B-Side of Life
Timbuk 3 (from "Edge of Allegiance", 1989)
(intro)
F (x4) (bass line F F C-D-F)
(verse)
F Bb F
Who am I? Do you recognize me?
Bb F Eb F
Of course you don't. I'm nobody.
F Bb F
I have no money. I have no name.
Bb F Eb F
I tear the tickets at the hall of fame.
(chorus)
Bb F C F
I buy my dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while I watch TV
I like my free time and I love my wife
Bb F C Bb
You'll find my number on the B-side of life
(verse)
F Bb F
Once I got lucky. I had a band
Bb F Eb F
We had a song it got to number 3
F Bb F
Made lots of money. Made lots of friends
Bb F Eb F
Had lots of pretty people hangin' 'round me
F Bb F
Now all I want is a place to hide
Bb F Eb F
To feel safe from the chaos outside
F Bb F
A cold refrigerator, a warm bed
Bb F Eb F
A place where no one will stick a gun to my head
(chorus)
Bb F C F
I buy my dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while I watch TV
I like my free time and I love my wife
Bb F C Bb
We're happy living on the B-side of life
(bridge)
Eb Fsus4 F
We had a key to the city
Eb Dm
But the rooms it did unlock
Gm Dm
Were full of over-priced portraits
Bb Am7 C
Engaged in cheap small talk
(verse)
F Bb F
So turn out the lights, turn up the radio
Bb F Eb F
Don't know the singer but I love that song
F Bb F
I know that I'm no Baryshnikov baby
Bb F Eb F
But I wanna dance with you all night long
(verse no lyrics - Oooh oooh etc...)
F Bb F Bb F Eb F (x2)
(chorus)
Bb F C F
I'll buy you dinner at the seven-eleven
Eat it in the kitchen while we watch TV
Tonight's my birthday. Let's have a party
Bb F C Bb F
I'm thirty with a bullet from the B-side of life
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Note: If you don't like playing all of these barre chords, you can transpose it down a half step.
verse: E A E A E D E
chorus: A E B E (x3) A E B A
bridge: D Esus4 E D C#m F#m C#m A G#m7 B