These chords are meant to sound good while played by themselves.
If you’re accompanying them with a piano part substitute Am for A in the verses :)
[GORDON]
Am
Brain dead
That's what I am lying here
F
I'm brain dead
What a mess I've got us into
Dm
Brain dead
Em E Am
Everybody's setting off alarms
N.C.
Baby, maybe lift my head up
Am
I see
I just pulled a doozie
F
Don't ask why me
Roger pass the uzi
Dm
As the MD
Em E Am
Lifts me in his cruisy chizzled arms
F
Brain dead
Stupid and thoughtless
Dm A
Is what I am
Em
Cause I'm brain dead
E Am
And goddamned!
Am
Brain dead
Dressed up and we're chatting
F
And I'm brain dead
You deserve an explanation
Dm
Brain dead
Em E Am
Sitting in this restaurant tonight
N.C.
Waiter, later, please, we're talking
[ROGER]
Am
I said
You have limitations, darling
[GORDON]
F
Instead
Scream your accusations
Dm
Don't be well-bred
Em E Am
Life ain't always happiness and light
F
I thought
If I could finish
Dm A
A song or five
Em
I'd be brain dead
E Am
But alive
[Instrumental]
Am - F - Dm Em E --- Am/Ab x2
Am
Last scene:
Everybody's dancing
F
I take codeine
Lovers start romancing
Dm
There's a bright green
Em E
Thing between your teeth, dear
Am
Please don't smile
N.C.
Waiter, later, please, we're fighting
Am
Crash! Bang!
At this speed it's stimulating
F
Crash! Bang!
I'm out here hallucinating
Dm
Crash! Bang!
Em E Am
Actually I'm going out in style
F
That said, please someone kill me
Dm A
If I survive
F
Cause I'm brain dead
Brain dead