INTRO: Am

                                                   C
Sitting with the Number Eight platter at the restaurant
                                       Am
Four twenty-nine for almost anything I want

Add it up, it's cheaper than the stuff I make myself
                  E7               Am
I get by, I never needed anybody's help
                  Em                       C
And I tore out an ad and they told me that I
                                               Am
Would press the buzzer, would press the buzzer
                Em                        C
At the graduate lab, they were doing some tests
                                          Am
I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer__


CHORUS:
                               Dm
Ride the circle off of the highway
       G             C 
Spiral into the driveway
                      Bb
In the maze of old prefabs
                   F      E7     Am
They'll be waiting at the la-a-e-ab


                                                      C
I don't know how everybody makes it through the daily drill
                                         Am
Paint the nails, walk the dog, pay every bill

I'm feeling sorry for this guy that I press to shock
                          E7                Am
He gets the answers wrong, I have to up the watts
                    Em                        C
And he begged me to stop, but they told me to go
                                            Am
I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer
                 Em                    C
So get out of my head, just give me my line
                                          Am
I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer__


CHORUS:
                               Dm
Ride the circle off of the highway
       G             C 
Spiral into the driveway
                      Bb
In the maze of old prefabs
                   F      E7     Am
They'll be waiting at the la-a-e-ab


                                              C
They called me back to the lab to discuss the test
                                             Am
I put my earrings on, found my heels, wore a dress

Right away I knew, it was like I'd failed a quiz
                     E7                  Am
The man said “Do you know what a fascist is?”
                             Em                         C
I said, “Yeah, it's when you do things you're not proud of,
                                            Am
But you're scraping by, taking orders from above.”
                
I get it now, I'm the face, I'm the cause of war
                       E7                  Am
We don't have to blame white-coated men anymore


                   Em                             C
When I knew it was wrong, I played it just like a game
                                            Am
I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer
                    Em                      C
Here's your seventy bucks, now everything's changed
                                           Bm
I pressed the buzzer, I pressed the buzzer


                ** Key Change - Up 2 Semitones **

                           F#m                        D
But tell me where are your stocks, would you do this again?
                      Bm
I press the buzzer
                          F#m                         D
And tell me who made your clothes, was it children or men?
                      Bm
I press the buzzer



CHORUS:
                               Em
Ride the circle off of the highway
       A             D 
Spiral into the driveway
                      C
In the maze of old prefabs
                   Eb     A7     Dm
They'll be waiting at the la-a-e-ab