AMUSED TO DEATH
Bm AG Em
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
Bm AG Em
This supermarket life is getting long
Bm AG Em
What is the heart life of a colour TV
Bm AG Em C
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
D Dsus2 DG
Ooh Western woman
D Dsus2 DG
Ooh Western girl
Bm
New hounds sniff the air
A G Em
When Jessica Hahn goes down
Bm AG Em
He latches onto that symbol of detachment
Bm AG Em
attracted by the peeling away of feeling
Bm AG Em C
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
D Dsus2 DG
Ooh Western woman
D Dsus2 DG
Ooh Western girl
D Dsus2 DG
Ooh Western woman
D Dsus2 DG
Ooh Western girl
D
And the children of Melrose
D Dsus2
Strut their stuff
G
Is absolute zero cold enough
D Dsus2 D
And out in the valley warm and clean
G
The little ones sit by their TV screens
D Dsus2 D
No thoughts to think
G
No tears to cry
G A Bm
All sucked dry
A G
Down to the very last breath
Em A
Bartender what is wrong with me?
Em A
Why am I so out of breath?
Em A
The captain said excuse me ma'am
Em A
This species has amused itself to death
D Dsus2 DG
Amused itself to death
D Dsus2 DG
Amused itself to death
D Dsus2 DG
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
D
We bought and sold
Dsus2 DG
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
D
we ohhed and aahed
Dsus2 D
we drove our racing cars
G
We ate our last few jars of cavier
D
And somewhere out there in the stars
Dsus2 D
A keen-eyed look-out
G
Spied a flickering light
D
Our last hurrah
G
Our last hurrah
Em A
And when they found our shadows
Em A
Grouped around the TV sets
Em A
They ran down every lead
Em A
They repeated every test
Bm G
They checked out all the data on their lists
Bm
And then the alien anthropologists
G Em
Admitted they were still perplexed
D
But on eliminating every other reason
Dsus2 DG
For our sad demise
D Dsus2 DG
They logged the explanation left
G Bm
This species has amused itself to death
Bm AG Em
Bm AG Em