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