Todd Snider – Talkin Seattle Blues (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
G C
G D
G C
G D G
[Chorus]
G C Hey, hey, my, my G D Rock 'n' roll will never die G C Just hang your hair down in your eyes G D G You'll make a million dollars style
[Verse 1]
G C Well, I was in this band goin' nowhere fast G D We sent out demos but everybody passed G C So one day we finally took the plunge G D Moved out to Seattle to play some grunge G Washington State that is... C Space Needle, D Eddie Vedder, D Mudhoney
[Harmonica Solo]
G C
G D
G C
G D G
[Verse 2]
G C Now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts G D We turn our amps up until it hurts G C We've got bad attitudes and what's more G D When we play we stare straight down at the floor G Woweee! C Pretty scary D How pensive, D How totally alternative
[Harmonica Solo]
G C
D G
[Verse 3]
G C Now to fit in on the Seattle scene G D You've got to do something they ain't never seen G C So thinkin' up a gimmick one day G D G We decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note C Under any circumstances D Silence...
Music's original alternative
Root's grunge
[Harmonica Solo]
G C
G D
G C
G D G
[Verse 4]
G C Well, we spread the word through the underground G D That we were the hottest new thing in town G C The record guy came out to see us one day G D And just like always we didn't play G It knocked him out C He said he loved our work D He said he loved our work, but he wasn't sure if he could G C Sell a record with nothing on it D I said tell 'em we're from Seattle G He advanced us two and half million dollars
[Harmonica Solo]
G C
D G
[Chorus]
G C Hey, hey, my, my G D Rock 'n' roll will never die G C Hang your hair down in your eyes G D G You'll make a million dollars style
[Verse 5]
G C Well, they made us do a video but that wasn't tough G D 'Cause we just filmed ourselves smashing stuff G C It's kind of weird 'cause there was no music G D But MTV said they'd love to use it G C The kids went wild, the kids went nuts G D Rolling Stone gave us a five star review D Said we played with guts G C We're scoring chicks, taking drugs G D Then we got asked to play MTV Unplugged G You should have seen it D We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of
the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place
[Harmonica Solo]
G C
D G Then we smashed our shit
G C
D G
[Verse 6]
G C Well, we blew 'em away at the Grammys show G D By refusing to play and refusing to go G C And then just when we thought fame would last forever G D Along come this band that wasn't even together
Now that's alternative
Now that's alternative to alternative
I feel stupid... and contagious
[Harmonica Solo]
G C
G D
G C
G D G
[Verse 7]
G C Well, our band got dropped and that ain't funny G D 'Cause we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money G C So the other day I called up the band G D I said boys I've taken all I can G C Shave off your goatees, pack the van D G We're going back to Athens...