Oingo Boingo – Cinderella Undercover (Guitar Live)

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[Intro] Bb F# Gm Gm Bb F# F F Bb F# Gm F C# B A Eb [Riff] G F G G F G G C# [Verse 1]

 C
When I was young

    F                         G  G7  G
my mind would always wander away

C
I couldn't talk,

  F                  G   G7 G
never had nothin' to say

Bb
But now I'm grown,

     F                         D
nothing much seems to have changed

                    C                  C  B  Bb
I think I'm going insane yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Verse 2]

  Bb
Is this a fairy tale,

     F#              Gm
are you the seven dwarves?

  Bb
Did Snow White really die

  F#                  Gm
while fighting in the war?

 F                                     Bb     F
They were the only friends I ever trusted

 F                                         Bb     F
Now they're scattered, and livin' in the city

 F
Unlisted numbers, hmmmpfph

[Chorus]

 Gm   Bb   F     Gm
Cinderella undercover

Bb      F#
I say, better alive than dead

[Riff] G F G G F G G C# [Verse 3]

C
The war is coming,

              F                      G   G7
but there's nothing much that we can do

  C
Stuck in a pay-phone,

         F                        G   G7
but the operator won't let me through

 Bb
I close my eyes,

         F                    D
but the memories burn in my brain

                    C                  C  B  Bb
I think I'm going insane yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Verse 4]

 Bb
I heard a rumor,

  F#                    Gm
they said it's gone nuclear

  Bb
I stockpile cigarettes

    F#              Gm
and doublebolt the door

F                            Bb     F
A sanctuary for all my friends

     F                                  Bb     F
We'll stay in bed until the world ends

     F
So please don't wake me, I gotta get some sleep

[Chorus]

 Gm   Bb   F     Gm
Cinderella undercover

Bb      F#
I say, better alive than dead

[Riff] G F G G F G G C# [Instrumental] C F G x2 Bb F D [Bridge]

                    C                  C  B  Bb
I think I'm going insane yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Verse 5]

 Bb                 F#
Is this a fairy tale, this can't be real

 Gm
There's fighting all around, they're screwing in the fields

 Bb                               F#
They say that values change when hunger or ambition strikes

 F
Survival is essential, at any cost or any price

    Bb                 F#
The cartoon animals on Old McDonald's farm

    Gm
Are nodding off in hotel rooms with needles in their arms

 Bb                              F#
The seven dwarves, HA!, there's only four alive today

 F
Cinderella's working for the CIA

[Instrumental Chorus] Gm Bb F Gm [Verse 6]

 F                            Bb     F
Cinderella, the fairy tale's over

 F                                     Bb     F
You should know, you got the scars to prove it

     F                                  Bb     F
And your skin isn't as soft as it used to

     F
But I don't care, come on and jump in baby

[Chorus]

 Gm   Bb   F     Gm
Cinderella undercover

Bb      F#
I say, better alive than...

 Gm   Bb   F     Gm
Cinderella undercover

Bb      F#
I say, better alive than dead

[Outro] Bb F# Gm Bb F# F Bb F# Gm C# B A Eb Gm