The Mona L

pre>esus4 e (strummed, then) intro:

Esus4 e b c#m7
Oooh ooooh oooh ooooh ooh ooooh (twice)
Followed by notes: e eb c# b e e f# g#

A b g#m a
The dreams and hopes of men are powered by addiction
A b g#m a
And who am i to say that this is an affliction
A b e a
When everybody gets suckered in and lives their lives like fiction
A b e
Writing their own stories of success

They say they want you for your colourful evocation
The way you turn a cliche into a sensation
But all they ever wanted was that same vibration
The one that shimmers round success

Chorus
Esus4 e b c#m7
Success success success success
Esus4 e b c#m7
Success success success success
E a e
All you ever need... success

[repeat intro]

You can't be happy while some one else has a fistful
They glow from tv screens healthy strong and fiscal
And everybody slaps their back while you're alone with a wristful
Jerking to the rhythm of success

[chorus]

Esus4 022200 /pre>

pre>e^ as 0 14 14 13 12 0
A~ as 0 7 7 6 5 0

Intro: e^ / a~ / e^ / a~ / e

E a e a
I'm not a page in history not something that bold
E a g#m b
I'm not the greatest mystery that was ever told
E a e a
I may not be who you wanna spend a whole life with alone
E a g#m f#m
I'm not that fascinating with features carved like stone

Bridge
F#m g#m a a b
But i'll tell you everything before you run away hey
G#m a b e a / e / a
I'll tell you what i am i'm just your man

I'm not a hero or even someone who does good
I'm not made of iron or steel or stone or gold or bronze or wood
I may not notice the little things sometimes i can't see
But i'm not the kind of fool i'm made out to be

Bridge
F#m g#m a a b
But i love you yes i love you you can understand hey
G#m a b e a
Then you'll know what i am, i'm just your man

B g#m7 c#m7
I'm just your ma a an just your man that's all
B g#m7 c#m7 b a
And if i can't be that i'm no man at all

I'm not a burnin comet that fell out of the sky
E a g#m f#m
I know i'm just like the next clown when i get too high

Bridge
But i love you yes i love you and if you understand
Then you'll know what i am. i'm just your man

Outro: same as intro. /pre>

pre>g c
I break a heart in a thousand places, she makes a slur against other races
G c d
He rejects all of the unpretty faces, sticks them full of knives
G c
I take a shot at birds flying south, he takes the gun barrel into his mouth
G c d
She takes a rope and ties up the house, with the kids inside
G c
They just want to curl right up and die
G am d
Them and us are only passing by
G c d em
Hey hieronymous i know where your garden grows
F c d
I know where your bloody roses bloom
G c d em
Hey hieronymous tell me what delights there are
F c d
Right outside this window or inside this room
G c
Just taste the odor of burning skin, the pitchfork tongues and the rot within
G c d
The torture victim's wiped-out grin nothing can erase
G c
Somebody's pouring salt on a wound, scooping out monkey's brains with a spoon
G c d
Working on warfare up on the moon, that's the latest phase
G c
We just want to curl right up and die
G am d
You and me are only passing by (chorus)(guitar solo)
G c
Germans and turks and english nerks spew out of doorways going beserk
G c d
Inside of everyone someone lurks, they don't even know
G
Bring them all in, yeah, they're welcome here
C
You can't sell your work? then cut off your ear
G c d
Put it right on the table there, all tied up in bows

(chorus) (repeat chorus) (outro same as verse) /pre>

pre>thanx kirk anderson (kanderso@wheatonma.edu) for chords, he writes:
For the basic intro, verse, chorus riff play em at fret 7
Then pull off fingers 2, 3, and 4: voila the other chord: 777777,
Though i don't strum the low e. (x77777 = bm11)
Slide it up from fret 6 when you feel moved to. rinse. repeat.

Em bm11 em bm11
The mona lisa's sister doesn't smile
Em bm11 em bm11
She tried to pose but only for a while
Em bm11 em bm11
Leonardo sent her home since then she has lived alone
D c d c
With her few belongings and a copy of a painting of herself unhappy
G c d
She is going to burn it when she's ready

Chorus:
Em bm11 em bm11
Get started, start a fire (4 times)

Marilyn was lying all alone with an empty bottle by the phone
Kennedy was not around she was cold when she was found
But she'd gone where goddesses are sleeping
Where the molten tongues of flame are leaping
Or where the angel's hearts are heating (instrumental verse, intro rpt)

Joan of arc was burning at the stake somebody had made a big mistake
She had lit a cigarette in an aiport where you get
Your fingers taken off for smoking.
Meanwhile up the road a factory's choking
The ones who killed her work there i'm not joking /pre>

pre>intro em am am7

G em
You stop in the old cafe where you used to play pinball
C am
And look for the air-raid shelter but it's gone and the cafe seems so
G em
Small and all the gardens that had trees and stolen apples
C am
Now have small businesses flourishing in cinder blocks
G em am c
Then they will call your name and hand you a gold watch
G em am c
Then they will call your name but it doesn't sound like much
G em c am
And you'll never discover why it's like an old lover
G em am c
You can't touch anymore it doesn't mean much anymore
G em em am am7 em em am am7
When you go back in time back in time

You head down to the local try to find a focal point
A scratch in the wallpaper but it's all been wallpapered over
Down at the newsagents it's all pornography
And you try to get high again but it's like time-lapse photography
Then they will call your name and hand you a medal
Or something more practical like a whistling kettle
And it'll test your metal just try to keep grinning
Knowing that this feeling is indulgence worse than sinning
Trying to go back in time

Instrumental section (chords like verse but not as many.)

G em
Photographs with a glossy finish letters lovers never finished
C am (g)
And there in a dusty drawer a necktie you once wore
G em
And a girl you tried to court made you feel about two feet short
C am
Where is she now today? what would she have to say?
G em am c
Then they will call your name and hand you a pension
G em am c
A bottle of pills that guarantee life extension
G em c am
And give you a mention in the local boy makes good section
G em am c
But all the old news is like print stains across your mind
G em em am em em am
When you go back in time

Yes all this old news is just print stains across your mind
When you go back in time, back in time (repeat and fade) /pre>