Joe Jackson – Its All Too Much (Guitar)

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[Intro] E E D E D A D A D A D E E D E D A D A D A D [Verse 1]
E              D
  Some days I can't get started

A                D              E
Wondering which shoe to put on first

             D
Or should I brush my teeth

   A            D            E
Before or after I put on my shirt

         D
So many big decisions

A                      D            E
Boiled or scrambled, fried or even raw

              D
I'm so damn open-minded

A                  D
Used to think I'm lucky but I'm

E     E D E  D
Cursed - - -

A D   A D   A D
 - - - - - -  I'm

E   E D E   D
cur-----sed
A D A D C F [Verse 2]
G             F
  I hate the supermarket

C              F               G
But I have to say it makes me think

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A hundred mineral waters

C                    F                G
 fun to guess which ones are safe to drink

             F
Two hundred brands of cookies

C                F                 G
  Eighty-seven kinds of chocolate chip

               F
They say that choice is freedom

C               F                G
I'm so free it drives me to the brink
[Chorus 1]
         C       Bb   F               G
And you know why-yy - - it's all too much

         C       Bb   F               E
And you know why-yy - - it's all too much

              A/E            E
It's all too much for me to bear

              A/E              E
What kind of shampoo suits my hair

              A/E            E
It's just too much for me to do

   A/E              D
Especially without you

 A      D
Please come home

       A      D
Honey please come home
[Interlude] E E D E D A D A D A D E E D E D A D A D A D [Verse 3]
E             D
  I read the morning paper

    A              D/A             E
But it all changes by the evening news

              D
The world got so much smaller

A                   D              E
I don't know which piece of it to choose

             D
I'd like to fight apartheid

 A                   D                E
Wished that I could fight the guy upstairs

             D
I'd solve a dozen cases

A              D
If only there weren't so many

E     E D E  D
clues - - -

A D   A D   A D
 - - - -  - too many

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clu----uues
A D A D C F [Verse 4]
G               F
  What shall we do this evening

C                  F             G
Send out for some sushi and champagne

             F
Stay in and watch TV

C               F                G
Fifty channels can't all be the same

               F
Maybe go to a movie

C               F          G
Fifty films on fifty tiny screens

               F
They say that choice is freedom

C                 F            G
I'm so free it's driving me insane
[Chorus 2]
         C       Bb   F               G
And you know why-yy - - it's all too much

         C       Bb   F               E
And you know why-yy - - it's all too much

             A/E             E
It's all too much for me to stand

           A/E           E
So much supply and no demand

                  A/E               E
There's just too much to struggle through

   A/E              D
Especially without you

 A      D
Please come home

       A      D
Honey please come home
[Interlude] E E D E D A D A D A D E E D E D A D A D C F [Verse 5]
G              F
  I'd like to get to know

C             F             G
All the many people I could be

          F
If I just had the time

     C                 F               G
I'm sure I could find out which one is me

         F      C
Maybe I need religion

                F          G
Or meditation 'til I disappear

               F
They say that choice is freedom

C                 F           G
I'm so free I'm stuck in therapy
[Chorus 3]
         C       Bb   F               G
And you know why-yy - - it's all too much

         C       Bb   F               E
And you know why-yy - - it's all too much

              A/E            E
It's all too much for me to take

           A/E               E
Try to be real, feel like a fake

              A/E             E
It's just too much to follow through

   A/E              D
Especially without you

 A      D
Please come home

       A      D
Honey please come home

           A      D
Won't you please come home
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