Squeeze – Bonkers (Guitar)

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[Intro] C F C F Bb Gm G [Verse 1]
C               F        C         F
I know that I'm bonkers, stupidity conquers

Bb                            G
Forgive me, I know not what I do

C             F        C              Ab    Eb
The cunning behaviour, takes up every acre

                        Bb
of emotional cage in the zoo
[Chorus]
    G           C         G       C
You know how it goes, the volcano blows

F                               Dm G
eruptions hold the duvet down

                 C         G            C
The words on the lips, the sticking out ribs

     F                       C     Dm
as I try to push my weight around
[Verse 2]
C                F        C            F
I'm sorry please witness,  this act of forgiveness.

Bb                           G      C
It's all I can do for her to see,

               F         C                Ab
that I was the sad case,   a mouse in the rat race.

Eb                                Bb
Won't somebody please pass me the cheese?
[Chorus]
    G                                     C
The size of her breasts, like woodpeckers nests

      F                            Dm  G
would comfort me on winter nights.

                  C
The brains in his pants, create milli lamps

   F                     Dm
of pleasure with seconds of delight
[Interlude] Dm F G F Eb A Am F [Verse 3]
C              F        C               F
I'm bonkers believe me,   a Frederic Fellini,

Bb                  Gm
I'm swinging on the windmills of my mind,

C                 F            C                    F         Ab
where I have been ground down,    I'm still walking downtown.

Eb                   Bb
I'm leaving all this madness behind.
[Chorus]
     G           C           G          C
Laid back on the couch, with me the old slouch

F                   Dm              F
for an Oscar on the silent screen.

G                  C           G           C
There's no time to waste, as I fill my fat face

       F               C              Dm
with a pizza slice and custard cream.
[Outro]
C           F         C         F       Bb         Gm
I'm sorry I hurt you.    I'm so sorry I hurt you.

C               F        C               F         Bb  Gm  C
I'm bonkers, believe me. I'm bonkers, believe me.

                    F          C   F
Well, I'm bonkers believe me.

C               F
I'm bonkers, believe me.
(Repeat C and F chords until fade)