Talking Heads – What A Day That Was (Guitar Acoustic)

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[Verse]
 E    Dsus2
Well, I'm dressed up so nice
N.C. An' I'm doin' my best
E4     Dsus2
Yes I'm startin' over..
N.C. Startin' over in another place [Verse]
     G      G/F
Lemme tell you a story
N.C. Big chief with a golden crown
      G   G/F
He's got rings on his fingers
N.C. And he walks up, up to the throne [Verse]
   G         G/F
He's makin' shapes with his hands
N.C. An' don't you dare sit back
    G       G/F
Now don't you dare sit down
N.C. And don't you dare speak up [Chorus]
          D                   C
And on the first day, we had everything we could stand

G                          D
Who could have asked for more?

          D                          C
And on the second day, there was nothing else left to do

 G                      D
Ooh, what a day that was
[Verse]
 E    Dsus2
Well, there are 50,000 beggars
N.C. Roaming in the streets
  E4    Dsus2
And they have lost all their possessions
N.C. They have nothing left to eat [Verse]
G     G/F
Down come a bolt of lightning
N.C. Start an electrical storm
 G    G/F
And starts a chain reaction
N.C. Go pull a fire alarm [Verse]
 G     G/F
I said I, I'm dreaming of a city
N.C. It was my own invention
 G   G/F
And I put the wheels in motion
N.C. A time for big decisions [Chorus]
          D                  C
And on the first day, we had everything we could stand

G                           D
Ooh, and then we let it fall

           D                          C
And on the second day, there was nothing else left at all

 G                       D
Ooh, what a day that was
[Bridge]
Bb                G
Oh, a day that was

Bb                         G
Ooh, that's the way it goes

Bb                    Eb             F
There's a million ways to get things done

Bb                    Eb                 F     
Three's a million ways to make things work out
[Instrumental] Em [Verse]
 E    Dsus2
Well, I'm going right through
N.C. And the light came down
  E4  Dsus2
Well, they're roundin' 'em up
N.C. From all over the town [Verse]
 G    G/F
They're movin' forward and backwards
N.C. They're movin' backwards and front
 G    G/F
And they're enjoying themselves
N.C. Moving in every direction [Verse]
 G    G/F
And if you feel like you're in a whirlpool
N.C. You feel like going home
  G   G/F
You feel like talking to someone
N.C. Who knows the difference between right and wrong [Chorus]
          D                     C
Oh, and on the first day, we had everything we could stand

G                           D
Ooh, and then we let it fall

           D                     C
And on the second day, there was nothing else left at all

G                        D
Ooh, what a day that was
[Outro]
    E Dsus2
We're goin' boom, boom, boom
N.C. And that's the way we live
   E4 Dsus2
And in a great big room
N.C. And that's the way we live G D E