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I Wish Somebody Would Built A Bridge

Key: A

Introduction:

 Ab                                                                                                         F# 
Munching on a ham and cheese sando in the morning on Friday
                                                         Fm 
Cruising down the Pacific Highway
                                               Eb 
Thinking 'bout the day ahead
 Ab                                                                                           F# 
I paid the rent cheque, got my registration and phone bill
                                                                         Fm 
If those two don't overthrow me the dogs will
                                                                           Eb 
But heck at least I know the taste of bread
 Ab                                                                                                 F# 
Why do I seem to spend my whole damn life chasing paper?
                                                                                 Fm 
I'm like an actor turned singer turned waiter
                                                                               Eb 
I'll wait around until I meet with my maker
Then I'll sign up for AA or something
 Ab                                                                                                       F# 
I just wish there was some other way to get myself somewhere
                                                                                           Fm 
This little strip of earth and all that I've done there
                                                                         Bbm 
I'm like a bull-ant on the leg of a sunchair
                     Eb 
Under a magnifying glass
     Ab                                       C             Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C                 Fm           C#     Eb 
On my own I'm wasting my time
 Ab                                                                                                           F# 
I take a phonecall on the mobile while I'm checking the meter
                                                                                 Fm 
One sec I need to turn up that little speaker
                                                                 Eb 
It's getting noisy in this little town
 Ab                                                                                                       F# 
We're like America we love to make a ho-har out of jack shit
                                                         Fm 
I never ever really seemed to fit
                                                                       Eb 
But now I'm stuck so deep in all of this
 Ab                                                                                                       F# 
Come to think of it I might as well be travelling backwards
                                                                           Fm 
It's been an hour and I'm only in Chatswood
                                                                           Eb 
I hate the way that I'm becoming a product

 Ab                                                                                           F# 
I'm on sale and it's retail in the world of deception
                                                                               Fm 
You can treat a man if he can't get erections
                       Bbm                                         Eb 
Is there a pill for my lack of direction?
Thanks mate, I'll have a pack of those
     Ab                                     C               Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C                 Fm         C#         Eb 
On my own I'm wasting my time
     Ab                                       C             Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C             Fm             C#         Eb 
On my own I'm losing my mind
 Ab                                                                                           F# 
It's all good I got a broom and a cheap persian rug now
                                                                             Fm 
I can sweep the whole thing outta my sight now
                                     Eb 
Outta sight, outta mind
 Ab                                                                           F# 
I'll keep on going until I'm pushing 30 or 40
                                                                           Fm 
And as long as I don't do something naughty
                                             Eb 
I love my wife, what a life
 Ab                                                                                                               F# 
She comes home to find me spread on the floor from blood poisoning
                                                                                 Fm 
I popped a whole lot of pills and I'm shaking
                                                                                                                             Eb 
And there's a needle sticking out of my arm, I ain't faking I'm zoning in
I'm zoning out
 Ab                                                                                           F# 
You wanna help me, don't call me an ambulance honey
                                                                           Fm 
Just get a silver service cab this is funny
                       Bbm                                     Eb 
Just one passenger please, going up my own ass
You take credit card? Fuck this!
     Ab                                       C             Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C                 Fm           C#           Eb 
On my own I'm wasting my time
     Ab                                       C             Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C             Fm           C#           Eb 
On my own I'm losing my mind
     Ab                                       C             Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C                 Fm                       C#           Eb 
On my own I'm wasting my time... I'm wasting my life
     Ab                                       C             Fm 
I wish somebody would build a bridge
                     E                   Ab 
So I can get over myself
                                 C             Fm           C#           Eb 
On my own I'm losing my mind