Counting Crows – Spaceman In Tulsa (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
C           D
Tu-ru-ru-tu-tu

              F    G
Tu-ru-ru-tu-ru-ru

C           D
Tu-ru-ru-tu-tu

              F    G
Tu-ru-ru-tu-ru-ru
[Verse]
C
You’re a spaceman in Tulsa

       G                    Am
So you cover it up in clown white

          F
All these elegant boys make such delicate toys

              G
And they know it
[Verse]
                   C
He says I know you wanna believe in something

C                     Am
But if you could just see all of the people in me

         F
Then the shadows descend from his eyes to his hands

            G
Down to his naked All-American knees
[Pre-Chorus]
        F                  G
Doesn’t anybody wanna be a rock & roll queen

          C                     D
Dress yourself up in a diamond tiara

F
Swishy little rake

        G                          C
He says, man I’m gonna make ‘em insane
[Chorus]
                D
I’m a painkiller

                     F
And I’m a caterpillar

                     G
They can’t break you man
(Yeah, they can break you apart)
        C
Another well-nigh butterfly

D                     F
Found on a bus out of town

               G                         C
Turning into a motherfucking rock & roll star
[Break]
C           D                  F  G
Do do do do do, Do do do do do do
[Verse]
C
Ally says she’s one in a million

Am
Other people tend to agree

         F
From her fishnet luck to her platform Chucks

        G
She’s a fading Miss American dream

C
But her daddy couldn’t keep his distance

C                  Am                   Am7
She says you can’t keep ‘em away if you try

    F
The saddest mistakes are the ones that we make

         G                     
Wishing away what’s right in front of our eyes
[Pre-Chorus]
F                          G
Doesn’t anybody wanna be a rock & roll queen

          C                        D
Leave ‘em laughing when you wanna die

F
Crazy little dreamer says

G                               C
Man, I can’t believe I’m still alive
[Chorus]
                D
I’m a painkiller

                     F
And I’m a caterpillar

                     G
They can’t break you man
(Yeah, they can break you apart)
        C
Another well-nigh butterfly

D                     F
Found on a bus out of town

               G                          C
Turning into a motherfucking rock & roll star
[Verse]
C                  
Bobby, he’s such a rock and roller

                  Am
Says, everybody’s somebody’s I used to know

      F
Man, I was the toast of the town

                   G
Back when everyone knew where to go

        C
I was a spaceman in Tulsa

       Am
But if you could see behind my eyes

            F
I’m just an empty smile

                                      G
And a song I don’t even know that I’m singing
[Pre-Chorus]
F                          G
Doesn’t anybody wanna be a rock & roll queen

           C                            D
Light your rocket and burn right out of town

F
Crazy little fucker says

G                         C
Man I guess I’ll see you around
[Chorus]
                D
I’m a painkiller

                    F
Superfly caterpillar

                     G
They can’t break you man 
(Yeah, they can break you apart)
C
Another well-nigh butterfly

D                     F
Found on a bus out of town

               G                         C
Turning into a motherfucking rock & roll star
[Outro]
               D                     F
I’m a painkiller yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

      G                         C
I'm a motherfucking rock & roll star

                D                      F
I’m a painkiller, and I'm a caterpillar

                                  G                         C
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm a motherfucking rock & roll star

                 D     F
(tu-ru-ru-tu-tu) Yeah, yeah

      G                         C
I'm a motherfucking rock & roll star

                D     F
(tu-ru-ru-tu-tu)Yeah, yeah

                                  G                         C
I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm-I'm a motherfucking rock & roll star