This song can be played with open chords, but I think that it sounds much better played with barre
chords.
Also, if you watch a live performance, The band members play it with barre chords.
C C C
Wouldn�t ever gag you with a spoon, my only true love
C C C
Never really heard you speak that way, it�s unworthy of�
C C C
Funny how that little college girl called language corrupt
C C C
Funny how the other private schools had no Hapa Club
C C C
Someone took a trip before you came to ski in the Alps
C C C
Your father moved across the country just to sunburn his scalp
C C C
Contra Costa, Contra Mundum, contradict what I say
C C C F
Living like the French Connection, but we�ll die in LA
Em G C F
Blasted from a disconnected light switch
Em G C F
Through the condo that they�ll never finish
Em G C F
Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish
Em G C C C C
And through your brain to California English
C C C
No one sits inside a freezing flat and stays there �til May
C C C
Leafing through a stack of A-Zs to surf the UK
C C C
Waiting with the wind against your face and gel in your hair
C C C F
Shivering in little undershirts, but don�t seem to care
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Em G C F
Blasted from a disconnected light switch
Em G C F
Through the condo that they�ll never finish
Em G C F
Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish
Em G C C C C
And through your brain to California English
G
Sweet carob rice cake
F C
She don�t care how the sweets taste
F
Fake Philly cheese steak
Em C
But she use real toothpaste
F
Cuz if that Tom�s don�t work
C
If it just makes you worse
F G C
Would you loose all of your faith in the good earth
F
And if it�s all a curse
C
And we�re just getting worse
F G C
Baby, please don�t lose your faith in the good earth
Em G C F
Blasted from a disconnected light switch
Em G C F
Through the condo that they�ll never finish
Em G C F
Bounced across a Saudi satellite dish
Em G C C C C
And through your brain to California English
