Key: G
Introduction:
D F#G
D F#G
Bm A G Em
Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
Bm A G Em
This supermarket life is getting long
Bm A G Em
What is the heart life of a colour TV
Bm A G D
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
Em C
D D2D G
Ooh western woman
D D2D G
Ooh western girl
Bm
News hound sniffs the air
A G Em
When Jessica Hahn goes down
Bm A
He latches on to that symbol
G Em
Of detachment
Bm A G Em
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
Bm A G D
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
D D2D G
Ooh western women
D D2D G
Ooh western girl
D
And the children on Melrose
D2
Strut their stuff
G
Is absolute zero cold enough
D D2 D
And out in the valley warm and clean
G
The little ones sit by their TV screens
D D2 D
No toughts 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 D2 D G
Amused itself to death
D D2 D G
Amused itself to death
D D2D G
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
D
We bought and sold
D2 D G
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
D
We oohed and aahed
D2 D
We drove our racing cars
G
We ate our last few jars of caviar
D
And somewhere out there in the stars
D2 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 Bm
They repeated every test
G
They checked out all the data on their lists
Bm
And then the alien anthropologists
G F#m Em
Admitted they were still perplexed
D
But on eliminating every other reason
D2 G
For our sad demise
D D2 D
They logged the only explanation left
G Bm
This species has amused itself to death
Em A
No tears to cry
Em A
No feelings left
Em A Bm
This species has amused itself to death
A G Em
Amused itself to death
Bm A G Em
Amused itself to death
Bm A G Em
Amused itself to death
Bm A G
Amused itself to death