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Get In My Electric Car
02:50
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Get In My Electric Car
[A4] Unaffectionate all dry drunk religion addict families
[A] Hood and hole friends wrapped up with one the others gang
[A2] When I left I was practically starting over
Then I found an article about solar powered electric cars
[A4] Role models driving internal combustion
[A] Everybody’s perfect no family dysfunction
[A2] And no litter in the street
House wives well dressed petite and acting sweet
[A4] It’s the 18th but I really only have a few days to write
[A]The remaining subjects seem so uninviting
Half-finished lyrics full of crap
Makes we want to turn the flap
And I
Chorus
[G] get in my electric [F] car
(3rd time - oh boy here we go again)
[G] This song seems [F] bizarre
(3rd time thats more like faster blends)
[G] Hypermile or just stay in [F] park
[G] In my electric [A] car
Instrumental verse
[A4] Just a pleasant distraction
[A] Like the mustang fastback and convertibles once were but
Sooner or later I have to stop
To refill or lights red and cars are backed up
[A4] Driving doesn’t get to the root of the problem
[A] Doesn’t even contemplate solving them
Maybe its time for a rest
Maybe its time to go to bed
Unless I
Repeat chorus
[A4] No gears, no transmission, no distributor and no gas engine
[A] Just an electric motor cranks the driveshaft with instant torque
[Am] It’s a lease so I’ve got to drive it
[A2] Don’t want to short the pre-paid miles
When I
Repeat chorus
Instrumental verse
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2. |
Changing What I Can
03:02
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Changing What I Can
Chorus
[D] I know I /we can’t do this all alone
[A] Stop treating earth like a garbage dump and start treating it like my /our home
[Bm] In the end I /we am just one man and woman
[G] Making my /our world a better place and changing what I /we can
I have hope to clean up mine and and have zero tail pipe emissions
Drive a Smart car powered by electricity
instead of internal combustion engine
Powered by gasoline
I have hope to
flip the switch soon
on solar panels
for renewable energy
Repeat (I) chorus
Hope is all I have sometimes
Seeing the clickbait headlines
I have hope that we all can lead better lives
To add more trees
To live sustainably
In what I believe
That’s why I live in friendship and give peace a chance
That’s why I stopped eating dairy and meat
That’s why I stopped plundering and littering the planet
Can we make it a paradise again
<Whisper> Stop killing ourselves and each other
With guns, pollution, and cancer
Things we can change
Things in our power
Repeat (We) chorus twice
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3. |
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The Things I Do For Love Have No End
Chorus 1
[E] Oh well the things I do for love have no end
[G] Like Bono said in the interview, I gotta place myself and my needs second third or even fourth sometimes
[D] Although yesterday I wasn’t even having a chance of breaking into the top five
[F] Yeah the things I do for love have no end
Verse 1
[C] They only get started when I am awakened by the musical alarm
[B] A CD I bought to support a friend trying to teach how to do no harm
[C] Take a shower eat breakfast put on casual dress clothes
[B] Keep telling Debby that I love her I can’t assume that she knows
Verse 2
Then I hop in my Smart fortwo (or) on a nice day then I’ll ride my bike
Cutting down my carbon footprint take a breath and realize
It’s time to go to work and do my job even if I don’t love it anymore with feeling and meaning
Cause going through the motions following blindly is just too easy
Repeat Chorus 1
Bridge
[A] Save myself
[Amaj7] Save my life
[E] Save the wealth
[Amaj7] Save my wife
[A] Save the planet to
[E] Save ourselves
Chorus 2
Oh well the things I do for love have no end
Can’t always do what I wanna do, I gotta place myself and my needs second third or even fourth sometimes
Because love, belonging, and meaning are the reasons to be alive
Yeah the things I do for love have no end [E]
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Adventures In Smart fortwo
Chorus 1
[A] Adventures in [D] Smart for [E] two
Simone is white on white Louie is white on blue
Simone’s cabrio is tan, Louie’s is black
After driving these two I’m not going back
To [B7] internal combustion
Chorus 2
[A] Adventures in [D] Smart for [E] two are also fun
Instant torque and quick acceleration
Pretty good for a car that looks like a shoe
Or a [B7] squished Gremlin Think reincarnation
Verse 1
[C#7] While conservative critics may say electric vehicles [A7add11] are not necessary
[C#7] Counting their riches can’t see their feet [A7add11] past hangover bellies
[A] Slowly commiting food suicide
[G#] And carbon footprint genocide
[G] Whoa that took a weird turn
[C] But I drive electric cause I’m sick of the [F] fossil fuel burn
[C] Realized the high price of the [F] status quo
[C] And now my carbon footprint habits [D] gotta [G] go
Chorus 3
[A] Adventures in [D] Smart for [E] two require planning
When driving beyond battery range
Going old school low speed with the top down tanning
Reading, [B7] shopping, or improvising at the charging station
Verse 2
[C#7] Yeah it cost lots more to buy a Smart [A7add11] fortwo brand new
[C#7] But we liked the 17-18 ride and handling better than the [A7add11] 14 coupe I drove used
[C] Plus we wanted a cabrio with cloth seats and [F] there were very few (options)
[C] I figure with electricity savings we’ll [F] break even with internal combustion after three years
[C] then with maintenance after the next five and be [F] free and clear
[C] Till the new Smart fortwo EQ comes to the Naples Smart [D] center near [G] here
Repeat chorus 2
Bridge
[B7] The advocates think by the next generation that transportation will be based on electrification
Cause of falling battery prices, increased efficiency and mass production
[Bdim] But conservatives just see internal combustion engines and gas stations everywhere
[A] Both see it as a simple case of economic justification
[C] While face timing on their [F] smart phones
[C] Checking the app video monitors from their [F] smart homes
[C] Ordering prime free two day shipping from [F] Amazon
[C] None of which was possible a few short [F] years ago
[Am] Noone can hear the Smart fortwo [A] sneaking up on the road
Repeat chorus 1
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5. |
It Started
03:41
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It Started
Guitar open A7/E tuning EAC#GAE
[A7] It started
It started again
A jumpscare
From the roof to a limb
The emphasis is on [D7] strength from within
[A7] Then it started
It started again
[B7] I’m packing my suitcase
Leaving this house for good
[D7] Reposessed Smart fortwo [C7] have to go further [B7] out of state
[F#7] Can we call it over
At the end of November
[F7] Cause this December
I’m taking a bus traveling a new road
[A7] It started
It started again
An excess suitcase with a [D7] jumpscare emphasis
[A7] And I don’t know how to fix this
[D7] The days of confusion about all of their preference ended with friendship remixed;
With mosh pit contusions in 140 beat presence distended and blended in a fix;
The owner retired when the barista was fired for serving cappucinos too rich;
Ambiguous contusions without any good reference upended the tables into bricks;
[C7] Through the window I hear Bruce Springsteen singing
Santa Claus is Coming to Town after Shackled and drawn
And neighbors yell
Kids stay away from that Smart car and get off my lawn
[A7] It started
It started again
I used to dream of Jeannie till she repossessed my lamp
Then I picked up my guitar [D7] plugged in my amp
[A7] Then it started
It started again
[B7] Christmas lost my way in this bus
Went from a character to an unnamed bystander
[D7] Found out I’m [C7] stranded next [B7] to a louse
[A7] And it started
It started again
A jumpscare
To a time I knew when
I could fill up a suitcase
Leave the excess socks [D7] under the bench
[A7] Now the emphasis has shifted from this bus
I don’t want to be here anymore
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