Misc Cartoons – Animaniacs - A Quake A Quake (Guitar)
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[Intro]
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(Spoken) It's a quiet, peaceful night,
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the moon is shining bright,
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giving not a hint of what's in store.
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A few hours before morning,
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Without a single warning,
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Something strange begins to move the floor.
[Verse 1]
C F A quake, a quake, Bb F the house begins to shake Bb F you're bouncing 'cross the floor G C and watching all your dishes break.
[Verse 2]
F You're sleeping there's a quake, Bb F you're instantly awake, Bb F you're leaping out of bed and saying, G C "Oh, for heaven's sake!"
[Bridge]
Bb C I ran outside with neighbors, Bb C their faces filled with shocks, Bb C that's because I'm standing there
in nothing but my socks! (Oops!)
[Verse 3]
F A quake, a quake, Bb F this must be a mistake, Bb F just feel the ground go up and down G C won't someone hit the brake?
[Verse 4]
F A quake, a quake, Bb F oh, what a mess they make, Bb F the bricks, the walls, the chimney falls, G C destruction in its wake.
[Bridge]
Bb C I did not have insurance, Bb C I called him from the scene, Bb C and suddenly I'm listening to an
answering machine saying
[Verse 5]
Eb "Too late, too late, Ab Eb you shouldn't oughta wait, Ab Eb 'cause now you're stuck we wish you luck, F Bb here comes a six point eight."
[Verse 6]
Eb Whose fault, whose fault, Ab Eb blame it on the fault, Ab Eb 'cause Mr. Richter can't predict her F Bb kicking our asphalt.
[Bridge]
Ab Bb Seismologists all say tectonic Ab Bb plates are in between, Ab Bb an encroaching crustal mantle,
yeah, so what the heck's that mean?
[Verse 7]
Ab It means a quake, a quake, Db Ab oh, really, yeah, no fake, Db Ab We kind of had that feeling when the Bb Eb ground began to shake.
[Verse 8]
Ab And so, we wait, Db Ab resign ourselves to fate, Db Ab because our lawn is sitting on Bb Eb a continental plate.
[Bridge]
Db Eb We shivered through a blizzard, Db Eb went swimming through a flood, Db Eb then we blew off a hurricane
and now we hear a thud of
[Verse 9]
Db A quake, a quake, Gb Db how much more can we take, Gb Db we thought that we had seen it all but Eb Ab this one takes the cake.
[Verse 10]
Db The dirt, the rocks, Gb Db the crazy aftershocks, Gb Db it's just the planet moving granite Eb Ab several city blocks.
[Coda]
Db Now the town is falling down, Ab Db while the ground, moves around,
we won't let it get us down,
Ab Db get beneath the door frame.
[Outro]
Ab Db A quake, a quake, Gb Db it's time to pull up stake, Gb Db the worst is over, we don't buy it, Gb Db we're fed up, we can't deny it, Gb Db we just want some peace and quiet, Ab Db so we're moving to Beirut.