge
          E          Ab
So I can get over myself
                C       Fm      C#      Eb      (Ab) *optional to resolve melody
On my own I'm losing my mind