The Magnetic Fields – 79 Rock N Roll Will Ruin Your Life (Guitar)

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[Intro] D C [Verse 1]
D                           C                  D       C
"Listen up, kid" Mama said "I'm gonna make you scream

       D            C                               D     C
When I take you backstage behind that rock 'n' roll dream

                   D                      C             D       C
You think it's all money (it's all money) controlled substances

    D          C               D        C
P-p-premarital sex and bizarre dances

                   D        F    G         D    F   G
You think it's all noise, a vast circus of fun

     D              F            G  D
Well I wouldn't say this to just anyone
[Chorus]
         G         C         D
Rock 'n' roll will ruin your life

          C              D
Like your old no-goodnik dad

          C                  D
Kill your soul and kill your wife

         C                   G
Rock 'n' roll will ruin your life

             D     G
And make you sad

           D     G
And I mean sad"
[Interlude] D G E D G E [Verse 2]
              D      C                      D     C
You laugh now maybe (ha!) but wait till you hear

     D              C                         D     C
I've got no use for groupies, too shy and too queer

                D      C                    D       C
The truth about drugs? Well, I can't afford those

        D               C                   D      C
Cause a lot of my money flew up the circus' nose

             D               F              G   D                 C     G
And all that noise (all that noise) gave me hyperacusis (all that noise)

   D                F             G              D
So turn this record down or it'll happen to you, sis
[Chorus]
G                  C         D
Rock 'n' roll will ruin your life

          C              D
Like your old no-goodnik dad

          C                  D
Kill your soul and kill your wife

         C                   G
Rock 'n' roll will ruin your life

             D     G
And make you sad

           D     G
And I mean sad